GPS installation error!!

HELP!! I want to install my legallys bought GPL but it says it is not a Valdid CD ROM and contact my vendor!! Is this a known issue? How can I resolve the problem?? HELP!! DOK

Take the CD back to the store and make them eat it. Then, leave with a new one.

I assume you have a European version. GPL setup (and gpl.exe) checks to see if the cd has something like 780 MB data on it. Some cd rom drives apparently give the wrong answer and GPL won't install. In my case, it didn't install from my 32x Aopen drive, but I was lucky it did install from my 24x Philips drive. Try installing on some else's computer who has a different CD rom drive to see if the cd you got is basically ok. The apparent size of 780 MB is a copy protection. It is done by placing 11 extra files of 50MB on the cd. The trick is that they all point to the same data area, so there isn't really 780MB. Bart

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> I assume you have a European version. GPL setup (and gpl.exe) checks to see > if the cd has something like 780 MB data on it. Some cd rom drives > apparently give the wrong answer and GPL won't install. In my case, it > didn't install from my 32x Aopen drive, but I was lucky it did install from > my 24x Philips drive. > Try installing on some else's computer who has a different CD rom drive to > see if the cd you got is basically ok. > The apparent size of 780 MB is a copy protection. It is done by placing 11 > extra files of 50MB on the cd. The trick is that they all point to the same > data area, so there isn't really 780MB. > Bart

That's ***Bart,....i installed it from my 32xAopen drive also....NO PROBLEMO!!!! -- Greetings :)RuuD? +------------------------------+

Well, it didn't install from my Acer 6x. Papyrus MADE me buy a new CD drive!!! I would like to say *** YOU Papyrus, but I won't, in future I won't buy Papyrus games, I will get pirate versions of their games in total of what my new CD drive costed me, well no, I will be honest, in total of what the cheapest drive would have costed me. Papyrus deserves it, they discriminate people, US version doesn't have that 780mb shit, no CD required in CD drive to play GPL, etc. Don't get me wrong, I love this game, but Papyrus treats us Europeans as criminals! Borut >> I assume you have a European version. GPL setup (and gpl.exe) checks to see >> if the cd has something like 780 MB data on it. Some cd rom drives >> apparently give the wrong answer and GPL won't install. In my case, it >> didn't install from my 32x Aopen drive, but I was lucky it did install from >> my 24x Philips drive. >> Try installing on some else's computer who has a different CD rom drive to >> see if the cd you got is basically ok. >> The apparent size of 780 MB is a copy protection. It is done by placing 11 >> extra files of 50MB on the cd. The trick is that they all point to the same >> data area, so there isn't really 780MB. >> Bart >That's ***Bart,....i installed it from my 32xAopen drive also....NO PROBLEMO!!!! >-- > Greetings :)RuuD? >+------------------------------+

Ruud van Eck heeft geschreven in bericht >> I assume you have a European version. GPL setup (and gpl.exe) checks to see >> if the cd has something like 780 MB data on it. Some cd rom drives >> apparently give the wrong answer and GPL won't install. In my case, it >> didn't install from my 32x Aopen drive, but I was lucky it did install from >> my 24x Philips drive. >> Try installing on some else's computer who has a different CD rom drive to >> see if the cd you got is basically ok. >> The apparent size of 780 MB is a copy protection. It is done by placing 11 >> extra files of 50MB on the cd. The trick is that they all point to the same >> data area, so there isn't really 780MB. >> Bart >That's ***Bart,....i installed it from my 32xAopen drive also....NO PROBLEMO!!!! >-- > Greetings :)RuuD? >+------------------------------+ Ok. The exact data of my gpl cd: 731.545.600 bytes 697 MB The extra files are in the 'surface' directory. There is a 55.296 KB .dat file for every track. After a full install, GPL is only 139 MB. If you have the same gpl cd, maybe the firmware level of your drive is different. Mine is reported as E-IDE CD-ROM 32X/AKU Revision ROM U10I in Control Panel - System. Bart

Hallelujah!! I managed to get the program working with a no cd crack found with astalavista!! Strange to need such a crack for a legally bought program! It encourages the use of warez and gamez I think. DOK

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>Ruud van Eck heeft geschreven in bericht >>> I assume you have a European version. GPL setup (and gpl.exe) checks to >see >>> if the cd has something like 780 MB data on it. Some cd rom drives >>> apparently give the wrong answer and GPL won't install. In my case, it >>> didn't install from my 32x Aopen drive, but I was lucky it did install >from >>> my 24x Philips drive. >>> Try installing on some else's computer who has a different CD rom drive >to >>> see if the cd you got is basically ok. >>> The apparent size of 780 MB is a copy protection. It is done by placing >11 >>> extra files of 50MB on the cd. The trick is that they all point to the >same >>> data area, so there isn't really 780MB. >>> Bart >>That's ***Bart,....i installed it from my 32xAopen drive also....NO >PROBLEMO!!!! >>-- >> Greetings :)RuuD? >>+------------------------------+ >Ok. The exact data of my gpl cd: 731.545.600 bytes 697 MB >The extra files are in the 'surface' directory. There is a 55.296 KB .dat >file for every track. >After a full install, GPL is only 139 MB. >If you have the same gpl cd, maybe the firmware level of your drive is >different. Mine is reported as E-IDE CD-ROM 32X/AKU Revision ROM U10I in >Control Panel - System. >Bart

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> Ok. The exact data of my gpl cd: 731.545.600 bytes 697 MB > The extra files are in the 'surface' directory. There is a 55.296 KB .dat > file for every track. > After a full install, GPL is only 139 MB. > If you have the same gpl cd, maybe the firmware level of your drive is > different. Mine is reported as E-IDE CD-ROM 32X/AKU Revision ROM U10I in > Control Panel - System. > Bart

Mine doesn't report any further then E-IDE CD-ROM 32X/AKU ,...i don't see any revision number! The GPL data is also 697 MB! -- Greetings :)RuuD? +------------------------------+

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>> Ok. The exact data of my gpl cd: 731.545.600 bytes 697 MB >> The extra files are in the 'surface' directory. There is a 55.296 KB .dat >> file for every track. >> After a full install, GPL is only 139 MB. >> If you have the same gpl cd, maybe the firmware level of your drive is >> different. Mine is reported as E-IDE CD-ROM 32X/AKU Revision ROM U10I in >> Control Panel - System. >> Bart >Mine doesn't report any further then E-IDE CD-ROM 32X/AKU ,...i don't see

any revision number! >The GPL data is also 697 MB! >-- > Greetings :)RuuD? >+------------------------------+ The ROM revision number is in the properties sheet for the drive under the settings tab (instellingen). Another relevant difference may be the windows version we are using. I run the original Dutch W95 update with a number of Microsoft patches applied. I did not install the dos drivers that came with the Aopen 32x cd rom drive. ===> Something to try Dok --- using the Aopen dos drivers? Bart