Making a CD-ROM executable

[cloverm]

I have a program that runs on Linux. The program obviously is set to be an executable. How can I burn this file to a CD that it retains the executable status? Basically, I want to run it from the CD without having to copy it to the hard drive first.

[Schotty]

Doesnt XCDroast have an option for keeping the permissions and such? I know for a fact that it can retain the full paths and owners and such.

[cloverm]

Doesnt XCDroast have an option for keeping the permissions and such? I know for a fact that it can retain the full paths and owners and such.

Hmmm. It looks like if I disable Anonymus Rock Ridge, it should preserve permissions. Thanks, I'll give that a try.

[Schotty]

let me know if that does the trick. When I get home I am gonna be wiping a drive and installing SuSE server on it. I am gonna need something to do while I am watching the bars move back and forth If you cant figure it out, I can give it shot then.

[coltrane]

another suse user!

[cloverm]

Well, disabling Anonymus Rock Ridge did the trick for me. The only catch is that you have to add the exec parameter to the cdrom in your fstab file:

/dev/hdc /cdrom iso9660 defaults,user,noauto,ro,exec 0 0

Which really sucks, because it makes it rather complicated, if not impossible to distribute an executable on a CD-ROM.