[Wine]Application doesn't run without a CD

[Wesley Parish]

That's a common problem with MS Windows of all sorts, shapes and sizes.  I 
manage a set of Win98 machines that frequently won't shut down without 
random-seeking on the floppy.  I own a WinXP machine that demands a floopy 
when it opens the X-Window-on-MS-Windows that I installed.  I've installed 
from several similar cdroms that won't open without the cdrom being in the CD 
drive.

It's one of the things that make ABM - Anything But Microsoft - so appealing.  
It's Microsoft taking careful aim with a 30mm Gatling Gun at their own toes 
and shooting to kill.  It's quality control at its Darwinian best, its most 
bloodthirsty and ruthless.

I suppose it can be dealt with by making a copy of the cdrom on the 
hard-drive, mounting it and pointing wine to it when you fire the demo up.  
Other than that, I can't think of any solution.

Wesley Parish

On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 21:21, Rytis wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a situation here. I use a French dictionary "Le Petit Robert
> 2003" on a daily basis for my studies and it's probably the only
> thing left that ties me to Microsoft Windows.
>
> The problem when running it with Wine is that I am asked for a CD to be
> inserted. This application just won't run without it. The thing is that
> it shouldn't require a CD since I have made a full install. I use it on
> Windows and I have no problems there. Everything works well without
> any CDs.
>
> I believe that this little problem is rather easily solvable but I'm
> definitely not a computer expert and I don't even know where to start.
>
> I hope you could help me. I'm thanking you in advance.
>
>
> * Wine 20050725
> * Debian unstable (latest)
> * Windows XP
> * Le Petit Robert 2003
>   You can grab a demo by following a link below. I remember that I had
>   problems even on Windows while trying to run this demo. It asked
>   for a CD no matter what so guess the issue in the demo and in the
>   full version would be the same.
>
> http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Frobert.bvdep.com%2Fcat
>alogue%2Fpr%2Fpetit_robert_demo.asp&langpair=fr%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
>&prev=%2Flanguage_tools
>
> P.S. If you need any translation, I'd be glad to help.
>
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