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:j...@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 <j...@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 -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss