[SATLUG] Wine and a true Win install.

[phrostie]

Wine does not require a windows installation for most applications.
the default configuration uses a fake windows directory.  depending on your
distribution this might be in /var/lib/wine or /c.  i use /home/wine for my own
reasons, but if you are new to Wine best to stick to defaults as close a
possible.  anyway, if you want to use a native windows installation then make
sure that it gets mounted in your fstab and then edit your {home}/.wine/config
to point at the directory that the partition will be mounted.  for example
/mnt/hda1/ or /c.  once again a seperate partition is only required if you want
to use a true winedows installation.

hope that helps more than confuses.


--- Mike Baker <satlug at thelandfill.org> wrote:
> What exactly does it take to have Wine use the resources of a true windows
> install ?
> And exactly what is it looking for ?
> 
> If i cut off 600mb or so of my hd, and install win98se there, and have
> slack/debian/etc.. installed as my primary booting os (no interest in
> booting 98 at all), do i then just point the wine config file to the
> mounted /mnt/win98 dir or something ?
> I've tried looking for some more info, but most I've found seems outdated.
> 
> -mike
> 
> 
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