After a succession of failed attempts spread over a few years, I have finally got a Linux installation that does nearly everything I need it to.
I've also got Wine working on at least a few things.
However there are occasions when I want to dip back into Windoze, and so I've got a dual boot system, which is OK, but it could be a heck of a lot better.
The relevant points are: WINE runs on its own virtual C drive, and Windoze runs on the actual C drive. Can I get them both to use the same, so that if I install a programme on one, it will work on the other (some work fine wherever, but some do registry changes or something).
The other thing is internet & email. I use Firefox on both, can I set it up so that if I bookmark a page on one, it will be bookmarked on the other?
Integrating a dual boot system
Integrating a dual boot system
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Hairyloon <[email protected]> wrote:
to from both, then either set your profile path in both OS's to point
to that, or on Linux, use a symlink to adjust it. You can use this for
other programs that put their user data in a separate folder.
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-Austin
No. That will wreck all sorts of havoc.After a succession of failed attempts spread over a few years, I have finally got a Linux installation that does nearly everything I need it to.
I've also got Wine working on at least a few things.
However there are occasions when I want to dip back into Windoze, and so I've got a dual boot system, which is OK, but it could be a heck of a lot better.
The relevant points are: WINE runs on its own virtual C drive, and Windoze runs on the actual C drive. Can I get them both to use the same, so that if I install a programme on one, it will work on the other (some work fine wherever, but some do registry changes or something).
Yes. That's doable. You'd need to have a partition you can read/writeThe other thing is internet & email. I use Firefox on both, can I set it up so that if I bookmark a page on one, it will be bookmarked on the other?
to from both, then either set your profile path in both OS's to point
to that, or on Linux, use a symlink to adjust it. You can use this for
other programs that put their user data in a separate folder.
--
-Austin
Re: Integrating a dual boot system
You cant do that and should not point Wine to an actual Windows partition.Hairyloon wrote:After a succession of failed attempts spread over a few years, I have finally got a Linux installation that does nearly everything I need it to.
I've also got Wine working on at least a few things.
However there are occasions when I want to dip back into Windoze, and so I've got a dual boot system, which is OK, but it could be a heck of a lot better.
The relevant points are: WINE runs on its own virtual C drive, and Windoze runs on the actual C drive. Can I get them both to use the same, so that if I install a programme on one, it will work on the other (some work fine wherever, but some do registry changes or something).
The other thing is internet & email. I use Firefox on both, can I set it up so that if I bookmark a page on one, it will be bookmarked on the other?
http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-497f1a2 ... 2c7767afa2
