From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 7 17:16:54 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA10439 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 7 Dec 1995 17:16:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from zeus.bbcc.ctc.edu (ZEUS.BBCC.CTC.EDU [134.39.180.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA10428 for ; Thu, 7 Dec 1995 17:16:48 -0800 (PST) Received: (from chris@localhost) by zeus.bbcc.ctc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id RAA04858; Thu, 7 Dec 1995 17:19:22 GMT Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 17:19:22 GMT Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 0.3-beta [p0] on FreeBSD In-Reply-To: Reply-To: chrisc@MAIL.bbcc.ctc.edu Organization: Big Bend Community College From: Chris Coleman To: #3 Subject: RE: FreeBSD2.0.5 Cc: Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed Dec 6 19:42:09 1995 #3 wrote: >> I am a student at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University doing a project >that requires me to install FreeBSD on a PC that is not networked. I >have gone through the installation process and am required to compile a >program using the cc or gcc command. When I do this it gives me the >warning ld: a.out permission denied. If I do this from root it does >create the a.out file but it is not executable. I really need help on >this situation as I am required to present this to my instructor by >tomorrow evening. I did install the manpages and installation was >completed to 100% but was then given the warning that there was a Write >Failure, the disks were reformatted and done again but still the same >warning was given. I would also like to know how I may install some of >the other files such as games, info,....etc, without having the >installation menu. Your promptness and help will greatly be appreciated >as I only have a limited time to fix this problem. One note about the >a.out file, I did try to change the mode to 700 to make it executable but >it was not recognized. > >Thank You, > >Shetal Lala