I'm running Win4Lin on RH7.3 on a dual processor PII350 256MB machine. I have Win98SE and have just recently installed Protel98 which seems to run very nicely... not much testing yet. I couldn't get the trial of 99SE to install because it doesn't recognize the "partition" type.
When using the SMP Kernel from RedHat, I have to run the last version from RH7.2 to get it working. I expect Netraverse to release new kernels for RedHat's latest (2.4.18-5) shortly and am hoping it will fix some problems. I haven't given the kernel problem a thorough workover but the 2.4.9 SMP kernel and Win4Lin work well. It takes around 10 sec to boot Win98 and gives me good access to all the "features" I need in a windows environment. IMHO, definitely worth a go. Steve -----Original Message----- From: Justin M. Fenwick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 10 July 2002 9:19 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel under Win4Lin (WAS OpenOffice & 3D CAD) Is winfor lin a separate shell i.e. is it to replace Red Hat etc, what Linux software do you use? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 11:06 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel under Win4Lin (WAS OpenOffice & 3D CAD) > > Sounds like a miracle! :) > > Maybe MS should investigate how their OS should run by > looking at Win4Lin. > Seriously, maybe Win4Lin provides a 'nicer' system to Windows > (more memory, > smarter swapping algorithms, etc.) Yeah, I should give it a shot. > win4lin doesn't provide more memory to windows (it has a maximum of 128MB available to windows under version 4), but IME the disk access is much better under linux (especially compared to NTFS), and the swapping/memory management is much better also. I ran an earlier version on a PII-300 with 64MB of RAM, and windows 98 under win4lin was faster/more resposive than NT4 native on the same machine. Cheers, MvdW ************************************************************************ * Tracking #: E33170C0D7CEE742812A23D901D12757C2E0DF9D * ************************************************************************ ______________________________________________________ Thorlock International Ltd. http://www.thorlock.com +61 8 9351 1200 (tel) +61 8 9351 9522 (fax) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/proteledaforum@techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
