[Wine] Installing games on a portable harddrive using wine

[James McKenzie]

Dalandros wrote:
> James Mckenzie wrote:
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>> Dalandros:
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>> I think this is answered in the Wine FAQ.  Look for a subject like "How do I install programs on a different drive".
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>> One thing is does your USB drive appear in Linux?  Also how is the drive formatted?
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>> James McKenzie
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>>> From: Dalandros <wineforum-user at winehq.org>
>>> Sent: Feb 16, 2010 7:31 AM
>>> To: wine-users at winehq.org
>>> Subject: [Wine]  Installing games on a portable harddrive using wine
>>>
>>> Hello I'm Chris aka Dalandros, this is my first post *bows* nice to meet you all ^__^
>>>
>>> my question is if there's a possibility to install games for example "Jedi knight 2 jedi outcast" on a portable harddrive connected in the usb to the computer, instead of putting it on the harddrive. if so how is this task done?
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>>> the reason i'm asking is since i have a eeepc 700-model (i think, or was it 701? anyway..) and i just recently got eeebuntu & wine installed on it along with spotify thanks to wine! :D 
>>> but eeepc's aren't famous for their space, thats why i'm asking.
>>> all help is appreciated!
>>> // Chris aka Dalandros
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> I looked around but i thought i didn't find that subject, terribly sorry about that,
> and the usb drive does appear in Linux, its a "Lacie", and sadly when you ask "how its formated" i'm not too sure how to answer that, i know its formated, anything beyond that is whichcraft to my level of knowedge i'm afraid ^^
> thankyou i'll look in the FAQ again
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Look in the FAQ for installing programs to other drives.

If you are working with Linux, the drive has to be formatted to have a
Linux partition.  Windows type partitions usually do not work well.

James McKenzie