Wine

LinxNew · 05-01-2005, 05:16 AM

I don't understand a little thing: If I install wine can I use a partition on my hd that there is already installed windows ?

linmith · 05-01-2005, 07:21 AM

You don't have to have wine to use a windows partition in Linux. You just have to mount it, then it can be viewed, written to, read from etc like you would with your Linux partition. But if you want to run any of the programs on your Windows partition, then yes you will need to use Wine. Sorry if I misunderstood the question, hope that helps

LinxNew · 05-01-2005, 01:33 PM

ok, now I try to explain my confusion: I mount windows partition for read (and no write) files from windows, but that I want is use software win32 on my linux.
So I must use wine, is it ?
I would like to use my exsist partition.
When I install wine, for use program under windows, must I install an os (win98,2000,xp,...) is it ?
So, if I have already installed windows can I use wine with this partition, and so use programm win 32 ?

Sorry for my english...

otchie1 · 05-01-2005, 06:17 PM

No.

Linux can read files stored on a windows partition just fine (like the contenets of My Documents) but it cannot run windows programs (say Outlook Express) To do that you must emulate a windows-like environment within your Linux environment. This is what Wine & Cedega do...thay make a special directory that fools some programs written for Windows into running properly under Linux.

Google keywords: windows emulation under linux

http://www.winehq.com/

http://www.transgaming.com/

LinxNew · 05-02-2005, 02:42 AM

Quote:

thay make a special directory that fools some programs written for Windows into running properly under Linux.

So, when I install wine, I doesn't install an os under linux, but only the program that I need to use. is this correct ?

linmith · 05-02-2005, 04:19 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by LinxNew
So, when I install wine, I doesn't install an os under linux, but only the program that I need to use. is this correct ?

Thats right, Wine doesn't need you to install Windows.

LinxNew · 05-02-2005, 04:30 AM

Big thanks linmith

The last question: when I install wine, and after some programs, where I will go to install them ? Which partition I use ?

/ (root)
or
/home

it's for the question about a game: how much disk space I must reserv for root partition ?

linmith · 05-02-2005, 06:29 AM

Wine creates a "virtual" C:/ drive in your home directory. In my case it is in '/home/robert/.wine/drive_c'. So by default, Wine will use your /home partition, but if you wanted to you could probably change that.