I wrote: > "Michael Janssen (CS/MATH stud.) " wrote: > > > you might take a look at > > win4lin (www.trelos.com). I have been using the eval version for > > about a week and I like it alot - it required a modified kernel, but > > once you get that done, it's amazing. > > I'm running potato, and I'm having problems installing the > evaluation version. First, the quickdownload.sh downloaded an > rpm package and not a deb.
I downloaded the `complete' file Win4Lin1.0-eval.tgz and soft-linked the empty LINUX file to the one I had installed before. > But since I'm not using slink (and I > assume the deb would be for Corel), I simply ran alien on the rpm > package to get a deb out of it. > > But running the install script fails: > > # sh install-win4lin.sh > failed dependencies: > /bin/sh is needed by Win4Lin-4.9.2k.eval-1 > The Win4Lin package install failed. Seems it was calling `rpm' instead of `dpkg'. I hacked the install-win4lin.sh file, adding: trap Interrupt_Proc 1 2 3 15 Check_installed_$PKGMGR + PKGMGR=dpkg while true do I ran it, and it worked. The problem now it that my Windows 98 CD doesn't seem good enough for it. It came with a new Dell computer purchased in Canada (the english version). I emailed their support and got a very quick response: From: David Peet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: win2lin on Debian potato The CD you have is one of those "Microsoft Special" versions that cannot be used to install from. Microsoft intentionally removed the "setup.exe" program just to make sure no one can install a new machine from it. _David_ So I'll try again tomorrow using another Windows CD. - Beware, the install script installs these binaries (not registered with package management): cp ../LINUX/tools/insmod /sbin/insmod_ver cp ../LINUX/tools/rmmod /sbin/rmmod_ver Peter