That's a common problem with MS Windows of all sorts, shapes and sizes. I manage a set of Win98 machines that frequently won't shut down without random-seeking on the floppy. I own a WinXP machine that demands a floopy when it opens the X-Window-on-MS-Windows that I installed. I've installed from several similar cdroms that won't open without the cdrom being in the CD drive. It's one of the things that make ABM - Anything But Microsoft - so appealing. It's Microsoft taking careful aim with a 30mm Gatling Gun at their own toes and shooting to kill. It's quality control at its Darwinian best, its most bloodthirsty and ruthless. I suppose it can be dealt with by making a copy of the cdrom on the hard-drive, mounting it and pointing wine to it when you fire the demo up. Other than that, I can't think of any solution. Wesley Parish On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 21:21, Rytis wrote: > Hello, > > I have a situation here. I use a French dictionary "Le Petit Robert > 2003" on a daily basis for my studies and it's probably the only > thing left that ties me to Microsoft Windows. > > The problem when running it with Wine is that I am asked for a CD to be > inserted. This application just won't run without it. The thing is that > it shouldn't require a CD since I have made a full install. I use it on > Windows and I have no problems there. Everything works well without > any CDs. > > I believe that this little problem is rather easily solvable but I'm > definitely not a computer expert and I don't even know where to start. > > I hope you could help me. I'm thanking you in advance. > > > * Wine 20050725 > * Debian unstable (latest) > * Windows XP > * Le Petit Robert 2003 > You can grab a demo by following a link below. I remember that I had > problems even on Windows while trying to run this demo. It asked > for a CD no matter what so guess the issue in the demo and in the > full version would be the same. > > http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Frobert.bvdep.com%2Fcat >alogue%2Fpr%2Fpetit_robert_demo.asp&langpair=fr%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 >&prev=%2Flanguage_tools > > P.S. If you need any translation, I'd be glad to help. > > _______________________________________________ > wine-users mailing list > wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users -- Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish ----- Mau e ki, he aha te mea nui? You ask, what is the most important thing? Maku e ki, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. I reply, it is people, it is people, it is people. _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
