On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 08:16:51PM +1100, Peter Hardy wrote: > Cool trick for wine users: > * Make sure you've got support for the binfmt_misc driver[2] in > your kernel. I think it gets compiled in to distro kernels > these days - check that /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/ exists, or > try "modprobe binfmt_misc" > * If you're using a kernel later than 2.4.13, mount the > binfmt_misc filesystem: "mount -t binfmt_misc none > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc" > * "echo ':DOSWin:M::MZ::/path/to/wine:' > > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register" > > And you should be able to run Windows binaries from the commandline. > ie, instead of "wine winfile.exe" you can just run "winfile.exe" and let > the kernel sort out how to make it go.
for debian users, installing the wine and binfmt-support packages will automatically do this for you (at least with current "unstable" versions) its pretty cool. -- - Gus -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
