>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 12/20/00, 1:04:04 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Win4Lin-users digest, Vol 1 #172 - 23 msgs: > Send Win4Lin-users mailing list submissions to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.netraverse.com/mailman/listinfo/win4lin-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Win4Lin-users digest..." > This is the Win4Lin-users mailing list Digest. When replying, please change your subject heading to match the individual message you're replying to, instead of "Win4Lin-users Digest". > Today's Topics: > 1. Recap of Problems with 2.0 Upgrade License _with_ Solutions (Hoyt) > 2. Re: If you didn't receive Win4Lin 2.0 upgrade > instructions... (Larry Marshall) > 3. Re: Recap of Problems with 2.0 Upgrade License _with_ > Solutions (rpjday) > 4. Re: If you didn't receive Win4Lin 2.0 upgrade > instructions... (Mike Badger) > 5. Re: If you didn't receive Win4Lin 2.0 upgrade > instructions... (Larry Marshall) > 6. If you didn't receive Win4Lin 2.0 upgrade instructions... (robert w hall) > 7. installing a new (boxed) copy of win4lin 2.0 (rpjday) > 8. Re: If you didn't receive Win4Lin 2.0 upgrade > instructions... (Mike Badger) > 9. Re: installing a new (boxed) copy of win4lin 2.0 (Mike Badger) > 10. If you didn't receive Win4Lin 2.0 upgrade instructions... (robert w hall) > 11. Test: Please ignore (Joel Hammer) > 12. HOWTO for Mandrake 7.2 and Win4Lin 2.0 (Viktor Lakics) > 13. Re: HOWTO for Mandrake 7.2 and Win4Lin 2.0 (Benjamin Reed) > 14. Re: Win4Lin-users digest, Vol 1 #170 - 25 msgs (phoenyx) > 15. Re: HOWTO for Mandrake 7.2 and Win4Lin 2.0 (Hoyt) > 16. Version 2.0 worked on Debian yesterday, not today! (Peter S Galbraith) > 17. Re: HOWTO for Mandrake 7.2 and Win4Lin 2.0 (Benjamin Reed) > 18. Re: HOWTO for Mandrake 7.2 and Win4Lin 2.0 (Benjamin Reed) > --__--__-- > Message: 1 > From: "Hoyt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 12:25:37 -0500 > Subject: [Win4Lin-users] Recap of Problems with 2.0 Upgrade License _with_ Solutions > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Just to summarize since this is starting to come up frequently: > There appear to be some problems with the Win4Lin 2.0 license sent to purchasers of Win4Lin 1.0. When the license attachment is saved and used, Win4Lin either fails to recognize it or recognizes it as a temporary license. > Two fixes have been posted: > 1. The license file is missing a newline at the end. Solution -- Cut and paste into a new file and add a new line at the end of the file. > 2. File permissions for the license file are incorrect. Solution -- Change permissions to 666. > And, if you didn't get the license or you cannot open the mail attachment -- Follow the directions at https://www.netraverse.com/register_20upgrade.php > Rather than clutter up the list with responses (and corrections) to this, just email me directly and I will post an edited version back to the list. > Hoyt > --__--__-- > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 12:58:08 -0500 > From: Larry Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Win4Lin-users] If you didn't receive Win4Lin 2.0 upgrade > instructions... > Mike Badger wrote: > > > > If you purchased Win4Lin 1.0 from either the Trelos or NeTraverse online > > store and did not recieve an email with upgrade instructions and a 2.0 > > license, you can request your license here: > Like pretty much everything having to do with support for Win4Lin, > Mike, this doesn't work. I bought v1.0 via your online download. I > paid you money via credit card and then downloaded an rpm called > Win4Lin-10-1.rpm and when I installed it the one hour interruption > that was part of the evaluation copy went away. I have NO CD and thus > have no CD COVER. > I've never dealt with so much confusion from a software company in my > 20 years of dealing with them. What's going on and how can I get my > upgrade? > Cheers --- Larry > --__--__-- > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 13:38:46 -0500 (EST) > From: rpjday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Win4Lin-users] Recap of Problems with 2.0 Upgrade License _with_ > Solutions > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Hoyt wrote: > > Two fixes have been posted: > > > > 2. File permissions for the license file are incorrect. Solution -- > > Change permissions to 666. > i ran into this problem as well, but the corresponding error message > was really frustrating: "license file is missing or invalid." i spent > way too much time trying to figure out what was "missing" or "invalid" > about it, until i concluded it was neither. > it would be nice if the installation error messages were more > accurate and helpful, rather than hideously misleading. > rday > --__--__-- > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 13:40:22 -0500 > From: Mike Badger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: NeTraverse > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Win4Lin-users] If you