Re: [expert] 37 bottles of asprin later, he decided to ask for he lp.
"Stout, Wayne" wrote: > > On Thu, 18 May 2000, you wrote: > > > Try replacing /c with /dev/hda1 (or whatever your Windows share > > is on). I'd > > > replace /cdrom with /dev/cdrom, too. > > > > Does this mean I need a seperate partition on the hard drive to devote to > > windows type stuff? Does it need to be a windows type partition > > or a ext2fs? > > The only partitions i have on my hard drive are: > > /dev/hda1 ext2fs > > /dev/hda5 linux swap > > > > Ah, I mistakenly assumed that you had a dual boot system. Just goest to show > I shouldn't assume anything. > > If you don't have a Windows partition, I really have no idea what to do to > get Wine to work... Sorry. Hopefully some kind soul has managed to get this > working and will share their knowledge. > > Wayne Well, you do need somewhere to store windows files... wine.conf is asking for drive C and the \windows directory. It _is_ possible to make C drive a unix filesystem, BUT know that the resulting files ARE case-sensitive. In other words, the windows vfat partition is not absolutely required, you can store windows binaries on the ext2fs, but the filename conventions are likely to send you for more aspiring and minoxadil (after you have torn out your hair, too)... because the winapps are going to be unable to assume everything is upper-case Civileme -- BETA-testing Netscape 6 and its mailer
RE: [expert] 37 bottles of asprin later, he decided to ask for he lp.
> On Thu, 18 May 2000, you wrote: > > Try replacing /c with /dev/hda1 (or whatever your Windows share > is on). I'd > > replace /cdrom with /dev/cdrom, too. > > Does this mean I need a seperate partition on the hard drive to devote to > windows type stuff? Does it need to be a windows type partition > or a ext2fs? > The only partitions i have on my hard drive are: > /dev/hda1 ext2fs > /dev/hda5 linux swap > Ah, I mistakenly assumed that you had a dual boot system. Just goest to show I shouldn't assume anything. If you don't have a Windows partition, I really have no idea what to do to get Wine to work... Sorry. Hopefully some kind soul has managed to get this working and will share their knowledge. Wayne
RE: [expert] 37 bottles of asprin later, he decided to ask for he lp.
On Thu, 18 May 2000, you wrote: > Try replacing /c with /dev/hda1 (or whatever your Windows share is on). I'd > replace /cdrom with /dev/cdrom, too. > > I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I've always seen the > message about drive A, unless there was a floppy in the drive. > > That's how I got my Wine working. Unfortunately I haven't had much time to > try to get anything more advanced than Freecell working. > > HTH, > > Wayne Does this mean I need a seperate partition on the hard drive to devote to windows type stuff? Does it need to be a windows type partition or a ext2fs? The only partitions i have on my hard drive are: /dev/hda1 ext2fs /dev/hda5 linux swap
RE: [expert] 37 bottles of asprin later, he decided to ask for he lp.
Try replacing /c with /dev/hda1 (or whatever your Windows share is on). I'd replace /cdrom with /dev/cdrom, too. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I've always seen the message about drive A, unless there was a floppy in the drive. That's how I got my Wine working. Unfortunately I haven't had much time to try to get anything more advanced than Freecell working. HTH, Wayne -Original Message- From: Ivan Trail [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 9:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] 37 bottles of asprin later, he decided to ask for help. hello: Whne trying to execute a Wine application This is what I get: Could not stat /mnt/fd0, ignoring drive A: Could not stat /c, ignoring driveC: Could not stat /cdrom, ignoring drive D: Warning: could not find wine.conf [Drive x] entry for current working directory /home/Ivan; starting in windows directory. Invalid path 'c:\windows' for windows directory Perhaps you have not properly edited or created your Wine configuration file. This is either /etc/wine/wine.conf or $HOME/.winerc or it is determined by the -config option or from the WINE_INI environment variable. Wine has used /etc/wine/wine.conf as configuration file. I have also attached the wine.conf file. If any one can help me out and get me running with wine, I would deeply appreciate it. Please use "bonehead" language as I am still struggling through all the command line stuff, although I am past the "Help I can't turn my computer on!" stage. Many thanks. Ivan Trail.
