Error messages from Install

The Install script checks for many errors and inconsistencies in the way its arguments are used. The messages are meant to be self-explanatory. Here is a list of a few messages where further information might be useful:

Can not read from TAPE device, tape

The error message ends with the tape device Install was trying to use. Please check that it is the device you intended; possible causes of trouble might include leaving off the `/dev/' prefix at the front of the device name. A typographical error in the device name might also cause this problem. If the problem is neither of these, perhaps your tape device can't read our tape; see section Installing with a remote tape drive, for a discussion of how to use another machine's tape drive, or contact Cygnus Support.

stdin: not in compressed format

You are probably not using the non--rewinding tape device. There are two files on each tape. The first is a tar file containing the Install script. The second is a compressed tar file containing everything else. Without using the non--rewinding device, there is no way to skip over the first file to begin reading the second.

gcc: cannot exec cpp

If you've installed the binary distribution of the Developer's Kit software in a non-standard location, remember to set your environment variable GCC_EXEC_PREFIX accordingly. See section Running the programs.

... This is a problem.

Cannot cd to installdir

I do not know why I cannot create installdir

hello.c fails to run

test-ioctl.c fails to run

These errors (the first covers anything that ends in `This is a problem') are from paranoia checks; they are issued for situations that other checks should have covered, or for unlikely situations that require further diagnosis. If you get one of these messages, please call the Cygnus hotline, +1 415 903 1401, or send electronic mail to `help@cygnus.com'.