[SuSE Linux] Using Old Install
I just installed Wabi on my SuSE 5.3 machine, which has been dual boot, Linux and Win3.1, for years. The reason for the Win3.1 has been solely to run one application, and now I'm hoping Wabi will eliminate the need for booting dos/mswin ever again. So, in anticipation of running this app under Wabi, I'm trying to figure out how to "install" the app without actually digging out the old app disks, if they even still function, and wiping out all the configuration that's gone on within this thing over the years. This old 16-bit version is no longer current/supported by the app vendor, and I want to stay with the version I run, for many reasons. I assume I need to move the application files from the dos partition to a "drive" that's actually a directory in my home filesystem, and that I need to add stuff in wabi's .ini file to let wabi know of the app. What else do I need to do? I also assume that all future activity will take place in e2fs-land, and that once I'm comfortable that the app is running correctly, I can reclaim that dos partition for Linux use. Yes? The app uses a hardware dongle on the parallel port. Does this mean I need to configure printing in wabi? If so, how, exactly? I don't have a printer connected to this machine, just the dongle, so I've never bothered configuring any dos printing. Sorry if this is a FAQ; I haven't seen it in the list recently. Thanks in advance for any help. jimo@eskimo.com - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
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