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  From: Matthew Hamnett <hammer@epc.net.au>
  To  : <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 09:37:26 +1030

Re: A quick Question re win4lin

Guess What ?

With win4lin, if you su root  then run winsetup it lets you edit the 
availability of devices lpt1, com1,com2 & gameport for users.
This is what you find when you try to do things at a proper time of the day 
(instead of 4AM)

Thanks for the sugestions guy's.

BTW I've got my parallel scanner & epson 440 working great in win4lin now. If 
only I could figure out why I cant access the web. But that will probably be 
another 4AM session.

Regards Matt !

On Tuesday 02 January 2001 12:52, matt wrote:
> Hi Guys & Gals (Merry Xmas & Happy New Year to all)
>
> I've just installed & Set-up the demo for win4lin 2 - everything went well.
> I've installed and set-up win 98.
> The only problem is when I try to set up the devices - IE lpt ports & game
> Ports win4lin config says they are unavailable because they are "Root only"
> which means I have no "lpt1" under windows.
> Win4Lin says that I need to change the privileges for this device.
> Can someone please inform me the easiest way to do this.
> (please try to remember I am a relative newbie)
>
>
> The other question I have is, I am thinking of making my Linux install a
> bit more permanent because it seems to be going very well (at the moment I
> have just got an old 4gig Maxtor hanging in my pc and when I want to swap
> OS I just unplug one HDD and plug in my Win 98) what I want to do is make a
> dual boot set-up on one drive. I've been thinking about  the promise ata66
> IDE raid cards and another HDD and set-up a RAID 0. I know they work well
> for win has anyone used one under Linux & are they easy to set-up ?
>
> Regards Matt
> *************************************************
> Matthew Hamnett
> Basshams TV & Computer World
> 18 Porter St, Pt Lincoln  SA  5606
> PH:(08)86830075  FAX:(08)86822788
> E-Mail : matt@basshams.com.au
>
> *************************************************

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