On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 09:11, Ron Youvan <ka4inm@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>>> I purchased a study guide for the CCNA, it is from Cisco Press, no
>>> where on the side of the box did it say anything about needing good
>>> old windows in order to use the blasted DVD. I have been reading the
>>> study guides, but tonight I figured I would see what was on the DVD,
>>> well on the DVD is the "System Requirements" Windows 2K, XP
>>> or Vista... adcrapium, adfeceaum... Figuring that this critter would
>>> run in Wine, I load it into my SuSE machine... It tries to start it up
>>> under Wine and I get a Application Error message of:
>>> Exception EAccessViolation in module cmf.exe at 00000000.
>>> Access violation at address 00000000. Write of address 00000000.
>
> /*snip*/
>>>
>>> Is there a work around for this one or am I going to have to load
>>> windows on a machine and put up with it?
>
>>> Surely they could have made a non-OS specific DVD, guess if you
>>> are not running windows you are stuck with reading the book only.
>
> I bought an Asus netbook confuser running XP to support my new
> Nikon D90, my GPS and PDA, I run many LINUX programs ported to
> win and I am happy. (the LINUX programs far out perform the M$
> based programs such as mc, ufraw, GCview, an ext3 extension
> and much more)
> Netbooks do not have serial or parallel ports so that is
> a major problem if you need them. (adapters are said to have
> disadvantages) Other than this I am 100% LINUX since 1997.
> --
I put the original HD back in my netbook, that is what I am using but
it is irritating that Cisco would do something like this, why not use
windows on their routers and switches?? I am getting around it, it is
just a pain.
I went to the Wine site and looked to see if there was anything, I got
nothing back so suspect that anyone who has tried it has just given
up and done the same thing. I need to get my Cisco certs so I have to
sell my soul to the devil for a while in order to use the software.
-- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule the people mourn. Prov 29:2 KJV----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
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