On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 03:14:24PM -0500, Yan Seiner wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > worth a try, IF (big if) you are sure that the games do NOT use directX
> > (since thatis not supported under win4lin).
> >
>
> The games don't use any fancy stuff (these are little kid games for 2-5
> year olds. No temple of doom stuff.)
>
> > but why not just copy the cdrom to disk and point windows at that?
> >
>
> Some of the games incorporate a rudimentary copy protection scheme -
> basically they check to see if the disk is a cdrom, or if they can write
> a file to it. Sometimes you can break it, sometimes you can't. I just
> want to eliminate the hassle of dealing with CDs and have a reliable way
> to do this with every game.
>
> Besides, there are some pretty cool linux-based kid learning games that
> are free that I also want to use.
>
> Any idea how I get the image off a CD rom? I'm not too up on cd-rom
> stuff myself.
dd is your friend use man dd for more info.
see also the linux howto pages
>
> --Yan
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