Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 19:50:25 +0100
From: Laurynas Biveinis <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
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Subject: Re: DJGPP Install Problems (DOSemu/FreeDOS beta 8)
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> When I try to install DJGPP using the lbinstdj program I get a bunch
> of
> errors about not being able to create directories and files.  When I
> look at the corresponding main directory created by the libinstdj
> program in the linux directory tree, I see that the directory has the
> following permissions

>   drw-rwxr-x    2 richards richards     4096 May 22 06:34 djgpp/

> I very much suspect that the no execute permission for user/owner on
> the directory is the problem (since I can't create directories or
> files under that directory from Linux either).

Sorry for long reply (university takes its toll...)

I haven't tested not a single version of LBInstDJ (now KITE) on
DOSEMU, but I don't think it is doing something crazy with mkdir().
Which version of LBInstDJ are you using?

Laurynas