http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20974
Summary: Setting drive as Local disk in winecfg does not work Product: Wine Version: 1.1.34 Platform: PC OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: major Priority: P2 Component: -unknown AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: gore@projectpontiac.com
In winecfg, setting a drive as "Local disk" does not work.
For example:
- I have a drive called X:\ that resides at ~/.wine/drive_x
- ~/ is a network share that gets auto-mounted from the server when I log in
- I use winecfg to set X:\ to a "Local disk" (under the "Show Advanced" parameters of the "Drives" tab)
- Windows applications still see X:\ as a Network share
This prevents certain applications from installing. For example, Photoshop CS2, a Platinum-level application, refuses to install to a network share.
This can be repeated easily by trying to install the Photoshop CS2 trial onto a drive that is hosted on a network share.
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/photoshop/win/cs2/Photoshop_CS2_tryout.z...
So far I've seen this behaviour in Wine version 1.1.28, 1.1.32 and 1.1.34. I did not try any other versions.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20974
Austin English austinenglish@gmail.com changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keywords| |download, Installer
--- Comment #1 from Austin English austinenglish@gmail.com 2009-12-09 11:44:02 --- Does it work if you install to drive C? I think there was a workaround made for Steam, which had a similar problem, but it may only be for drive C.
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--- Comment #2 from Frank Gore gore@projectpontiac.com 2009-12-09 14:15:18 --- (In reply to comment #1)
Does it work if you install to drive C? I think there was a workaround made for Steam, which had a similar problem, but it may only be for drive C.
No, it does not. That was my initial problem, I could not install Photoshop CS2 to the C:\ drive because it kept telling me:
"Installing to a network drive is not allowed"
I cannot edit the advanced properties of the C:\ drive at all using winecfg, it's grayed out. But I figured that was a separate issue so I didn't mention it in the bug report.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20974
Vitaliy Margolen vitaliy@kievinfo.com changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Severity|major |minor
--- Comment #3 from Vitaliy Margolen vitaliy@kievinfo.com 2009-12-09 21:48:19 --- http://bugs.winehq.org/page.cgi?id=fields.html#priority Easy work around - install an real HDD.
Does this fixes your problem? echo -e "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wine\Drives]\n"c:"="hd"\n" | wine regedit -
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20974
--- Comment #4 from Frank Gore gore@projectpontiac.com 2009-12-10 00:08:48 --- (In reply to comment #3)
http://bugs.winehq.org/page.cgi?id=fields.html#priority Easy work around - install an real HDD.
Yes, but that defeats the whole purpose of a roaming home directory. Besides, I format this hard drive too often. In any case, I've already solved my problem by using a complicated hoop-jumping maneuver. Photoshop CS2 is happily installed and running on my network share. I'm not looking for help, I'm just reporting a bug that I found in the process.
Does this fixes your problem? echo -e "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wine\Drives]\n"c:"="hd"\n" | wine regedit -
Ah-hah! So that's how I change that pesky grayed-out setting!
But no, it did not fix the problem. Photoshop CS2 still refuses to install with the same error message: "Installing to a network drive is not allowed"
So the Photoshop CS2 installer still thinks C:\ is a network share, even though it's set as "Local hard disk".
I tried some other experiments for the sake of completeness. The following tests were all performed with WINEPREFIX=~/.winetest and C:\ set to ~/.winetest/drive_c (all of which is on an NFS share)
- Using winecfg, I added a drive R:\ and set it to /opt/drive_r (this is on the local hard disk, not a network share). I set R:\ as a "Local hard disk". Installing Photoshop CS2 to R:\ was successful.
- Using winecfg, I changed R:\ to a "Network share". Installing Photoshop CS2 to R:\ failed with the same error message listed above.
So the drive "Type" setting does do something, it just doesn't seem to work as intended when setting it to "Local hard disk".
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20974
Vitaliy Margolen vitaliy@kievinfo.com changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution| |DUPLICATE
--- Comment #5 from Vitaliy Margolen vitaliy@kievinfo.com 2009-12-10 08:24:30 --- Duplicate
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 17618 ***
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Vitaliy Margolen vitaliy@kievinfo.com changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |CLOSED
--- Comment #6 from Vitaliy Margolen vitaliy@kievinfo.com 2009-12-10 08:24:38 --- Closing