Tony, I felt the same way when Win4Lin came out. I was sceptic and wanted to make sure it would work before I switched over. So I set up my computer with a Dual boot NT4 and Linux, made sure everything was working in Linux (most importly Protel) then when I was confortable I switched over completely. I don't even have a NT4 partition any more. I have no need for it.
I believe Steve is having problems because he's trying to use it on a Distribution version that has just come out. I'll agree there's a learning curve switching from Windows to Linux. I've been running Linux for three years now and Protel99SE in Win4Lin since it came out. And because of the stability alone I will never go back. Jason On Tuesday 09 July 2002 22:26, Tony Karavidas wrote: > That's the problem, "99SE to install because it doesn't recognize the > "partition" type." > > How much is your time worth messing around will all the little gotchas just > like that one? > > $150 to microsoft is no big deal for me to pay for windows and have > Protel99SE install correctly. I tried OS2 back in the day (this is probably > in our archives) and thought it was great except for this that and the > other thing. > > I'm tired of screwing around with OSes, and after committing to something, > learn I can't print to this, or install that. Fuh-get-about-it. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stephen Binks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 7:18 PM > > To: 'Protel EDA Forum' > > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel under Win4Lin (WAS OpenOffice & 3D CAD) > > > > > > I'm running Win4Lin on RH7.3 on a dual processor PII350 256MB machine. > > > > I have Win98SE and have just recently installed Protel98 which > > seems to run > > very nicely... not much testing yet. > > I couldn't get the trial of 99SE to install because it doesn't > > recognize the > > "partition" type. > > > > When using the SMP Kernel from RedHat, I have to run the last version > > from RH7.2 to get it working. I expect Netraverse to release new kernels > > for RedHat's latest (2.4.18-5) shortly and am hoping it will fix some > > problems. > > > > I haven't given the kernel problem a thorough workover but the 2.4.9 SMP > > kernel and Win4Lin work well. > > > > It takes around 10 sec to boot Win98 and gives me good access to all the > > "features" I need in a windows environment. > > > > IMHO, definitely worth a go. > > > > Steve > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Justin M. Fenwick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, 10 July 2002 9:19 AM > > To: Protel EDA Forum > > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel under Win4Lin (WAS OpenOffice & 3D CAD) > > > > Is winfor lin a separate shell i.e. is it to replace Red Hat etc, > > what Linux > > software do you use? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 11:06 AM > > To: Protel EDA Forum > > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel under Win4Lin (WAS OpenOffice & 3D CAD) > > > > > Sounds like a miracle! :) > > > > > > Maybe MS should investigate how their OS should run by > > > looking at Win4Lin. > > > Seriously, maybe Win4Lin provides a 'nicer' system to Windows > > > (more memory, > > > smarter swapping algorithms, etc.) Yeah, I should give it a shot. > > > > win4lin doesn't provide more memory to windows (it has a maximum of 128MB > > available to windows under version 4), but IME the disk access is much > > better under linux (especially compared to NTFS), and the swapping/memory > > management is much better also. > > > > I ran an earlier version on a PII-300 with 64MB of RAM, and > > windows 98 under > > win4lin was faster/more resposive than NT4 native on the same machine. > > > > Cheers, > > MvdW > > > > ************************************************************************ > > * Tracking #: E33170C0D7CEE742812A23D901D12757C2E0DF9D > > * > > ************************************************************************ > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > > Thorlock International Ltd. http://www.thorlock.com > > +61 8 9351 1200 (tel) +61 8 9351 9522 (fax) -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jason Van Dellen Trilogy-Net Inc. #4; 1935 - 27Ave NE Calgary, AB T2E 7E4 www.trilogy-net.com Phone (403) 219-8868 Fax (403) 219-8860 Cell (403) 815-1626 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
