>
> Is there anyway I can "copy" my computer's BIOS to an image file, and use
> that as the BIOS for Win4Lin, or does Win4Lin require it's own special BIOS?
No. Win4Lin has its own BIOS which matches the virtual hardware supported
in the virtual machine.
>
> Maybe I'll see if I can get a second hard drive, install to that, and go from
> there. Or maybe that's not worth the trouble, and I'll get a real Windows CD.
The latter would probably be easier. Alternatively you can go complain to
Gateway. You can tell them that you ARE installing this on a Gateway
computer, but their check is failing because of a virtual environment.
However, you PAID for the win98 license (included in the cost of the computer)
AND you ARE installing it on that system. INSIST that they give you
a workaround to their too-intrusive check OR alternatively a version
of Win98 that you can use. It takes end-user customers complaining about
this kind of thing to make them stop.
>
> The contents of that errmsg.ini file to which you refer are:
>
> gwonly=This CD is only for use on a Gateway computer.
Ah HAH! Just as I thought!
> Brain storm: not being familiar with the internals of Win4Lin, I have no idea
> if or how this would work, but here is an idea. The Win4Lin "BIOS" obviously
> responds to a request for an ID of some sort.
Not necessarily. Gateway can have created a new, "secret" entry point into
THEIR BIOS that normal BIOSes don't support. Theoretically, we might be
able to disassemble the biosid.exe file and see what it is trying to do,
but I really don't have time right now (I'm leaving on vacation tomorrow).
Furthermore, they have probably made biosid.exe VERY complicated and
difficult to reverse engineer. Maybe someone on the list might want to
take a look. However, this might violate some end-user license you have
agreed to (i.e. you may not have the rights to reverse engineer the
biosid.exe file).
Richard <rwb>
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