[Bug 16522] windows xp installer quits

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Tue Dec 16 03:31:56 CST 2008


http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16522





--- Comment #7 from Ben Klein <shacklein at gmail.com>  2008-12-16 03:31:55 ---
(In reply to comment #6)
> I was trying to install windows to a laptop without cd-rom.
> Anyway wine would have to run the installer only until the first reboot(copy
> some files and install mbr).
> 

Would not work.
1) Windows installer would be unable to load its drivers
2) Windows installer would likely be overwriting Wine files, big no-no
3) Wine would not have write access to MBR without serious security hazards
(not to mention you don't need Windows bootloader in MBR to boot Windows)
4) Wine cannot reboot your computer

The only solution to your problem, without some external boot system such as
PXE network booting or an external CD-ROM drive, is to use a VM, then extract
the data as required from the VM and dump it in appropriate places on your real
HDD.


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