Unreal Tournament 2004 mount problems

[lpaulgib]

I ended up going and buying the UT2k4 version (cd not dvd) and I'm having problems with the install again. Basically I mounted the first disk, and started the linux installer and everything was going fine until it asked for disk 2. I put it in, and it keeps telling me to put it in and mount it, even though I already did put it in. Anyone know how to fix this? Do I need to do the /mnt/cdrom command when I stick the cd in? This is really troublesome.


Update: I'm STILL trying to get this damn thing working. It's almost more trouble than it's worth. I mean, why the hell can't Linux work changing cds on an install fine when god forsaken Windows does huh? Anyhow... I'm still trying to figure this stupid thing out. I was reading and it saidThis Guide (http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=164811) and none of those instructions seemed to work. I also want to note that I'm still using the 2.4 kernel not 2.6 so that might affect things, but I'm definatly not going to try to upgrade the kernel. It would be really nice to get this installed. I don't see how I can be the only person who can't figure this out.

[bwkaz]

Well since you don't post your distro, I'm just going to assume it's Mandrake (because that means that the solution is simplest :p). Turn off supermount. ;)

[lpaulgib]

I figured anyone who's responding to my post has my distro memorized. I'll just copy a post I put on another forum. It gives ALL the information I have.


Ok, so 3 minutes out of the box, it's giving me hell on the install. I can't get it past the part of the install where it askes you to change disks and mount. But it isn't detecting the 2nd cd after I put it in. From what I've found from research on the web, this is fairly common, but it seems like I'm the only one who can't figure out how to solve this. Here is exactly what I do to try to install.



su
cd /home/user1
supermount -i disable
**opens drive and inserts cd**
/mnt/cdrom/linux-installer.sh *I assume this is the mount?
**selects install paths to user1 directory**
**starts install**
**Insert Disk 2 screen comes up**
Ctrl+Shift+N *For new console session to work with*
umount /dev/cdrom (And tried umount /mnt/cdrom
**open drive and change cd**
**selects ok**


That is what I'm currently doing. I've literally been trying to install the game for the last 3 hours. I'm at a point where I have no clue what to do. I'd like to get the game installed rather doing option B which is just install Windows over Linux. Does anyone know how to solve this problem? Is there a step by step guide to 2k4 like there is for 2k3?

My Operating system specs right now are..

-Mandrake Linux 9.2
-Kernel version 2.4.22-10 (Julius support seems to be enabled, I CAN view disk 2's contents from a file manager)
-Bash shell


Thanks again for the help. I'd love to get this game installed and playing.

[lpaulgib]

I guess my solution isn't that simple

[Icarus]

If it's giving you that much trouble (which is odd) I would copy all the disks to the hard drive.

Something like /mnt/temp
and in there would be subfolders of Disk 1 Disk 2 ...

Set the environment for the CD to be that directory

export SETUP_CDROM=/mnt/temp

run the installer as root and you should have no problems...

[lpaulgib]

Update- Ok, I cannot do the copy the disk to the harddrive then install because I do not have sufficient memory to do that then install.

I just need to get around the stupid mount problem. There has to be a guide on how to install UT2k4 that somsone has or knows.

[Icarus]

Don't know...do you have a custom kernel?

Check out the icculus FAQ for installing problems...
http://icculus.org/lgfaq/#install

[lpaulgib]

Nope. I have a normal kernel that I installed with 9.2MDK. Maybe i'm not mounting and unmounting the disks properly? What would be the exact command to unmount the disk after Istart the installer, then mount the second disk? I might be messing up there.

[lpaulgib]

Hahaha! It works! I turned off supermount from drakconf and then exported the setup. I just put the disk in and selected ok, and it automatically mounted it for me! I hope the rest works as nicely. I conquered the imposing mount problem! Well for now at least! :D :D :D

[Icarus]

Excellent!
Don't forget to pickup the latest patch (see my other posting) as it also fixes the kintersect crashes from the retail release ;)

[lpaulgib]

I just noticed that I installed everything into my users home folder, and not specific folder. Now I have to sort through all the folders and put them into one heh.