RunInstaller ".oui: No such file" / "bad interpreter: Permission denied"

Question

Hi,
The Oracle "runInstaller" script gives the following errors:
a) bad interpreter: Permission denied
b) .oui: No such file
Solution:
- insert the DVD
- umount /media/<tab>
- mount -o norock /dev/cdrom /media
Reason:
a) "gnome-mount" mounts iso9660 with "noexec" privileges.
b) Some DVD's require the mount "norock" option to prevent filename conversions.
The above is ok for the purpose of installing, but annoying if you don't know the solution. The thing with gnome-mount and HAL seems quit complex. I tried to change the gnome-mount defaults to include "exec" privileges, but without success.
yum install gconfig-editor
("gcon-editor" GUI - look under system/storage)
With DVD mounted to change settings for a particular volume , or without to change default for all:
gnome-mount --display-settings -d /dev/cdrom
gnome-mount --write-settings -d /dev/cdrom -m mnt
gnome-mount --erase-settings -d /dev/cdrom
Changing the default mount point inside /media worked, but it made no difference to set "exec" mount option (-o exec)
An entry in /etc/fstab overwrite these settings:
/dev/cdrom /media/mnt iso9660 norock,exec 0 0
which gives an error if the media is not present at shutdown or startup
How to change the defaults for gnome-mount to include "exec" for /dev/cdrom?
Kind regards.
Edited by: waldorfm on May 5, 2010 10:32 AM

Answer 1

Yes. Actually I thought I would post this because I was not able to "google" a solution. Apparently other people experienced the same problem and were not able to install from DVD.