[Wine] Can't install program from CDROM / DVD
James McKenzie
jjmckenzie51 at earthlink.net
Sat Aug 14 17:22:51 CDT 2010
Cosmo Lee wrote:
> Martin & James:
>
> Thanks for your responses guys. Unfortunately, neither solution fixed the problem. I tried both of them, but still got the identical problem.
>
> Oddly, when I actually clicked to begin the installation, the DVD drive spun up, but then the pop-up message again indicates "Disk Not Found"....
>
>
> HOWEVER, I think I may have found the source of the problem. In checking things out on an actual Win XP box I noticed something VERY odd. When
> I explored the DVD with XP, the DVD appears to have 8 hidden folders which do not show up in Linux. Even running `ls -lai` the additional
> directories don't appear. When I viewed the DVD with the graphical Nautilus file browser the directories were also not revealed, even though I had the
> "Show hidden files" option engaged.
>
>
> $ ls -lai
> total 82390
> 834 drwxr-xr-x 12 4294967295 4294967295 924 2009-08-14 06:16 .
> 9747 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2010-08-12 21:24 ..
> 836 drwxr-xr-x 2 4294967295 4294967295 452 2009-08-10 03:55 Installation and Activation Documentation
> 837 -rwxr-xr-x 1 4294967295 4294967295 4774 2009-08-13 13:13 Komplete 6 Installation Readme.txt
> 838 dr-xr-xr-x 3 4294967295 4294967295 136 2009-08-13 05:17 Komplete 6 Installer Mac.mpkg
> 839 -rwxr-xr-x 1 4294967295 4294967295 84350616 2009-08-14 10:35 Komplete 6 Setup PC.exe
>
>
>
> Here, under XP I run `dir /a:d` to show all (including hidden) directories:
>
> C:>dir /a:d e:
> Volume in drive E is Komplete 6
> Volume Serial Number is 78E4-8DE7
>
> Directory of E:\
>
> 08/10/2009 03:55 AM Installation and Activation Documentation
>
> 08/13/2009 05:17 AM Komplete 6 Installer Mac.mpkg
> 08/14/2009 04:21 AM Kontakt 4 Library Band Patches.pkg
> 08/14/2009 04:21 AM Kontakt 4 Library Choir Patches.pkg
> 08/14/2009 04:21 AM Kontakt 4 Library Orchestral Patches.pkg
> 08/14/2009 04:22 AM Kontakt 4 Library Synth Patches.pkg
> 08/14/2009 04:22 AM Kontakt 4 Library Urban Beats Patches.pkg
>
> 08/14/2009 04:22 AM Kontakt 4 Library Vintage Patches.pkg
> 08/14/2009 04:22 AM Kontakt 4 Library World Patches.pkg
> 08/14/2009 04:32 AM sub installers
> 0 File(s) 0 bytes
> 10 Dir(s) 0 bytes free
>
>
>
These are Mac installation files. It is interesting that Linux could
not 'see' these as the entries and files are usually in standard ISO9660
file format.
James McKenzie
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