Mike Manchester wrote:
> I'm trying to run wine using the fake_windows. But it seems like
> everything I try to install complains about not being able to create a
> directory during install. I've checked the permissions for the
> /home/wine/fake_windows and I as a user have rwx for the dir as well as
> being the group and owner. Does anyone have this kind of setup running?
> I hope I don't need a true windows partition to get this to work as my
> machine now is Linux only and it would mean a major backup, re-partition
> and install to have a windows partition. Or at least one that is
> bootable. Maybe I can just create a dos type partition with fdisk and
> install windows using wine from Linux. Don't know if that will work or
> not. Anyway and ideas, hints tips would be appricated.
>
> Mike M.
I have a fake_windows setup, and it works fine. Make sure that the
fake_windows directory is actually set to be your C: drive. Do you have
a "temp" space set (ie c:\\windows\\temp)? That could cause real
problems during a Win32 software install.
--ronan
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