Hi-ya! Steadfast Nix Newb and Gamer here.(OS: Mandriva 2008)
Trying to install TESIII Morrowind using wine-1.0-rc3.
1) I mount the CD.
2) I traverse to the place of mounting.
3) I use wine to run the setup like so: "wine setup.exe"
4) I get an error:

> The InstallShield Engine (iKernel.exe) could not be installed.
>
> The folder '%SystemDrive%' could not be created.
> Make sure that you have the appropriate priviledges to create this folder,
> (0x13)

"Huh?!" says I. However! This one is a smart newbie. I did some research and discovered that "iKernel.exe" is actually "ikernel.ex_"...
so what?
"well, it has to be renamed or something" says I.

So with a spark of... insight, perhaps? Probably not.

5) I copy&paste all the files from the CD into a full permissions folder.
6) I try to install from there: "wine setup.exe" (same old, same old)
7) I get a slightly different error!! YES!

> An Installation support file '%SystemDrive%\Program Files\Common
> Files\InstallShield\engine\6\Intel 32\corecomp.ini'
> could not be installed. (0x8000ffff)

What, ho? An error in the terminal also?

[seth@localhost MorrowindCDROM]$ wine setup.exe
errle:marshal_object object doesn't expose interface {be6115a1-7de5-48dc-ad2a-25060e00fce2}, failing with error 0x80004002
err:rpc:I_RpcReceive we got fault packet with status 0x80004002
errle:ClientIdentity_QueryMultipleInterfaces IRemUnknown_RemQueryInterface failed with error 0x80004002

(Oh no! now you all have my name!)

When I traverse to "%SystemDrive%\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\engine\6\Intel 32" there is nothing there.

odd? I have no idea.

so to make a long story short: shit happens, hits the fan, then I dropped the ball.

who can help me out?

You should start by checking the wine AppDB to see what others have gotten working and/or had problems with. It may help you track down the problem.

I got this working without too much hassle. I don't remember the issues, it was long ago, but everything was solved by cheking the winedb, as suggested above.

Mk, I looked through the AppDB and found that no one had problems with installation.

I'm going to try reinstalling wine, prehaps then it will work.

I'll come back with the results.

VICTORY!!
Just had to reinstall wine.
It works (seemingly) 100%
Thanks for your help!