Another Noob

[mzup]

I have Linux mint 15 and have Wine installed. I am trying to figure out how to map a network drive to install an app that needs a specific drive letter to run. I see in Wine where to do the mapping but when I browse is doesn't allow me to change to the network location to select the share. I assume I would have to type a unc path, but being windows minded, what I type is not accepted. How would I map say the letter H to a location on a windows server called \\appserver\apps?

thanks

[dimesio]

http://www.winehq.org/docs/wineusr-guid ... ure#AEN723

[mzup]

I read that. I don't understand it. That is why I was giving what I need and was hoping to get it written out so I can understand it better.

[dimesio]

Did you mount the network drive in Samba? You need to.

[nachanon]

OK. The thing is WINE didn't support UNC path for accessing remote Windows shares.
To access them, you'd need to use "Samba" program to mount them as a local "Network Drive" first.

To install Samba program and mount a network drive on linux mint:
http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1208

Then, use WINE to access them as if it's a local file. (No UNC path, remember?)


For example, you want to install a program named "jcrea350.exe" from a network folder
called \\window\backup:

First, install Samba.

1. As root, create a mount point, for the network drive:

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mkdir /media/smbshare

2. Then (still as root), assign that mount point to a UNC path, thus creating a network drive

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mount -t cifs '\\window\backup' /media/smbshare

3. After I successfully created a linux-based network drive, I could execute "jcrea350.exe" in /media/smbshare now (as normal user)

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cd /media/smbshare
wine jcrea350.exe

Hope it makes senses.

[nachanon]

Oh, I forgot another thing: If you really need your program to run from a specific drive letter,
skip step #3, and use winecfg to map /media/smbshare to your desired wine drive letter.
Then, open winefile, navigate that drive, and run your program.