Loading games

[dnt99611]

I am trying to move my kids off of windows To be able to do that I need them to be able to play their games. So far all the single disk games have loaded and worked just fine. But when I try to load multi disk games no luck. The first disk loads but when I am asked to put the next disk in I am not able to do so. The computer will not let me unmount the disk and eject it. Any help with this would be wonderful.

[Cell]

In wine?

There is a command to force the cd drive to open...I can't remember it right now tho lol.


http://wiki.winehq.org/eject

[billhedrick]

worst case: the straightened out paper clip in the access hole

[Cell]

worst case: the straightened out paper clip in the access hole

Lol I like that.Tho if the disk is spinning I don't recommend it.

[dnt99611]

Getting the disk out is not the main problem. The problem is being able to finish loading up the rest of the game. I know if I can not get the kids games to work I have no chance of weaning them off winblows.

[Cell]

Some times I mount the disks in a virtual cd drive,and it works.Take a look at PLayOnLinux.

[dnt99611]

Thanks, I will give that a try. I am noob enough that it may take me some time but I will give it my best shot.

[Cell]

http://www.acetoneteam.org/ is what I use mostly.You can find it in ultimatix.

[Cell]

It might be helpful if you list the game title also.

[dnt99611]

Sorry,
The game I was mostly speaking about is Sims. Both the wife and daughter like to play it. The one I was trying to load is a four disk set and all must be loaded for the game to play. I have been able to get any of the one disk games to load and play but I have not been able to get any multi-disk game to load. I tried severial other games but am not sure of the names.flight-sim and a few more??
I looked at the two sites you guys have told me about but I am sure they are way over the head of this self taught Noob.
Either way I will keep trying as I really want to get away from WindBlows if I can.