Thanks again mobinskariya.

Edit:

/media/D:> sudo chown user:user ecmlink_3_18_205_full.sh
chown: changing ownership of `ecmlink_3_18_205_full.sh': Operation not permitted
/media/D:> su
Password:
asus-335907148:/media/D:> sudo chown user:user ecmlink_3_18_205_full.sh
chown: changing ownership of `ecmlink_3_18_205_full.sh': Operation not permitted
asus-335907148:/media/D:>

i dont know what is happening there[]..after being root(su)
is sufficient

Should I be trying to log in under my username SuperDave?

That is what I used when starting Linux.

i dont think that will help.. after being a root(super user).you are the GOD in your machine and you can do anything you like..anyway give a try.

Here is some of the last part of the file being unpacked.

tar: README: Cannot change ownership to uid 1002, gid 100: Operation not permitted
tar: THIRDPARTYLICENSEREADME.txt: Cannot change ownership to uid 1002, gid 100: Operation not permitted
tar: Welcome.html: Cannot change ownership to uid 1002, gid 100: Operation not permitted
tar: lib/i386/server/libjsig.so: Cannot create symlink to `../libjsig.so': Operation not permitted
tar: lib/i386/client/libjsig.so: Cannot create symlink to `../libjsig.so': Operation not permitted
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
Preparing JRE ...
ecmlink_3_18_205_full.sh: line 185: bin/unpack200: Permission denied
Error unpacking jar files. Aborting.
You might need administrative priviledges for this operation.

Does anyone think it could be because the usb drive is FAT.

ohh try executing the script as root..it might help

You are going to hate me.... how do I go about doing that?

I do think I have tried it before. You just do it as a root user correct?

Edit: And what is "lpadmin" I noticed it was in the groups section.

there is nothing to hate anyone.. i am a newbie too..ok we will start again.. show me the output of i will describe it as i can..and about lpadmin it is about configuring printers.. dont know whether it is relevent here.here i have got limited bandwidth else i might have downloaded the file and tried it myself for you.

Well before we start over...

So I took the ecmlink file and put it in the "My Office" folder.

Edit: I'm going to try to change the user:group on the D: itself if I can.

Now I'm getting this "/home/user/My Documents/My Office> chown user:user ecmlink_3_18_205_full.sh
/home/user/My Documents/My Office> chmod +x ecmlink_3_18_205_full.sh
/home/user/My Documents/My Office> sh ./ecmlink_3_18_205_full.sh
tail didn't work. This could be caused by exhausted disk space. Aborting."


Is there a way to change the ownership of that drive?

Edit again: Could it also be becuase I download that file on a windows system. Should I try to DL it to the thumb drive from this PC?

i dont think downloading the file in windows is a problem..did
execute without any errors?

Still downloading at 96%.

For some reason now I don't have enough space.

try cleaning your disk

I saw a clear or clean command, but cannot find it anywhere again.

is used to clear terminal and not disks..try deleting unwanted files by the normal way(pressing del key).