Tom, Thanks for your suggestion. The directory you specified did not exist. I searched for other linux directories and other directories that had xconfig files in them. I found one xconfig file and did a search within the file but nothing with "ntfs" showed up. I tried make xconfig and make menuconfig and neither worked. I got an error: No rule to make target 'xconfig'. Stop. Any ideas? Paul --- Tom Williams <tomdkat@attbi.com> wrote: > Ambassador Incursio wrote: > > > hello all. > > > > I have a dual boot laptop running XP and RH3. I > tried > > to install wine but because my XP is on NTFS I > could > > not link to that partition. > > > > So, I have burned all my personal files to CD and > am > > wondering what to do next: > > > > 1) I suppose I could install another windows > operating > > system like 98. Drawback is that when I do use > > Windows, XP tends to handle the plug and play > features > > better (like for my camera). I uderstand that > wine > > handles Win98 system better than XP. > Recommendations? > > > > 2) Installing Windows will blow away GRUB. I > messed > > around with this once and had to reinstall RH in > its > > entirety inorder to reinstall GRUb...any advice > > appreciated. > > > > Linux has at least READ-ONLY support for NTFS. The > stock kernel that > comes with RH 7.3 might not have that support > enabled. I would do this: > > 1. Open a command shell > 2. su (to root) > 3. cd /usr/src/linux > 4. make xconfig (or make menuconfig) > 5. locate the filesystems section and see which > filesystems are enabled > in your kernel > > Alternatively, you can see if the NTFS support is > compiled as a module > with this command: find /lib -name "ntfs*" > > If you can get NTFS in your kernel, you can mount > your XP drive(s) into > your Linux filesystem and at least read your data > directly. I have > BOTH of my FAT32 Win98 drives mounted in my Linux > filesystem and play my > Napster MP3s from them directly using XMMS.... :) > > Good luck! > > Peace..... > > Tom > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@winehq.com http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
