[TriLUG] win4lin5 install hangs

[Roy Vestal]

Another option to try is to image your win98 CD and reroll it bootable
using your bootable floppy diskette.

I don't think the generic kernel will work. I tried that with my install
and it was a no go. If you do try it, I hope it works for you! :)

On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 07:15, Jim Ray wrote:
> During the initial installation of winders in the user directory after
> installing win4lin as root, one sees the winders installation
> application, indeed, running.  Isn't that point after the point where
> the boot floppy image had been needed?
> 
> The target hardware doesn't have a floppy drive.
> 
> I had the following response from the win4lin news group:
> 
> One thing that would be worth trying is to 
> compile a generic 2.4.20 kernel (we should have 2.4.21 patches sometime 
> next week, but right now we are at 2.4.20) downloaded from 
> ftp.kernel.org.  You will need to apply exactly 2 patches to the kernel 
> in order to support Win4Lin, and you will find patches and instructions 
> here:
> 
> http://www.netraverse.com/member/downloads/kernel_patch.php
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Roy Vestal [mailto:rvestal at trilug.org] 
> > Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 10:33 AM
> > To: trilug at trilug.org
> > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] win4lin5 install hangs
> > 
> > 
> > I've never been able to get an image file to work during the 
> > install. I've been using since Version 3.0. write it to a 
> > fdd, and try it again. It'll work.
> > 
> > 
> > >                                                             
> >  v.floppy 
> > > drive/image path -> /dev/fd0
> > > 
> > > 1.use rawrite on rh-9 cd to store image -> 
> > > K:\win98-floppy-image\win98.img
> > > 
> > > 2./home/apps/win98.img
> _______________________________________________
> TriLUG mailing list
>     http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
> TriLUG Organizational FAQ:
>     http://www.trilug.org/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
>