didn't receive Win4Lin 2.0 upgrade > instructions... > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The text of this field is being modified to address the issue you > brought up and make it less confusing. > The serial number field is not a required field, and you can still use > the same form to request the upgrade license. We will verify the > information in your request and manually generate your license. > Thank you, > Mike > Larry Marshall wrote: > > > > Mike Badger wrote: > > > > > > If you purchased Win4Lin 1.0 from either the Trelos or NeTraverse online > > > store and did not recieve an email with upgrade instructions and a 2.0 > > > license, you can request your license here: > > > > Like pretty much everything having to do with support for Win4Lin, > > Mike, this doesn't work. I bought v1.0 via your online download. I > > paid you money via credit card and then downloaded an rpm called > > Win4Lin-10-1.rpm and when I installed it the one hour interruption > > that was part of the evaluation copy went away. I have NO CD and thus > > have no CD COVER. > > > > I've never dealt with so much confusion from a software company in my > > 20 years of dealing with them. What's going on and how can I get my > > upgrade? > > > > Cheers --- Larry > > _______________________________________________ > > Win4Lin-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.netraverse.com/mailman/listinfo/win4lin-users > --__--__-- > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 14:33:11 -0500 > From: Larry Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Win4Lin-users] If you didn't receive Win4Lin 2.0 upgrade > instructions... > > The text of this field is being modified to address the issue you > > brought up and make it less confusing. > > The serial number field is not a required field, and you can still use > Ok Mike, thanks for the quick response. I filled out the form and > will see what happens. > Cheers --- Larry > --__--__-- > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 20:03:14 +0000 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: robert w hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Win4Lin-users] If you didn't receive Win4Lin 2.0 upgrade instructions... > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Any feedback yet please on what people who got gift copies need to do? > eg Do YOU have the details of the recipients to verify if they apply > direct, or have we (the gift-givers) got to stand surety and apply on > their behalf? > Bob > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mike Badger > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >The text of this field is being modified to address the issue you > >brought up and make it less confusing. > >The serial number field is not a required field, and you can still use > >the same form to request the upgrade license. We will verify the > >information in your request and manually generate your license. > > > >Thank you, > >Mike > > > >Larry Marshall wrote: > >> > >> Mike Badger wrote: > >> > > >> > If you purchased Win4Lin 1.0 from either the Trelos or NeTraverse online > >> > store and did not recieve an email with upgrade instructions and a 2.0 > >> > license, you can request your license here: > >> > -- > robert w hall > --__--__-- > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 15:40:23 -0500 (EST) > From: rpjday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: win 4 lin mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Win4Lin-users] installing a new (boxed) copy of win4lin 2.0 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > at the recent trilug meeting, at which the people from > netraverse gave a presentation, a good friend of mine won > one of the boxed sets of win4lin 2.0, and since he didn't > need it right away, i sweet-talked him out of it. > i'm about to test install this under red hat 7.0, and > before i pore over the docs, perhaps someone can answer a > simple question -- how does the licensing work with a boxed > set? is there a license.txt file on the CD that is used > automatically? do i still have to apply for a license > file? how exactly does this work? > rday > -- > "This is Microsoft technical support. How may I misinform you?" > --__--__-- > Message: 8 > Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 17:07:16 -0500 > From: Mike Badger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: NeTraverse > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Win4Lin-users] If you didn't receive Win4Lin 2.0 upgrade > instructions... > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > If the receiver of the gift did not receive a license, then you can > request their license via the online form at > https://www.netraverse.com/register_20upgrade.php. We will need the > name, email address and address provided at the time of purchase of the > Win4Lin 1.0 license(s). This is needed for verification. Then if you > provide the information for the person you gave Win4Lin to as a gift, > such as name, email