Thanks for your response: I was able to get Win4Lin installed today and will be writing up a 'newbie' howto later. I use Debian Sarge installed with the newest (final) installer. The use of Grub instead of Lilo made this project MUCH less of a hassle IMHO.
Here's the run-down of what I had to do: 1.) Downloaded the patches from the NeTraverse website for the 2.4.25 kernel 2.) Downloaded the Debian source files for the 2.4.25 kernel with apt-get - the kernel.org sources won't work (in this instance) apparently because of a cramfs/initrd problem. 3.) The Netraverse patches are not gzipped - they save as '*.patch' files. I was unable to use them until I first 'gzip'-ed them up. 4.) The patching instructions from NeTraverse are not suitable for Debian. I instead followed the instructions from Marcel Holtmann's site http://www.holtmann.org/linux/kernel/debian.html - WITH ONE CRUCIAL EXCEPTION: when running 'make-kpkg kernel-image' I had to add the '--initrd' option - 'make-kpkg --initrd kernel-image'. 5.) Installed the resulting .deb file (in '/usr/src/') with 'dpkg -i' and it installed flawlessly into Grub. After rebooting with the new (patched) kernel Win4Lin installed perfectly! Windows 98 runs like a scalded dog and I have Adobe Photoshop and all my Macromedia products running beautifully. Hope this helps someone... Chris Gray On Tue, 2004-03-16 at 16:04, glenn wrote: > I've got it running on sid, but running 2.4.18 (custom obviously) - from > memory there's a section on the netraverse site for downloading kernel > patches, which included some debian patches. > > I don't recall requiring alien to conver the rpm file. > - Get back to me if you need me to ferret out more specific info. > > Glenn > > On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 05:28, Chris Gray wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have purchased the latest version of Win4Lin and am trying to get it > > running under Sarge. My Kernel version is Linux 2.4.22-1-386. Has anyone > > else been able to get this to install and run correctly? > > > > I have searched prior posts and seen numerous references to an .rpm > > (Win4Lin-5.3.15b-d.i386.rpm) that could be converted with alien to patch > > the kernel. But those references are more than a year old and no such > > rpms seem to still be available. > > > > Any help GREATLY appreciated... > > > > Chris G. > > > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
