You can certainly install an app under windows (non-NTFS: win98, others) and then boot into linux, mount the windows drive & point wine at it, and try to use wine to run the app. If you have a problem with the installer under wine then that might be your next step. On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 19:43, anijap@execulink.com wrote: > I'd be very interested in that too. > > I wonder, is it possible to do this? > - You boot windows; install the application (thus creating all the > nessesary registeries and dll's). > - Reboot with linux, and run that application under wine. > > I always wanted to do that and I wonder if it's possible. > > It's not only about the registeries and dll's. I'm forced to use windows > from time to time so it would be nice that I can install only one copy of > the application and be able to run it in linux (and saving some disk space > in the process) > > > > Dan Adams said: > > Well, I have an old win98 se disc. Is there a way that I could install > > that somewhere and then use that? What is the advantage to having a real > > registry? And cant you just copy over the dlls and fonts somewhere? > > > > On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 14:01, Ivan Leo Murray-Smith wrote: > >> Use a fake one. Using a real one allows you to use original microsoft > >> dlls, > >> fonts and registry, but you can't do that if your windows os is read > >> only. Also, > >> wine only works well with windows 95/98/me, so using a fake installation > >> is the > >> best option for you. > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> wine-users mailing list > >> wine-users@winehq.com > >> http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > wine-users mailing list > > wine-users@winehq.com > > http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > wine-users mailing list > wine-users@winehq.com > http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@winehq.com http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