address, and address, a custom license can be > generated and sent directly to the person. Plus, we'll have it on file > for the future. > All required fields on the form are marked required. The additional > fields are there to provide additional, helpful information. If this is > the nature of your request, please detail it in the Notes field, so that > we can accurately answer your request. > Let me know if you have any further questions on this. > Mike > robert w hall wrote: > > > > Any feedback yet please on what people who got gift copies need to do? > > > > eg Do YOU have the details of the recipients to verify if they apply > > direct, or have we (the gift-givers) got to stand surety and apply on > > their behalf? > > Bob > > > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mike Badger > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > > >The text of this field is being modified to address the issue you > > >brought up and make it less confusing. > > >The serial number field is not a required field, and you can still use > > >the same form to request the upgrade license. We will verify the > > >information in your request and manually generate your license. > > > > > >Thank you, > > >Mike > > > > > >Larry Marshall wrote: > > >> > > >> Mike Badger wrote: > > >> > > > >> > If you purchased Win4Lin 1.0 from either the Trelos or NeTraverse online > > >> > store and did not recieve an email with upgrade instructions and a 2.0 > > >> > license, you can request your license here: > > >> > > > > -- > > robert w hall > > _______________________________________________ > > Win4Lin-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.netraverse.com/mailman/listinfo/win4lin-users > --__--__-- > Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 17:41:18 -0500 > From: Mike Badger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: NeTraverse > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Win4Lin-users] installing a new (boxed) copy of win4lin 2.0 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The cd includes a license. The box should have a registration card to > fill out and mail back to us. Just in case the mailing address isn't > printed on the registration card (a known problem with the first batch > of Win4Lin 2.0 box sets), you can send it to > NeTraverse, Inc. > ATTN: Registration > 2501 Aerial Center Parkway > Suite 200 > Morrisville, NC 27560 > Thanks, > mike > rpjday wrote: > > > > at the recent trilug meeting, at which the people from > > netraverse gave a presentation, a good friend of mine won > > one of the boxed sets of win4lin 2.0, and since he didn't > > need it right away, i sweet-talked him out of it. > > > > i'm about to test install this under red hat 7.0, and > > before i pore over the docs, perhaps someone can answer a > > simple question -- how does the licensing work with a boxed > > set? is there a license.txt file on the CD that is used > > automatically? do i still have to apply for a license > > file? how exactly does this work? > > > > rday > > > > -- > > "This is Microsoft technical support. How may I misinform you?" > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Win4Lin-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.netraverse.com/mailman/listinfo/win4lin-users > --__--__-- > Message: 10 > Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 23:11:50 +0000 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: robert w hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Win4Lin-users] If you didn't receive Win4Lin 2.0 upgrade instructions... > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mike Badger > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >If the receiver of the gift did not receive a license, then you can > >request their license via the online form at > >https://www.netraverse.com/register_20upgrade.php. > No I've been sent a licence for HIS copy - ie MY 2nd! with MY details in > it. > > We will need the > >name, email address and address provided at the time of purchase of the > >Win4Lin 1.0 license(s). This is needed for verification. > > > My point is you've already got (or should have) HIS name, address (but > not e-mail) because the BargainAmerica form allowed one to specify > these. > >Then if you > >provide the information for the person you gave Win4Lin to as a gift, > >such as name, email address, and address, a custom license can be > >generated and sent directly to the person. Plus, we'll have it on file > >for the future. > > > >All required fields on the form are marked required. The additional > >fields are there to provide additional, helpful information. If this is > >the nature of your request, please detail it in the Notes field, so that > >we can accurately answer your request. > > > >Let me know if you have any further questions on this. > > > well yeah, do _I_ have to re-apply or will it be acceptable for HIM to > (since I reckon you SHOULD have his details, or at least enough to > verify, on file already as the named recipient at