On 2001.09.16 08:15 Michael Klama wrote:
> Hello Larry,
> Sorry about t he delay in responding, We have been without power for
> the
> last 2 days due to Gabrielle. Anyway, yes I was able to get into my
> machine
> after I freed up some space in /var but no, I haven't been able to get
> win4lin installed.
> When I was first able to get into the machine, the
> installer didn't start automatically so I went into the
> win4lin_installer
> folder and manually started it. I was presented with a screen that
> said,
> "You don't appear to be running a win4lin enabled kernel. Reboot into
> the
> win4lin enabled kernel to install your windows programs." At this
> pointI
> reboot and go through the same process of getting into the installer
> and end
> up with the same result. I have tried uninstalling using rpm -e
> win4lin and
> rpm -e kernel-win4lin and received the response that the packages are
> not
> installed. Thein I manually went in and removed all instances of
> win4lin
> that were listed in the uninstall instructions. The only thing that I
> did
> not remove was the package that I downloaded. I try installing from
> that
> package using tar xzvf netraverse_installer.tgz and it takes me back
> to the
> same screen that I listed above about not being in the win4lin kernel
> so I
> go through the whole process again to no avail.
-snip-
> Sorry for the extended length of this message as I wanted to cover all
> areas. Any further suggestions for getting win4lin up and running
> would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Mike
I'm glad to hear you got your machine fixed & I hope you didn't take any
damage from the storm.
You have 70M or so in /var, so you should be ok, but you'll probably
want to monitor the free space on /var, because if it fills up again,
you will have troubles again.
It sounds like your original attempt at win4lin installation bombed out
part way through (probably because /var filled up). You've also removed
the rpm's. So I'm not sure exactly what you have on your machine right
now, but here's a couple of things you could try:
(1) if you still have the /var/win4lin/installer_tmp/ directory, there
should be an executable located in there -- "win4lin-install". This is
the graphical win4lin installer. If you run it, it should download and
install any missing pieces, and then walk you through the setup.
(2) If you keep getting the message about not running a win4lin enabled
kernel, you could try manually downloading and installing a kernel, and
see if that fixes things. For pre-compiled kernels:
https://www.netraverse.com/member/downloads/kernel_precompiled.php
or if you prefer to patch/compile your own kernels, start here:
https://www.netraverse.com/member/downloads/kernel_download.php
(3) Since this is starting to get off-topic for this list, if you're
still having problems you might try asking netraverse tech support for
help or ask on their mailing list (see netraverse web page to find out
how to access these). Also, feel free to email me off-list, I'll be
glad to try to help some more.
God luck!
--
Larry Grover, PhD
Assoc Prof of Physiology
Marshall Univ Sch Med
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