Probably a stupid question.

How would I go about starting a windows cd (screenblast soundforge) through WINE? Do I need to install a different version than what came on my distro?

Are you asking how to install a different version of Wine than the one that came with SuSE? If so, uninstall with YaST and install your package of choice from http://winehq.com/.

If you need help on doing this, let me know.

To browse a cd in SuSE you could do something like this:

miked@linux:~> mount /media/cdrecorder/
miked@linux:~> cd /media/cdrecorder/
miked@linux:/media/cdrecorder> dir
total 49397
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 1725 2000-03-24 23:51 autorun.inf
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 2355200 2000-03-24 23:52 DATA1.MSI
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2000-03-25 01:24 IE5
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 20596 1999-01-24 15:35 LICENSE.TXT
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2000-03-25 01:37 MSI
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 89913 2000-01-14 18:47 MSOWC.CAB
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 165376 2000-01-03 19:32 MSOWC.MSI
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 47606945 2000-01-25 13:27 OFFICE1.CAB
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2000-03-25 03:12 PFILES
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 14336 2000-01-25 22:15 README.DOC
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 273079 2000-01-22 20:21 SETUP.EXE
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 17610 1998-11-10 15:25 SETUP.HLP
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 2598 2000-03-24 23:51 setup.ini
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2000-03-25 03:14 SP
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2000-03-25 03:15 SQL
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2000-03-25 03:24 SUPPORT
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 14336 2000-03-25 03:30 SYSTEM
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2000-03-25 03:30 SYSTEM95
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2000-03-25 03:31 SYSTEMNT
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2000-03-25 03:32 WINDOWS
miked@linux:/media/cdrecorder>

to install using wine type:

wine SETUP.EXE [or what ever the install .exe is]


Also, check out frankscorner.org for other tutorials on wine.

Hope this helps.

Thanks...this is probably pretty stupid...I have no idea about anything about WINE, but I'd like to make WINE boot a windows CD as if windows would have.

EDIT:
When I run WINE, I get this.
Could not stat /media/cdrom (No such file or directory), ignoring drive M:
wine: cannot find 'program.exe'

I need to change it so WINE reads from /media/dvd....how do I do this?

do you mean automatic boot, when you put the cd in? that type of thing?

No, sorry for the confusion. Look the edit I made to my previous post.

From my understanding, wine will not "boot" a cd pre se. But I think I know what you are asking.

Are you asking how to mount this drive and access it with Wine?

[In a shell follow these instructions]

If so, mount the drive: i.e. mount /media/dvd

then cd into the drive's mount point: cd /media/dvd

then type dir to see if you have mounted the drive right: dir

then you should see a list of files.

type wine program.exe

let me know if you run into something...

Yes, sorry about the whole boot misconception thing.

After mounting the dvd drive, cding into it, getting a dir listing, and typing wine Setup.exe (the file I want to run is an installation exe), and I get:
linux:/media/dvd # wine Setup.exe
Could not stat /media/cdrom (No such file or directory), ignoring drive M:
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

x11drv: Can't open display: :0.0
Please ensure that your X server is running and that $DISPLAY is set correctly.

are you root or regular user?

try as your regular user...

Ah ha...wine kicked in. A little alert box popped up to inform me that it was "Unable to run AutoPlay program." Oh well. Do I need a more current version of wine?

wine kicked in when? as regular user?

try invoking wine autoplay.exe

Yes, as a regular user.

If you mean envoking it in "Run", I got an Unknown Host error.

i ment, do all of the steps in the previous post.

then instead of typing wine installation.exe type

wine autoplay.exe

what version of wine are you using?

wine: cannot find 'autoplay.exe'

How do I tell what version I'm running?