On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Markus Hitter <mah@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Am 06.03.2008 um 17:59 schrieb Mark Knecht: > > > > You can try to run it from the existing Windows partition. It will > > work or it won't. No harm trying. > > While this can work for some applications (those few not using the > registry), I certainly can't recommend it for newbies. Just a small > mistake and a noob mounts the drive as C:, hosing his native Windows > installation. > > It's better to just run the installer with Wine. > > > Markus > Yeah, good point. I was looking at it from the point of view that he runs winecfg to create a new installation and then adds his existing game partition to the mix. you are very correct that if he makes a mistake like you suggest he could end up quite unhappy. Best he takes it easy and tries loading it under wine itself, at least for now. - Mark
