Dave wrote: > Installing matlab on Centos5. > > command I typed: > > /media/MATHWORKS_R2009A/install & > > Error message I received: > [1] 10759 > [root at taro matlab]# bash: /media/MATHWORKS_R2009A/install: /bin/sh: > bad interpreter: Permission denied > > Google found no hits with this precise error message, but several > similar hits when I leave out the matlab path. > > Solution: > > mount -o remount -o exec /dev/scd0 > > (scd0 is the drive where the DVD is inserted.) > > Hope this helps someone with the same problem. You could have probably run the script using: sh /media/MATHWORKS_R2009A/install James Pearson