[cw-discuss] FC5: Installing upgrade app CDs that require other CD for validation

[Jeremy White]

Hmm.  That's going to cause us some headaches; that
sort of mounting is becoming the norm.

For now, you could probably get past this by manually
mounting the CD.  That is, something like this:

  su -
  mkdir /tmp/cd
  chmod a+rwx /tmp/cd
  mount -t iso9660 /dev/<your-cd-hd-here> /tmp/cd
  <run crossover as your regular user, and start the installation...>
  when the program asks for the new CD:
  umount /tmp/cd
  <eject cd, insert new one>
  mount -t iso9660 /dev/<your-cd-hd-here> /tmp/cd
  (rinse, repeat).

Completely untried, just guessing.  You may not have to
be root to mount; not sure about FC5 in that regard.

Cheers,

Jeremy

Avi Jacobson wrote:
> This is a variation on the "multiple CD installation" 
> issue that has come up on this list. I don't know if 
> there's a workaround, but would be happy to receive 
> any advice.
> 
> I have a licensed upgrade of Adobe Acrobat 5.0, which 
> ran fine under CrossOver Office 5.0.3 on FC4. The 
> Acrobat upgrade requires that I insert the original CD-
> ROM of my earlier version of Acrobat (4.05) in order 
> to verify the license. This was not a problem when I 
> was running FC4.
> 
> However, in FC5, the CD-ROM drive no longer has a 
> static name (it used to be /media/CDRECORDER); now, it 
> is called /media/<actual volume name of CD>. So you 
> cannot change CDs on the fly. Under these 
> circumstances, Acrobat will not install because it 
> cannot see the "validation" CD.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> Avi Jacobson
>   
> --
> Avi Jacobson, Communications Specialist
> 918 Ventura Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94707-2123
> (510) 528 4193 - Cell (510) 508 2879 - Fax (510) 526 9130 - www.AviJacobson.com
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> discuss mailing list
> discuss at crossover.codeweavers.com
> http://crossover.codeweavers.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>