Re: [SLE] Win4Lin 4.0 and SuSE Linux 9.1

Prabu Subroto wrote:

Ooo...Oooo............. I installed this : " Kernel-Win4Lin3-NeTraverse1.0_2.4.25-02.i686.rpm Single CPU, i686 or newer (Pentium Pro/2/3/4, AMD Athlon, etc.) " But once I started win4lin-install again, I still got the same error message. Pheww.....

One guy in another mail-list told me that I must upgrade my win4lin to get my win4lin on 2.6 kernel works.

Please tell me your opinion whether the advice correct. I just want to make sure before I waste my money more.

TIC === To: "Win4Lin Users List" Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 07:47:55 -0400 From: "Leonardo E. Reiter" Add to Address Book Subject: [Win4Lin-users]Re: Win4Lin 4.0 and SuSE Linux 9.1

Win4Lin 4.0 does not work on 2.6 kernels. Please contact sales@netraverse.com to inquire about an upgrade to 5.1.

Best regards,

Leo Reiter --- Chip Cooper wrote:

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Prabu Subroto wrote:

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Dear my friends...

I am using Win4Lin version 4.0 on SuSE Linux 9.1 .

I

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just upgraded my SuSE from 8.2 to 9.1 . When I used SuSE 8.2 this Win4Lin worked properly but since I upgraded my SuSE 8.2 to SuSE 9.1 my Win4Lin doesn't work anymore. I get an error message as if the

kernel

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of Win4Lin has not been loaded.

I tried to re-install my Win4Lin. I removed it and then install it again with "win4lin-install". But

this

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time my "win4lin-install" does not run as I

expected

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(as usual). I was surprised because of this error message : " LINUX SYSTEM ANALYSIS Your system is not supported for automatic

updating.

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Either you are running a system which is no longer directly supported, or you are running a

hand-patched

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kernel and neet to repatch with the latest

Netraverse

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patches. "

Please tell me what I should do. I need the Win4Lin because I still need to work with RouterSim, and it runs only on Windows platform. I will do CISCO certification test in a short time. I need my

win4lin

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urgently. Pleasee............

Thank you very much.

The problem is that when you upgraded to the new kernel (9.1), it is not supported by win4lin. I have the same problem. I recently did the suse online update which upgraded my kernel. After reboot win4lin no longer works. I have been in communication with win4lin tech support. This was there reply:

Hello,

Once you install a new kernel with YAST, you will no longer have kernel support for Win4Lin. Then when you try to update Win4Lin it will not recognize your new SuSE kernel as supported. This is because New Win4Lin kernels are distribution independent. We no longer build kernel for each individual distribution's kernel. For a copy of Netraverse's kernel policy, please refer to http://www.netraverse.com/kernel_policy.php.

The problem you ran in to is not that we don't have the support for your distribution, its that the installer does not yet handle the new kernels. It will in the future, but until it does you have to download and install the kernel manually.

To download the latest 2.4.x or 2.6 kernels, please refer to

http://www.netraverse.com/member/downloads/kernel_generic.php.

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Once you download the kernel for your system, install it using the "rpm -i" command. Reboot your system, and run win4lin-install to finish the installation.

If you prefer, you can download the generic 2.6.6 kernel from kernel.org and apply the netraverse patches manually to create a custom kernel. These can be found at

http://www.netraverse.com/member/downloads/kernel_patch.php

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Anyway, I tried that and it didn't work--so i am stuck too. If I get it fig. out I will let you know.

Chip

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No, the problem is that win4lin kernerls are not compatible with the/ suse upgraded kernel/. They use to be. I have done this before and whenever I upgraded my kernel, I would simply delete my win4lin and kernel-win4lin and re-run the win4lin installer, which would install the win4lin kernel that was appropriate. Well, that is not working anymore and their tech support has not been very helpful (they use to be more helpful in the past). I have win4lin also installed on my laptop with suse9.0 and it works fine. However, when I installed suse9.0, I didn't get any online updates, but installed /as is/ from the disks. Suse Kernel updates screws everything up. However, I think your prob is different. When I upgraded to 9.0 I had to wait about a month before netraverse got the kernel built that worked with 9.0. Might be a similar situation since 9.1 was just released. Send their tech ppl an email and ask when they will have support for suse 9.1. Chip