On 25-Nov-98 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've installed wine, but I gather it requires a DOS partition to hold windows
> apps. I have an empty sda2 (50 Mb, nat.linux) and an empty sda3 (150 Mb, no
> type. I'd like to format the latter as FAT, which I assume I can do under
> Linux without danger.
Actually, you do not need a DOS partition to run windows program under wine.
> If the sole purpose of this directory is to hold windows apps that Linux can
> see, does it make any difference what directories are on it (other than what
> the windows install programs will create)? Does it make any difference
> whether
> that partition is bootable, startable, primary, etc.?
The type of partition is irrelevent. You even can create a new directory on your
existing file system and use that if you wish.
The structure of the directory may or may not be important. Some windows
software are known to look for the "windows\" directory and may complain if it
can't find it.
Incidently, if you have never tried wine before, you might want to give it a
test run first before you put too much time into it. Wine is still in
developement stage and is incredibly buggy and unreliable.
Cort
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