austin987 wrote: > On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Leanbod <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > hi i've been trying to get an old game (Dune 2) which i used to play through DOS to work on Linux systems, i've not used this before and am in need of an 'idiot's guide to Linux' > > i've gotten as far as having unpacked the file and installed it on terminal, it now to the point of running the Setup.exe > > however when i try to run the setup, i get the following command line error; > > > > > > [/home/ross/Documents/Dune/DUNE2/SETUP.EXE] > > Â End-of-central-directory signature not found. Â Either this file is not > > Â a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. Â In the > > Â latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on > > Â the last disk(s) of this archive. > > zipinfo: Â cannot find zipfile directory in one of /home/ross/Documents/Dune/DUNE2/SETUP.EXE or > > Â Â Â Â Â /home/ross/Documents/Dune/DUNE2/SETUP.EXE.zip, and cannot find /home/ross/Documents/Dune/DUNE2/SETUP.EXE.ZIP, period. > > > > > > Anyone able to help with this? > > > > You need to run it with: > $ wine SETUP.EXE > > Wine's DOS support isn't perfect though, so if it doesn't work well, try DosBOX. > > > -- > -Austin Hi thanks for that but when i put that in this is the response i got; err:int:TIMER_TimerProc DOS timer has been stuck for 60 seconds... seems to just sit there and say that until i close the terminal
