Windows setup requires 486?

[Duane Clark]

Dave Walton wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 09:07:53 -0800
> Duane Clark <dclark at akamail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>You can't install Windows in Wine. You can install Windows on a separate
>>partition and then use it in conjunction with Wine. 
> 
> I was hoping to avoid all that, but I guess I can't.  So I swapped in a
> spare drive and did a fresh install of Windows on it, then swapped back
> and copied all the files onto my main drive.  What a pain.

It is supposedly possible to extract files from the CD with cabextract, 
though I have not personally done so.

>>But first you probably should just try whatever apps you are 
>>interested in without bothering with Windows at all.
> 
> 
> I'd definitely prefer that!  Unfortunately, I haven't had a lot of
> success that way.  On the other hand, I haven't had much better luck WITH
> Windows.  For example, I'll run setup for an app and get a black window
> that goes away a moment later, and the terminal shows this:
> 
>   fixme:cdrom:CDROM_GetIdeInterface not implemented for BSD
>   fixme:reg:GetSystemInfo not yet supported on this system
>   wine: Unhandled exception, starting debugger...
>   fixme:cdrom:CDROM_GetIdeInterface not implemented for BSD
>   fixme:reg:GetSystemInfo not yet supported on this system
>   file_set_error: Bad address
>   Can't attach process 8076000: error 317
>   Terminated
> 
> I don't know about you folks, but that doesn't mean much to me.
> What's the problem, and how do I fix it?

You are doing this on a BSD system? If so, it probably means someone is 
needed to do such BSD ports.