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qwijibow 06-18-2003 10:30 AM
installing game 3 cd's not posssible ? linux !!!
 
im trying to install a game UT2003

SO.

i put in disk 3. mount it, run the linux install shell

it starts working, then says please mount disk 1 and click OK.

But i cant umount the disk in drive cos its BUSY !!!!

so, how the hell is this meant to work ?????

HELP !

contrasutra 06-18-2003 10:40 AM
in another console, type "umount /mnt/cdrom" , or whatever your cdrom drive is called.

I know, its a pain mounting/unmounting manually, but it works fine.

acid_kewpie 06-18-2003 10:42 AM
try "fuser /mnt/cdrom" to see what's using it.

qwijibow 06-18-2003 12:06 PM
thanX, but i got round it by coppying files to disk, then installing.

MasterC 06-18-2003 12:07 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by acid_kewpie
try "fuser /mnt/cdrom" to see what's using it.
Hey, that's pretty cool! Thanks!

lectraplayer 06-18-2003 07:50 PM
Just curious: can you access it via /dev/cdrom device? :)


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