jammanuser <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> at Nov 25, 2008 12:10 PM (MST) wrote about Re: What's the problem with my wine install? > > >James Mckenzie wrote: >> jammanuser <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> at Nov 25, 2008 10:02 AM (MST) wrote about Re: What's the problem with my wine install? [Trimmed content to what is needed for reply] >> So, what do you do: >> 1. Install Wine to your Linux partition. >> 2. Install all the applications you want to use to Wine's C:\Program Files directory which exists on the Linux partition. >> 3. Run your applications from Wine's C:\ directory. Linux has problems executing programs from a NTFS partition, even Linux applications. >> 4. Save data as applicable. >> >> (Isn't this in the FAQ?) >> >> James McKenzie > > >so what ur saying basically, then, is that Wine DOES work on a wubi install, since it creates an >ext3 partition, on which wine would be installed??? It should. That was stated a long time ago. Vitamin may have assumed that you were trying to install to the NTFS partition and not the EXT3 parition. >only when i install apps, i should install them on the hidden ext3 partition, rather than the NTFS, >or my programs wont work? well...that makes sense!! why would i try to install them on the NTFS >partition anyway, since i would be in ubuntu when installing them under Wine, which would probably >put them automatically in the ext3 partition??? > I make no assumptions. Insure that programs are installed to Wine's C:\Program Files area when installing. I've read here of people having problems with installing programs and the cause was installation to a NTFS partition. You should be fine at this point. Try what others and I suggested and let us know if it works. James McKenzie
