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06-18-2003, 10:30 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: nottingham england
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 2,672
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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 !
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06-18-2003, 10:40 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: New Jersey
Distribution: Arch Linux
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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.
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06-18-2003, 10:42 AM
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Moderator
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
Posts: 43,417
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try "fuser /mnt/cdrom" to see what's using it.
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06-18-2003, 12:06 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: nottingham england
Distribution: Gentoo
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thanX, but i got round it by coppying files to disk, then installing.
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06-18-2003, 12:07 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Mar 2002
Location: Salt Lake City, UT - USA
Distribution: Gentoo ; LFS ; Kubuntu ; CentOS ; Raspbian
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Quote:
Originally posted by acid_kewpie
try "fuser /mnt/cdrom" to see what's using it.
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Hey, that's pretty cool! Thanks! |
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06-18-2003, 07:50 PM
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Member
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: a little west of Birmingham, AL, USA.
Distribution: Porteus 3.1
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Just curious: can you access it via /dev/cdrom device?  |
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