If you want to get Mdk7.1 with Kernel 2.2.16 (7.1 ships with 2.2.15 which has a serious security bug), the steps are pretty complex. And since no one has refuted my previous post that had Mandrake instructions (I may have mistakes in my instructions), I will attach it for reference. Matt > -----Original Message----- > From: Duaine Hechler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 8:41 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Win4Lin-users] Linux newbie with Mandrake 7.1, help ... > > > Hi all, > > I am a newbie with Linux with Mandrake 7.1 and I want to > install Win4Lin. > > I purchased the install CD but Mandrake 7.1 was not on the CD. > > So, I have downloaded the Mandrake 7.1 rpm and now I'm lost. > > Either I'm too new to Linux or the relnote.html is as clear as mud. > > Step by step, what do I need to do now. > > Thanks, > Duaine Hechler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Win4Lin-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.trelos.com/mailman/listinfo/win4lin-users >
I did get it working. Uunfortunately can't use it until network logins are available (Trelos please <pretty please with sugar on top> put it in 3.0). I installed 7.1 from CD with ext2 partitions. I had trouble on the first attempt when I had ReiserFS partitions. Others have claimed success using ReiserFS with symbolic links in strategic locations pointing to an ext2 partition. I haven't had time to go back and try a mixed ext2/ReiserFS combo. <The remaining info assumes you are logged in as root and in X> Install mdk7.1 Get the latest SOURCE code RPM from the Trelos site. You installed the precompiled version not the source code. I had trouble getting the scripts to work but supposedly Trelos has fixed the Mandrake-specific bugs in their script. The biggest problem with the source RPM from Trelos is that they dump their files in all the wrong places. To their credit I think they are following the generic RPM standard but it serious hoses your system since kernel source, header, and libraries need to be in very specific directories (and not the source RPM standard ones). <here's where it gets fuzzy because it's been a few weeks since I did it> Trelos SRPM will dump the kernel source into /usr/src/RPM/BUILD/Mandrake-patched-2.2.16-4/ When it finished compiling, do the following: mkdir /usr/src/linux-2.2.16 cp -a /usr/src/RPM/BUILD/Mandrak-patched-2.2.16-4/* /usr/src/linux-2.2.16/ ln -sf /usr/src/linux-2.2.16 /usr/src/linux If you don't have a /lib/modules/2.2.16-4mdk directory (can't remember if the Trelos scripts copied it), then do cd /usr/src/linux make modules-install If you boot on scsi do the following to make your initial ramdisk: cd /boot mkinitrd initrd-win4lin.img 2.2.16-4mdk Now depending on whether you use GRUB or LILO for a bootloader determines your next step. I use GRUB like this: <your favorite editor here> /boot/grub/menu.lst Add the following lines (change root to match your other entries and drop initrd if appropriate): title win4lin-kernel kernel (hd0,0)/win4lin root=/dev/sda9 initrd (hd0,0)/initrd-win4lin.img <close editor> Install the new bootloader with: sh /boot/grub/install.sh Now I may have missed a step along the way. The steps I have you take should insure the integrity of your machine, should something go wrong, since my method doesn't toast any existing kernels on the machine. Give it a try and let me know how it works. DISCLAIMER: If your computer crashes, blows up, melts down, launches a cruise missile, or starts quoting satanic verses, it's not my fault. My instructions are guidelines only. Matthew Zaleski > -----Original Message----- > From: David Groves [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 6:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Win4Lin-users] help with Win4Lin on Mandrake 7.1 > > > I've read through all the list messages and am still having trouble > getting Win4Lin running on my Mandrake 7.1 system. > I've installed the updated kernel : > Kernel-Win4Lin1-Mandrake7.1-9.i686.rpm. > Then I reboot using the win4lin lilo option. > Then, when I try to install the win4lin RPM it states that my > system is > not "Win4Lin" ready. > > Has anyone had any success? (I also tried patching my current kernel > (2.2.16-9mdk), but that doesn't seem to work either--I may be patching > and re-compiling wrong...i'm new to this) > > Thanks for any help. > > David Groves > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ Win4Lin-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.trelos.com/mailman/listinfo/win4lin-users
