Dawn of War trouble and other questions

Canew · Post by **Canew** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:15 am

Hi:

I'm a relative noob to Wine, and I'm having a little trouble getting Dawn of War (regular, plus Winter Assault) to run under Debian Lenny. When I try to install it, it always tries to install automatically to the c: drive, which I don't want to do because I don't have enough space (running on a laptop).

I do, however, have a USB external drive, which I'd like it to load to, but I don't know how.

Also, I've run into the "wrong CD" problem, and read about how some people have had more success installing under a different version of wine. I'm using 1.0.1. How do I find a different version? What do I need to search for on this site to find other versions? Which version works best? Can I install with one version and run it with a newer version?

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:12 pm

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Canew <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi:

I'm a relative noob to Wine, and I'm having a little trouble getting Dawn of War (regular, plus Winter Assault) to run under Debian Lenny. When I try to install it, it always tries to install automatically to the c: drive, which I don't want to do because I don't have enough space (running on a laptop).

Do it as you would in Windows, in the installer. Otherwise, put your
WINEPREFIX on the external drive.

Also, I've run into the "wrong CD" problem, and read about how some people have had more success installing under a different version of wine. I'm using 1.0.1. How do I find a different version? What do I need to search for on this site to find other versions?

Ask you distro to provide an upgraded version. Or check
http://www.winehq.org/download.

Which version works best?

Depends on what you want to do. Newest should work best, aside from regressions.

Can I install with one version and run it with a newer version?

Yeah, but it's a bit advanced to do, and not sure why you need to.

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-Austin

Canew · Post by **Canew** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:45 am

austin987 wrote:On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Canew <[email protected]> wrote:
Do it as you would in Windows, in the installer. Otherwise, put your
WINEPREFIX on the external drive.

That's what I mean. The installer automatically begins to install it in the c: drive. I'm not given an option.

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:31 am

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Canew <[email protected]> wrote:

austin987 wrote:On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Canew <[email protected]> wrote:

Do it as you would in Windows, in the installer. Otherwise, put your
WINEPREFIX on the external drive.

That's what I mean. The installer automatically begins to install it in the c: drive. I'm not given an option.

So make a WINEPREFIX on your external drive.

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-Austin

Canew · Post by **Canew** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:04 pm

Is there a guide somewhere that shows how to do that?

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:12 pm

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Canew <[email protected]> wrote:

Is there a guide somewhere that shows how to do that?

http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-f2f5f3b ... 15657ad552

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-Austin

Canew · Post by **Canew** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 12:08 pm

So just so I have it right, the step-by-step is:

1) Create a directory on my external drive, say .wine2.

2) Execute the following:

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WINEPREFIX="path/to/.wine2" wine dawnofwar.exe

3) ??? Is there a step 3, or does the above line automatically run it?

I'm going from memory on the dow exe file, but otherwise, that's it? I don't have to set anything else up? Anytime I want to run/install anything on my external, that's how?

Also, other than the path and the .exe file above, is that code accurate? The syntax is correct?

Sorry for all the noob questions. This is a bit of uncharted territory for me, and I don't want to break anything.

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 12:14 pm

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Canew <[email protected]> wrote:

So just so I have it right, the step-by-step is:

1) Create a directory on my external drive, say .wine2.

No need, it'll be done automatically.

2) Execute the following:

Code:
WINEPREFIX="path/to/.wine2" wine dawnofwar.exe

Yes, assuming that's the setup/install file.

I'm going from memory on the dow exe file, but otherwise, that's it? I don't have to set anything else up? Anytime I want to run/install anything on my external, that's how?

Yes. Though, it's good practice to use a separate prefix for each
application, e.g.,:

WINEPREFIX="/media/external/.wine-cs3" wine photoshop_setup.exe
WINEPREFIX="/media/external/.wine-itunes" wine itunes_setup.exe
etc.

Also, other than the path and the .exe file above, is that code accurate? The syntax is correct?

Yep.

Sorry for all the noob questions. This is a bit of uncharted territory for me, and I don't want to break anything.

Np.

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-Austin

Canew · Post by **Canew** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:16 pm

Argh! One more problem. My external is a Western Digital Passport, and it comes up as "WD Passport," so I usually need to put that in quotes to get the system to recognize it. In the wineprefix command, that gets screwed up. Is there another way to do it?

