[plug] win4lin - debian and 2.4 kernel

[Leon Brooks]

navarre at plug.linux.org.au wrote:

> 1) Debian is not listed as a supported distribution, has any one 
> installed win4lin on a debian installation?

Not I, but I can't see it being a big problem.

> 2) On any distribution, has any one tried win4lin using the new 2.4 
> kernel?

Not I. AFAIK, won't work reliably but don't expect this to last.

> 3) I presume that the windows program and data space (disk space used) is 
> a directory in the ext2 file system and as such can be backed up using 
> tar and bzip. Once the windows registry gets corrupt or a program will 
> not uninstall the windows directory could be rm -r * and the backup 
> extracted into its space and operation continue as normal. I think this 
> was said at the demonstration night.

Each user has a ~/win/ directory as above.

4)?

> 5) The screen output from the win4lin can be viewed on a different system 
> via a network. I think this was also said to be true, this is how I would 
> like to use it.

Yes, in their server version. As I understand it the evaluation version 
is single-machine-only.
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