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Re: Problem installing eCos on Windows 7 x64
- From: John Dallaway <john at dallaway dot org dot uk>
- To: Eigil Krogh Sørensen <eisor at tcelectronic dot com>
- Cc: eCos Discussion <ecos-discuss at ecos dot sourceware dot org>
- Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:15:28 +0000
- Subject: [ECOS] Re: Problem installing eCos on Windows 7 x64
- References: <55E5231BD2EB004EB1E67397C33B3A3E39EAB9B0@ex004tcg> <4D8355AF.8000801@dallaway.org.uk> <55E5231BD2EB004EB1E67397C33B3A3E39EAB9F4@ex004tcg>
Eigil Krogh Sørensen wrote:
> Hi John
>
> Thank you for the reply!
>
> Unfortunately "mkdir /tmp" didn't help. I still get the error.
Perhaps there is a directory permissions issue here.
Does the following command succeed at a bash prompt?
cd /tmp
What is the output of the following command?
ls -ld / /tmp
John Dallaway
eCos maintainer
http://www.dallaway.org.uk/john
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Dallaway [mailto:john@dallaway.org.uk]
> Sent: 18. marts 2011 1:53
> To: Eigil Krogh Sørensen
> Cc: eCos Discussion
> Subject: Re: Problem installing eCos on Windows 7 x64
>
> Hi Eigil
>
> Eigil Krogh Sørensen wrote:
>
>> When I from cygwin bash run
>>
>> sh ecos-install.tcl
>>
>> I get these messages:
>> "
>> eCos installer v2.0.1 starting...
>> Written and maintained by Jonathan Larmour <jifl@eCosCentric.com>
>>
>> Retrieving installer metadata information...
>>
>> *** ecos-install.tcl error: Failed to retrieve metadata:
>> couldn't change working directory to "/tmp": no such file or directory
>> "
>
> The message is from the tcl "cd" command. Try creating the missing /tmp
> directory using the following command at the Cygwin bash prompt:
>
> mkdir /tmp
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> John Dallaway
> eCos maintainer
> http://www.dallaway.org.uk/john
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