time of purchase) > >Mike > > > > > > > >robert w hall wrote: > >> > >> Any feedback yet please on what people who got gift copies need to do? > >> > >> eg Do YOU have the details of the recipients to verify if they apply > >> direct, or have we (the gift-givers) got to stand surety and apply on > >> their behalf? > >> Bob > >> > >> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mike Badger > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >> >The text of this field is being modified to address the issue you > >> >brought up and make it less confusing. > >> >The serial number field is not a required field, and you can still use > >> >the same form to request the upgrade license. We will verify the > >> >information in your request and manually generate your license. > >> > > >> >Thank you, > >> >Mike > >> > > >> >Larry Marshall wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Mike Badger wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> > If you purchased Win4Lin 1.0 from either the Trelos or NeTraverse online > >> >> > store and did not recieve an email with upgrade instructions and a 2.0 > >> >> > license, you can request your license here: > >> >> > >> > >> -- > >> robert w hall > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Win4Lin-users mailing list > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> https://lists.netraverse.com/mailman/listinfo/win4lin-users > >_______________________________________________ > >Win4Lin-users mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >https://lists.netraverse.com/mailman/listinfo/win4lin-users > -- > robert w hall > --__--__-- > Message: 11 > Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 21:56:07 -0500 > From: Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Win4Lin-users] Test: Please ignore > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Just testing to see if I can post to this list. Pleas ignore. > --__--__-- > Message: 12 > Date: 19 Dec 00 13:22:25 GMT > From: Viktor Lakics <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Win4Lin-users] HOWTO for Mandrake 7.2 and Win4Lin 2.0 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dear win4lin-mandrake users, > I have been seeing a lot of repeated posts asking about how to install win4lin > on a Mandrake 7.2 system. The problem is, that the 2.2.17 Mandrake kernel is > still not officially supported by Netraverse. Therefore the install script > will fail, and suggest you to patch the kernel yourself. Thankfully, some > folks came up with solutions, but I think (from the posts) not everyone was > able to use the patch or rpms. Yesterday I installed win4lin eval 2.0 on MDK > 7.2, it works pretty good, so I thougth I will share a no-brainer guide how to > do it. There are obviously other ways to do it, if know a better one let us > know! > First of all, thanks for Benjamin Reed for uploading the kernel rpms for 7.2. > Great work! > I suppose you have a working LM7.2 system. If you have Win4lin 1.0 (from an > aborted trial, OR ANY OTHER WINLIN VERSION you start as root with: > rpm -e Win4Lin > This will uninstall the previous version. Obviously, most of us do not have > anything, that is why we have this guide in the first place :-)). > Then download the kernel rpms from > http://www.opennms.org/~ben/ > You will find the following files there: > kernel-2.2.17-21w4l.i686.rpm > * kernel-smp-2.2.17-21w4l.i686.rpm > * kernel-secure-2.2.17-21w4l.i686.rpm > kernel-doc-2.2.17-21w4l.i686.rpm > kernel-headers-2.2.17-21w4l.i686.rpm > * kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.17-21w4l.i686.rpm > kernel-utils-2.2.17-21w4l.i686.rpm > * reiserfs-utils-2.2.17_3.5.26-21w4l.i686.rpm > alsa-2.2.17_0.5.9d-21w4l.i686.rpm > I installed those ones WITHOUT the star in front of them. You can substitute > yours with the appropriate SMP, PCMCIA or secure kernel(if you do not know > what these are for there are chances that you do not need them...:-)) > Start with (if you have alsa sound system) : > rpm -Uvh --nodeps alsa-2.2.17_0.5.9d-21w4l.i686.rpm > (--nodeps, because it needs the winlin kernel which is not installed yet, and > if you start with the win4lin kernel the old alsa package complains...so this > is the less painful solution) > Then do : > rpm -Uvh kernel-2.2.17-21w4l.i686.rpm > This also results in some complaining messages, but all in all it worked, and > as far as I can tell it did not screw up anything existing on my system. After > this you just install the rest of it with: > rpm -Uvh <filename> > It works without a hitch! > To set up the bootloader, go to your bootloader directory (I will cover grub > here, this is the default bootloader in Mandrake, and the install script from > netraverse does not handle grub, anyway) > Fire up your favourite editor and edit the grub menu: > vi /boot/grub/menu.lst > Add a new section to menu: > ... > title Win4Lin + Mandrake 7.2 > kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.17-21w4l root=/dev/hda5 [kernel params] > .... > Substitute [kernel