On Sunday 20 May 2001 07:53 pm, Benjamin Sher wrote:
> Dear friends:
>
> I would like to try out MSWord97 in Linux using Wine, and I would
> appreciate instructions on how to do this in LM 8.0.

    It won't work
>
> I  have a dual-boot (LM 8.0/Win98 SE) with a /mnt/windows/ directory
> already included (on a separate drive) and wine installed as an rpm
> in LM 8.0, so it should pretty easy.

   edit 'fstab' and move your Windoze partition out of /mnt/windows to 
somethin like /c.  That way your Winblows files will be more quickly 
accessable.
>
> I would appreciate specific instructions and recommendations for the
> best wine rpm to use with MS Word97.

  uninstall any current wine rpm you have now, then

     http://www.codeweavers.com/technology/wine/

  but M$Word97 still won't fly ;>   
-- 
Tom Brinkman      [EMAIL PROTECTED]     Galveston Bay

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