Do I need to have a DOS partition on my system to use Wine? Does MS Windows need to be loaded into that partition in order to run MS Windows programs under Wine?
Unlike WABI, you do not need a licensed and installed copy of DOS or MS Windows to install, configure and run Wine. However, Wine has to be able to ‘see’ an MS Windows binary if it is to run it. Some folks have successfully installed and run some small programs in their UNIX filesystem without having a DOS partition or MS Windows. However, not all programs will work this way yet. Some applications’ installation programs want to distribute some of the package’s files into the /windows and /windows/system directories in order to run, and unless these exist on your system, those programs will not install correctly and probably will not run right or run at all. If you have a DOS partition with MS Windows installed in it, make sure that your UNIX system can ‘see’ this partition (check your /etc/fstab file or mount the partition manually) so that Wine can run the MS Windows binaries located in the DOS partition. When it is finished, Wine will not require that you have a DOS partition on your
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- Do I need to have a DOS partition on my system to use Wine? Does MS Windows need to be loaded into that partition in order to run MS Windows programs under Wine?
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