params] with whatever your kernel needs, in order to work > with your hardware (copy it from the previous "title linux" section (like > hdc=ide-scsi or ide0=autotune, whatever harware parameters you have). > Of course, you also have to substitute the appropriate partitions where your > root directory and your kernel are (if yours does nor reside on the first > logical partition of your harddisk, as in the above example) - again, look at > the original "title linux" section and copy it. > Save it, and with grub, this is all you have to do. > Now boot your winlin compatible kernel. > When reboot, from the grub menu, select Win4lin + Mandrake 7.2 (or whatever > you called it in menu.lst) > Download the win4lin 2.0 desktop version from: > ftp://ftp.netraverse.com/pub/win4lin/Win4Lin2.0-eval/Win4Lin/RPMS/i386/Win4Lin-5.1.0ga-1.i386.rpm > This is the only rpm you find there, so it is easy enough... > Become root again and install the above rpm: > rpm -Uvh Win4Lin-5.1.0ga-1.i386.rpm > Note: This will make a directory in /opt/win4lin and /var/win4lin, > if you do not have enough space on your root partition for them, then make a > symbolic link pointing to wherever you have free space, BEFORE you do the > above!! > Get your license file from netraverse.com or use your license (if you bought > win4lin 1.0 earlier, you should have a license for 2.0 emailed to you) > https://www.netraverse.com/register_eval.php > Fill in the form and the evaluation license will be emailed to you. Either > save the attachment (license.txt) or cut the appropriate section out of the > file and paste it to a new file, which you save as "license.txt". (make sure > that you have an empty line at the end of the file, the lack of it caused > problems with the upgrade license, according to some posts on the win4lin > list). > Check the permissions on the file, make it readable and writable to everyone > (that is what was suggested in a netraverse post recently) or at least the > user who is going to use Win4Lin: > chmod 666 license.txt > Copy it to your win4lin install directory from wherever you saved it: > cp license.txt /var/win4lin/install > Now you just have to load the windows CD (as root, invoking winsetup under > X), then install your personal copy of windows (as a normal user, with > winsetup again). If you have problems here please refer to the win4lin manual > (aka. RTFM). > This is it!! Good luck! > Viktor Lakics > ----Viktor Lakics---- > Through the Internet: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ____________________________________________________________________ > Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.amexmail.com/?A=1 > --__--__-- > Message: 13 > Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 04:37:58 -0500 > From: Benjamin Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: DFT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Win4Lin-users] HOWTO for Mandrake 7.2 and Win4Lin 2.0 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Viktor Lakics wrote: > > First of all, thanks for Benjamin Reed for uploading the kernel rpms for 7.2. > > Great work! > Sure! :) > > kernel-2.2.17-21w4l.i686.rpm > > * kernel-smp-2.2.17-21w4l.i686.rpm > > * kernel-secure-2.2.17-21w4l.i686.rpm > > kernel-doc-2.2.17-21w4l.i686.rpm > > kernel-headers-2.2.17-21w4l.i686.rpm > > * kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.17-21w4l.i686.rpm > > kernel-utils-2.2.17-21w4l.i686.rpm > > * reiserfs-utils-2.2.17_3.5.26-21w4l.i686.rpm > > alsa-2.2.17_0.5.9d-21w4l.i686.rpm > I would just like to note that for some reason APM is not enabled on these > RPMs, I have plans of re-doing things, but I haven't had the chance yet. So > stay tuned, I'll post to the list when I get them updated. > I'll also compile for i586 instead of i686 so I'm in sync with the way > mandrake distributes their RPMs (unless you want an i686 one as well?) > -- > Ben Reed a.k.a. Ranger Rick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > http://defiance.dyndns.org/ / http://radio.scenespot.org/ > The devil's in the broad, sweeping generalizations. > --__--__-- > Message: 14 > From: phoenyx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 08:40:58 -0600 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Win4Lin-users] Re: Win4Lin-users digest, Vol 1 #170 - 25 msgs > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Sunday 17 December 2000 11:05, you wrote: > > I tried to convert the .rpm to a .dep. The package *seems* to install, > > but there is no "win" executable in the path and running winsetup gives > > a lot of error messages in the terminal windows used to launch it and > > trying to "Install dos" fails miserably telling that I need to be root > > to do that (which I su -'d to, of course ...). > > > > Has anybody been able to install Win4Lin 2.0 on Debian 2.2 ? > > > > Has anybody any idea on how to unpack a RPM ? I'd like to see what the > > damn thing has in its insides ... > > > > Any idea ? > Well, my experience with Debian is limited but if your distro includes > the text version of Midnight Commander then you are in luck. It can open > rpm files like most other archives. Once open, press [ENTER] on the file > name CONTENTS.cpio to access the actual rpm contents. I use this feature > all the time when browsing my local archives. > As for Debian installs, I'm sure it can be done since I recall several > folks using W4L on Debian (Corel, Caldera, et al.) systems. > Mike T. > --__--__-- > Message: 15 > From: "Hoyt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Win4Lin-users] HOWTO for Mandrake 7.2 and Win4Lin 2.0 > Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 10:23:37 -0500 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Viktor Lakics" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 8:22 AM > Subject: [Win4Lin-users] HOWTO for Mandrake 7.2 and Win4Lin 2.0 > > Dear win4lin-mandrake users, > This is great. > Could someone re-post the instructions on dealing with reiserfs as far as: > 1. booting the WIn4Lin kernel with reiser support. > 2. The necessity of using exts partitions for some/most of the win4lin files. > I had saved those posts previosly, but they were lost in an unfortunate drive failure. > Thanks, > Hoyt > --__--__-- > Message: 16 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 10:41:02 -0500 > From: Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Win4Lin-users] Version 2.0 worked on Debian yesterday, not today! > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I finally got V2.0 working on Debian potato yesterday, and it no > longer works today (weird) without even a reboot. > I ran `sh /opt/win4lin/postinst_rpm.sh' again but now it now > complains that /var/win4lin/image/std/vga/vga.img does not exist > (it doesn't). What recreates that file? > (I don't mind trying to reinstall so long as I don't lose my > win4lin Windows setup) > Thanks > -- > Peter Galbraith, research scientist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada > P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada. 418-775-0852 FAX: 775-0546 > 6623'rd GNU/Linux user at the Counter - http://counter.li.org/ > --__--__-- > Message: 17 > Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 10:45:00 -0500 > From: Benjamin Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: DFT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Win4Lin-users] HOWTO for Mandrake 7.2 and Win4Lin 2.0 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hoyt wrote: > > Could someone re-post the instructions on dealing with reiserfs as far as: > > > > 1. booting the WIn4Lin kernel with reiser support. > You need to make an initrd image. > run the following command: > mkinitrd --with=reiserfs /boot/initrd-2.2.17-21mdk.img 2.2.17-21mdk > (You can replace the "2.2.17-21mdk" with any valid kernel version -- this is > based on the version as the kernel sees it, not necessarily what the filename > is. To see what you have available, module-wise, just do an ls in > /lib/modules/ -- each one of those directories is named after the kernel > version the modules apply to.) > Then, you need to edit /etc/lilo.conf or /boot/grub/menu.lst (depending on > which boot loader you're using) to make sure the kernel is set to use that > initrd image on bootup. That way, you will have support for reiserfs on a > root/boot filesystem. > > 2. The necessity of using exts partitions for some/most of the win4lin files. > As of Win4Lin 1.0 release 4, this is no longer necessary. Win4Lin 2.0 works > just fine on reiserfs partitions. > -- > Ben Reed a.k.a. Ranger Rick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > http://defiance.dyndns.org/ / http://radio.scenespot.org/ > The devil's in the broad, sweeping generalizations. > --__--__-- > Message: 18 > Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 10:58:26 -0500 > From: Benjamin Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: DFT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Win4Lin-users] HOWTO for Mandrake 7.2 and Win4Lin 2.0 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Benjamin Reed wrote: > > Then, you need to edit /etc/lilo.conf or /boot/grub/menu.lst (depending on > > which boot loader you're using) to make sure the kernel is set to use that > > initrd image on bootup. That way, you will have support for reiserfs on a > > root/boot filesystem. > Oh, and if you're using lilo, re-run the `lilo` command... Been using grub > for a while, in which it's not necessary to re-write the MBR every time. ;) > -- > Ben Reed a.k.a. Ranger Rick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > http://defiance.dyndns.org/ / http://radio.scenespot.org/ > The devil's in the broad, sweeping generalizations. > --__--__-- > _______________________________________________ > Win4Lin-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.netraverse.com/mailman/listinfo/win4lin-users > End of Win4Lin-users Digest _______________________________________________ Win4Lin-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.netraverse.com/mailman/listinfo/win4lin-users
