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gour
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 Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 9:03 am Post subject: win4lin & amd64 |
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Hi!
I plan to upgrade my mobo (in the near future) to amd64.
At the moment I need to run win4lin because of one Folio infobase which I cannot convert to some Linux-friendly format.
Am I right assuming that win4lin cannot run under amd64 Gentoo?
Sincerely,
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gentoo_dude
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| Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 11:34 am Post subject: |
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This I found on the developer's website
http://www.netraverse.com/products/win4lin50/requirements.php
| Quote: | in4Lin Workstation Edition 5.0
Run Your Favorite Windows Applications on Linux Today!
System Requirements Hardware Requirements
* Intel Pentium-class or compatible processor recommended (limited x86 support)
* 64 MB of memory
* CD-ROM drive
* Floppy drive (if your Windows installation CD is not bootable)
* 20 MB disk space for Win4Lin, 40 MB - 135 MB additional disk space for system-wide Windows installation; 40 MB - 200 MB for each additional user. Additional disk space required for applications.
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gour
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| Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 8:10 am Post subject: |
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Any explanation why it cannot run in amd64 emu32 mode 
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gour
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| Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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| gour wrote: | | Any explanation why it cannot run in amd64 emu32 mode |
Here is the message which I got regarding amd64 & win4lin: | Quote: |
Here is the text:
In an earlier thread I reported that I couldn't get Win4Lin to work on my new Athlon 64 notebook. I now have it working on a 2.6.7 kernel on Fedora 2 (32 bit version).
To get Win4Lin to work on the AMD64 you have to do the following when building the kernel.
1) It must be a 32 bit kernel, Win98 uses the x86 protected mode which is incompatible with the 64 bit modes on the AMD64. I built the kernel as a K7 (Athlon) kernel.
2) You must disable the following two options, CONFIG_REGPARM & CONFIG_PREEMPT
If these options are selected then the Win4Lin module will core dump when it is loaded. If you turn them off everything works fine.
Thanks to the NeTraverse support people for a very quick response. They are a great company with a very useful product. |
I hope it helps someone 
Sincerely,
Gour |
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Gentoo on AMD64
