Cool - A readme would indeed be a cunning plan - I remember being all at sea when I tried, & found little in the way of help or assistance. Very frustrating for a while.
I use vmware now - no where near as fast, but... On Fri, 2004-03-19 at 05:32, Chris Gray wrote: > 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]
