What works
- starting EAC
- set CD-ROM device and get CD Info

What does not
- the AUDIO-CD is not immediately detected, you have to insert and mount a DATA CD first (see my comments!)

What was not tested

- ripping / FLAC conversion

Additional Comments

To run EAC without errors, the following steps were important in my case:

1.)
Register DLLs manually:
regsvr32 sql* 
(run this command while in the folder where EAC has been installed)

2.)
Prepare Wine for the Audio-CD with the help of this:
(taken from )

1. Insert a data CD in the cd-drive! The OS should mount the 
CD. (You may have to mount it manually.)

2. Run winecfg and set up the CD drive in drives tab. 
There should be a link to your drive, eg. E:, otherwise set it manually:
 - path:    /media/   (in my case)
 - type:    CD-ROM
 - device:  /dev/sr1       (in my case)

3. Run EAC while the DATA CD is inserted in the drive. Set the 
interface to 'native Win32 interface for WinNT/2000/XP'.
(since EAC 1.0beta3 this was already chosen)
Exit EAC.

4. Run EAC again (the DATA CD is still inserted and mounted!).
EAC should start and show the data CD. Replace the data CD 
with the audio CD, without exiting EAC.

5. Wait a few seconds ... VOILA! Now you should see your AUDIO CD.

HAVE FUN!

(this procedure with the extra DATA CD has to be done everytime once EAC was closed... but it only takes one minute...)