How I installed UT2003 under Linux.

[Seph64]

Yes, I know someone posted a solution for installing UT2003 in Linux, but here is how I did it.

First I created a directory in /mnt named cd

I typed in mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 (scd0 is my CD Writer, which is my only CD Drive on this Machine) /mnt/cd

executed the linux_installer.sh file, when it asked to insert the first CD Rom into the drive I openned up a new terminal and typed in /usr/bin/eject to eject the drive tray. I promptly inserted the first disc, typed mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom then I press the ok button to continue, and it did. I did the same steps for every time I needed to insert a different disc.

I hope this is helpful.

[rayor]

Yeah, I did my install a little different though.

Since my cd-rom drive on my laptop broke recently I copied my ut2003 cd's onto a seperate computer and made ISO images of them. I setup a virtual cdrom drive using Alcohol, which is a great virtual cd-drive program. I recommend you get it here. (http://www.alcohol-software.com/).
Then I simply shared the "virtual" cd-rom drive for networking., networked my laptop to my windoze box using samba.
Finally I typed "export SETUP_CDROM=/mnt/samba/ELIZA/F" (without the quotes, and replacing /mnt/samba/ELIZA/F with wherever you mount your samba point shares)

Run the linuxinstaller.sh script and viola. Then when it asks for the next cd just change ISO images with Alcohol.

You could also just copy the cd's to your hard drive in different directories and use the "export SETUP_CDROM=/cdrom1" and then make links to each other cd when asked.

[Scorchen]

Alot of people cant get their CDROM to open if its in use, SO... What i had to do was copy the installer.sh to my hard drive , and then execute it from there.

[machima]

I had that cd tray not opening problem. I just switched over to KDE from GNOME2 and installed. Worked fine with Konqueror, Nautilus seems to have a spaz with CD's for some reason.

[bwkaz]

What I did:

mount /mnt/cdrom (/mnt/cdrom is in my fstab)
/mnt/cdrom/linux_installer.sh

Wait while it goes, then when it asks to switch CDs, do this from a different terminal:

umount /mnt/cdrom
Switch CDs
mount /mnt/cdrom
Hit OK

Worked for me because I ran the installer while the shell's current directory was my home directory, not /mnt/cdrom. If you cd to /mnt/cdrom first, you won't be able to umount it to eject the CD.

If you have ISOs, you can just mount -t iso9660 -o loop /path/to/file.iso /mnt/cdrom as root, assuming you have loopback device support either as a module or in your kernel. Then again, umount /mnt/cdrom will umount it.

[sasKuatch]

Shouldn't eject work?

*types*

$ eject

*tray pops out*

Hm...

[bwkaz]

I'm not positive whether eject works when the CD is mounted, though.

And even if it works when it's mounted (presumably by umounting it), does it work while it's mounted if you have a shell open in the mount directory, so that umount reports "device busy"?

[sasKuatch]

No, I don't think it works when it's in use, but (as far as I've experienced) it pops it out even when mounted. That's why I have an 'eject' button on my acidlaunch bar.

[Krycheck]

Originally posted by machima
I had that cd tray not opening problem. I just switched over to KDE from GNOME2 and installed. Worked fine with Konqueror, Nautilus seems to have a spaz with CD's for some reason.

I had the oppisite problem. I couldn't in KDE but in Gnome it installed fine with out cd drive problems.