actually i did manage to get it work work from the cd, you have to explicitly specify the -o unhide command when you run mount or put the unhide command in your /etc/fstab...
as for the files not getting written, i had the same problem, it is the .lnk files (that i assume go in the start menu on windows)...i am thinking that they aren't being properly converted to .desktop files or something. I will try installing with crossover office tonight and post the results tomorrow
-Dustin
--- Rizsanyi Zsolt rizsanyi@myrealbox.com wrote: On Wednesday 17 April 2002 21:42, Speeddymon wrote:
I just recently installed wine-20020411 (as you may have noticed from my patch) I haven't tried installing Office 2000 on
previous
versions, but heard that it worked, so I decided
to
try it. First I tried it in Crossover Office
(since i
just recently got that also) and the Office 2000 installer complained that it couldnt find a
package to
install on the installation media. So I tried
it
in
wine and it did the same thing... There were no
debug
messages or anything (in the console).
If anyone knows of a way around this, please let
me
know... If it has been mentioned before please
point
me to the right wine-devel archive so I can find
it...
I have also dared to try to install office2k, and had the same problem. But I have found a workaround... When the installation fails, the MSI installer is already copied to your windows directory (I think its name is installmsi.exe or something like that
- I dont have it at hand). So I have tried to
invoke
it with the msi file in the root of the CD (the data1.msi or something
like
that - the other msi is something else). This way the installation started. The
configuration
of what programs to install worked perfectly, but when copying the
files
the installer broke, and said that it can't write a file. I dont know what was the problem. I had enough space, the persmissions were ok, and so on.
I have tried again, and the installer broke again but now with a different file. So I give up, since I don't really need it
to
install, just I wanted to see what the people are talking about... But if
you
find a solution (or submit a patch :), then I will be interested...
Best regards, Zsolt Rizsanyi
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