Can't install from ISO

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brainstormtrooper
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Can't install from ISO

Post by brainstormtrooper »

I'm trying to install a program from an ISO (I don't want to burn a CD...).
I have mounted the ISO (mount -o loop...) and I can see its contents in Nautilus (my file browser) and in the Wine Explorer so I seem to have adequate permissions. I can also open files on the ISO with Wordpad in Wine.
I can start the installer, but then it asks to insert the CD with the label 'Program Name'... I have checked the ISO and it DOES have the correct label. I have also extracted the ISO and tried adding the folder as a drive in Wine, but that didn't work - the installer simply wouldn't run at all...
I have also set the device type to Autodetect in Winecfg and then set the label myself, but that didn't fix the problem.
I have tried installing winiso and a couple of other ISO mounters in Wine, but they don't seem to wok (fail to install)...

Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Thanks in advance,
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dimesio
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Re: Can't install from ISO

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Mounting an ISO will not work if the installer expects to interact with real hardware. For that you need an emulator, such as CDEmu. Or you could just burn a CD.
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