wine / diablo 2 cd problems

ultimatenoob · 07-27-2005, 12:58 PM

Hi everyone;
I'm trying to install Diablo 2 on my computer, but i keep getting the same error which states, upon running $ wine /media/cdrecorder/INSTALL.EXE

"Please insert the CD labelled 'Install Disc'" which is the CD that the INSTALL.EXE file is on.

If i click ok, it tells me this as many times as i need to accept that it wont happen. Once i get over it, and hit cancel, it then tells me:

Code:

Setup was unable to read the following data file.  Your Diablo II Cd may not have been in the CDROM drive.
setupdat\setup.vis
Error 0x0000005:  Access denied
(D:\D2\Tools|DiabInst\Source\Script.cpp:92)
Installation aborted

Thats not told to me in code, but i put it there to seperate it from the rest of this post.

I have had very similar problems with Command and Conquer, Red Alert 2, which i was able to succesfully install, but then i could not run. When i tried to run the actual program, it would tell me that the CD was not in the drive.

/etc/fstab tells me this about my drive:

Code:

 /dev/hda                /media/cdrecorder       auto    pamconsole,exec,noauto,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,managed 0 0

and... I dont really know what more information to include. I guess i'll go to the basics:

Dell Inspiron 5100
Pentium 4 2.66Ghz
256 DDR RAM
Fedora Core 3 Linux, kernel 2.6.11-1.35_FC3

thanks for at least reading this post!

Oh, and for the record, i have tried doing:
ln -s /dev/cdrom /home/zax/.wine/dosdevices/d:

rbochan · 07-28-2005, 12:56 PM

clicky clicky

Hope this helps.

ultimatenoob · 07-29-2005, 08:51 PM

I had actually already found my way there (while having trouble with iso cd's, which i sorted out). But the problem continues with (or without) the information on the website: wine will try and run the install.exe file, but before it actually opens any Diablo 2 screens, it brings up the error asking for the cd (which it is already reading from).

Any more thoughts or ideas?

cheers

ps - I just tried copying the install.exe file over to my hd, and then running it from there, and what it spit out at me was:

Code:

 [zax@localhost diablo2]$ wine INSTALL.EXE
err:module:import_dll Library binkw32.dll (which is needed by L"Z:\\home\\zax\\apps\\diablo2\\INSTALL.EXE") not found
err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for L"Z:\\home\\zax\\apps\\diablo2\\INSTALL.EXE" failed, status c0000135

and then i copied the binkw32.dll file over to the same directory, only to come back to the please insert disc error.

NoTiG · 08-03-2005, 04:13 PM

I'm having the same problem except that im mounting the cd from my hardrive to a mount point /mnt/Diablo

And when i run

wine /mnt/Diablo/INSTALL.exe

it is saying "please insert install cd" even though its reading from the install cd which has been mounted. I tried replacing the cdrom system link in /dev/cdrom and made it point to /mnt/Diablo instead of /dev/hdc .. but it didnt work. If i figure it out ill let you know.

morin · 08-10-2005, 10:29 AM

have you tried a windows no-cd prog? that might work, seeing that it won't have to verify there is a cd in the drive before starting up the game.

ultimatenoob · 08-11-2005, 10:10 AM

I havent tried one, but i dont think it would work mostly because i cannot install the game in the first place, and therefore cannot patch the exe file after installation.
Cheers anyways

jchord · 08-20-2005, 12:45 PM

hello im receving the same propblem.

it was disapointing cause i just finished fixing a propblem with the rpm data base "__db.000" that took all day.

pvandyk2005 · 06-29-2008, 09:09 AM

Same problem for me, install disk not found

. I've just found today that there is already Diablo 3 as a project

and after I've saw a game play video :O.

I'm not a gamer. I've played 2 games for more then 1 day in my life

, Starcraft and Diablo and i would like to spend some hours now with Diablo2. Starcraft is working excellent with wine.

By the way I'm using slack 12.1 and wine 1.0.

pvandyk2005 · 07-03-2008, 12:37 PM

I solve it. It's so easy. Wine need to have a link from his own cdrom to that iso path

ln -s ~/.wine/dosdevices/d: /mnt/Diablo2

It's important to know what disks are install, play.... and anytime he request different cd you have do delete old link and create another one to the requested disk.

That's all... ah' in the end you need a patch like in windows to run without cd i think it's about another "Game.exe". this is easy to be found with google.

After it starts there is still another problem. At least for me is running very very slow therefore is impossible top play. I think this is another topic anyway.

If there is someone who find something regarding this slowness ...

please

Siljrath · 03-16-2010, 11:36 PM

2010, n i find myself installing this game again. ...wtf! lol

thnx for that last tip there pvandyk2005, it helped a lot.

to expand on it a little...

wine drives, at least on my freshly installed wine1.1.4 in ubuntu-based crunchbang, number into the plentyful.

no need to delete the symlinks, u can just add a new link to new drives each time. (this just seemed easier)

for example, for me, the links went:

ln -s ~/.wine/dosdevices/d: /media/INSTALL

ln -s ~/.wine/dosdevices/e: /media/PLAYDISC

ln -s ~/.wine/dosdevices/f: /media/CINEMATICS

one by one.

insert disk
mount
link (if not yet linked)
execute in wine or click ok (depending on stage you're at)
(once next cd request pops up) unmount
eject
and repeat.

see u all in the new ladder in a couple days.

cosmolee · 07-25-2010, 04:12 PM

I think you guys got the order of the `ln` command arguments wrong - no? It should be `ln source target`. So, if you're trying to create a link named "d:" that points to a subdirectory named "/media/INSTALL", it should be:

ln -s /media/INSTALL ~/.wine/dosdevices/d:

HTH,
Cosmo