Lame question (Unable to generate install log file)

g.patel at wanadoo.fr g.patel at wanadoo.fr
Mon May 14 08:14:11 CDT 2001


On Mon, 14 May 2001 13:21:03 +0200, Tomasz Bold <bold at mail.desy.de>
wrote:

>Hi all!
>	I was trying to run win98 app under my linuxbox. i copied
>installation version in my ext2 partition and then When I was trying to run
>one. It complains. There appear win95 windows but inside there was
>message . 'SETUP fatal error: Unable to generate installation log file.'
>An the yellow triangle. (And OK button :-)). Installation can not proceed
>any longer. I suppose i should do something with privileges in work dir.
>But I enabled this directory to do everything.
>
>	Can I run application when they are placed on ext2 file-system?

Sure, *if* it runs at all on a Fat partition it should run also on an
ext2 one (except maybe software protection ???)
Make sure that the ext2 partition is read/write, has a pseudo drive
mapped to it in the config file, and that its filesystem type is set 
to win95.

Gerard




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