On Wed, 27 Dec 2000 23:36:03 -0600, Bret Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>> Actually I did try VMware. After that I went back to dual boot. I found
>> VMware too slow, even on an AMD 600 with 256Meg RAM. When Win4Lin came
>> along I tried that, and was impressed, no significant performance
>> degradation.
>>
>> I am currently running dual boot (NT4.0/RH6.2) on a Toshiba Portege' with
>> 94Mbytes RAM (max it will support). I will try Win4Lin on the Notebook as
>> well. If it works there, I'm sold.
>
> I signed up for the eval for win4lin but having problems getting the kernelt worked
> out. I am currently running a self-compiled 2.2.16 and there is no patch for it
> evidently. I used the patch for 2.2.14 and I think the only problem was the
> Makefile version and I made that change myself I made modules and install-modules
> but the kernel won't boot. The machine just reboots when I try it.
>
> I have never seen this before anyone have any ideas?
Netraverse has a patch for the 2.2.16 kernel:
ftp.netraverse.com/pub/win4lin/Linux_Kernels/PATCH/Kernel-Win4Lin2-2216-redhat.patch
This is what I used to patch and build my 2.2.16 kernel. The file name (Win4Lin2)
seems to imply that it is for Win4Lin ver 2.0, but I use it with Win4Lin ver 1.0 and
have had no problems (well...windows still crashes occasionally, but no more than
would be expected -- it is still windows, after all).
After using both VMware and Win4Lin, I am really impressed with the speed of Win4Lin.
VMware ran at a snails pace on my PII-233 laptop (114 MB ram), but Win4Lin flies. The
performance of Win4Lin was so good that I blew away the remaining windows partition,
and reinstalled under linux/win4lin. I was able to reclaim > 500 MB of space, and I
don't have to reboot just to run one of the 3-4 programs I still need windows for.
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Larry Grover, PhD
Assoc Prof of Physiology
Marshall Univ Sch of Med
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