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:13 pm

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 8:16 PM, Canew <[email protected]> wrote:

Argh! One more problem. My external is a Western Digital Passport, and it comes up as "WD Passport," so I usually need to put that in quotes to get the system to recognize it. In the wineprefix command, that gets screwed up. Is there another way to do it?

A) rename the drive or
B) WINEPREFIX="/media/WD Passport/.wine-foo"
or
WINEPREFIX=/media/WD\ Passport/.wine-foo

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-Austin

Canew · Post by **Canew** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 5:53 pm

STILL having trouble:

I tried it, and got the following:

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err:process:init_windows_dirs directory L"C:\\windows" could not be created, error 2
err:process:init_windows_dirs directory L"C:\\windows\\system32" could not be created, error 3
Warning: could not find DOS drive for current working directory '/media/iso', starting in the Windows directory.
err:process:init_windows_dirs directory L"C:\\windows" could not be created, error 2
err:process:init_windows_dirs directory L"C:\\windows\\system32" could not be created, error 3
Warning: could not find DOS drive for current working directory '/', starting in the Windows directory.
err:wineboot:main Cannot set the dir to L"C:\\windows" (2)
err:process:init_windows_dirs directory L"C:\\windows" could not be created, error 2
err:process:init_windows_dirs directory L"C:\\windows\\system32" could not be created, error 3
Warning: could not find DOS drive for current working directory '/', starting in the Windows directory.
err:process:init_windows_dirs directory L"C:\\windows" could not be created, error 2
err:process:init_windows_dirs directory L"C:\\windows\\system32" could not be created, error 3
Warning: could not find DOS drive for current working directory '/', starting in the Windows directory.
wine: could not load L"C:\\windows\\system32\\DawnOfWar.exe": Module not found

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 6:01 pm

On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Canew <[email protected]> wrote:

STILL having trouble:

I tried it, and got the following:

Code:
err:process:init_windows_dirs directory L"C:\\windows" could not be created, error 2
err:process:init_windows_dirs directory L"C:\\windows\\system32" could not be created, error 3
Warning: could not find DOS drive for current working directory '/media/iso', starting in the Windows directory.
err:process:init_windows_dirs directory L"C:\\windows" could not be created, error 2
err:process:init_windows_dirs directory L"C:\\windows\\system32" could not be created, error 3
Warning: could not find DOS drive for current working directory '/', starting in the Windows directory.
err:wineboot:main Cannot set the dir to L"C:\\windows" (2)
err:process:init_windows_dirs directory L"C:\\windows" could not be created, error 2
err:process:init_windows_dirs directory L"C:\\windows\\system32" could not be created, error 3
Warning: could not find DOS drive for current working directory '/', starting in the Windows directory.
err:process:init_windows_dirs directory L"C:\\windows" could not be created, error 2
err:process:init_windows_dirs directory L"C:\\windows\\system32" could not be created, error 3
Warning: could not find DOS drive for current working directory '/', starting in the Windows directory.
wine: could not load L"C:\\windows\\system32\\DawnOfWar.exe": Module not found

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What command did you do?

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-Austin

Canew · Post by **Canew** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 9:56 pm

I did this:

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WINEPREFIX="/media/WD Passport/.wine-dow" wine DawnOfWar.exe

EDIT: I also just tried to do it onto an SD card and got a similar result.

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 10:57 pm

On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Canew <[email protected]> wrote:

I did this:

Code:
WINEPREFIX="/media/WD Passport/.wine-dow" wine DawnOfWar.exe

Do you not have write permission there?

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-Austin

Canew · Post by **Canew** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 9:19 am

I see rwx in the first positions, but none of the others. I tried changing it, did the command several times, checked the syntax four times. I'm doing it right, but nothing changes. I never officially formatted the hard drive or the sd card, just popped them in and went. Is that the problem?

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 1:27 pm

On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Canew <[email protected]> wrote:

I see rwx in the first positions, but none of the others. I tried changing it, did the command several times, checked the syntax four times. I'm doing it right, but nothing changes. I never officially formatted the hard drive or the sd card, just popped them in and went. Is that the problem?

Depends on your distro/how it's setup. Fix that first.

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-Austin