How to remount CDROM during program execution?

[Sylvain Petreolle]

try with an automounter.

 --- Roger Young <r.young at irl.cri.nz> a écrit : > I'm asking this
question in the Development Forum, even though I'm
> not
> a programmer, because I haven't had any useful replies from other
> Wine 
> forums.
> 
> The problem occurs when performing a multidisk installation under
> Wine
> from the home directory:
> 
> 	winex /cdrom/setup.exe
> 
> and the request "Insert CD#2" is made: how to respond to this? The
> drawer won't open, so from the console I can try and unmount the
> CD using variations on <umount>, <eject>  or <fuser>, but the basic
> difficulty is that there are processes using the cdrom device, and
> these have to be neutralized before the cd can be ejected. There
> are about 6 processes being run by Wine. Unfortunately the install
> program is one of these and it dies as well...
> 
> I have experienced this problem mainly with games, but it probably
> applies to multi-cd utilities as well... Specifically I have been
> unable to install:
> 
> 	Blade Runner
> 	Indiana Jones & the Infernal Machine
> 	Discworld Noir
> 
> Could someone please explain what is going on?
> Why does it (cd changing) succeed under Windoze but not under Wine?
> Is there a fix (actual or planned) to this problem?
> 
> Thanks,
> Roger Young
> r.young at irl.cri.nz
>  

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