loadwindowsCD -- Load the Windows installation files from the Windows CD

Syntax

loadwindowsCD [options]

loadwindowsCD cddevice dev_name [options]

loadwindowsCD fromdir dir_name [options]

unloadwindowsCD

Description

loadwindowsCD

The loadwindowsCD command loads the Windows 95 or Windows 98 installation files from your Windows CD into Win4Lin. This is a required one-time step that must be done before individual users may install Windows in a personal directory using the installwindows command. The CD can either be accessed through the local CD-ROM drive or mounted in a Linux directory.

You can also load the Windows installation files by using the Win4Lin Setup GUI utility.

If you do not use either the cddevice or fromdir option, the installation will be done from the default CD-ROM drive. The default CD drive is specified in the file /etc/default/merge using the MERGE_CD_DEV_NAME environment variable.

If you use the cddevice option, dev_name is the name of the Linux CD device that corresponds to the CD-ROM drive you are using to install from (for example, /dev/cd0).

If you use the fromdir option, dir_name is the name of a Linux directory where your Windows CD has been mounted, or where the Windows installation files from a CD have been copied.

The following additional options are also supported:

subdir xxx
Specifies the subdirectory on the CD where the Windows installation program and files are located. If this is not specified and if the Windows files are not in the top directory of the CD, then the subdirectory win95 or win98 is used.

reinstall
Allows reinstallation of the files from the Windows CD. If this option is not specified and Windows files are already loaded, the installation will not continue.

Warning, reinstalling a different version of Windows than was previously installed may result in a user's personal installation of the other version of Windows to stop working.

unloadwindowsCD

The unloadwindowsCD command reverses what loadwindowsCD has done. This is useful if the original load failed to complete or if you want to load a different version of Windows. The loadwindowsCD "reinstall" option automatically does the equivalent of unloadwindowsCD before re-loading from the CD.

Warning, reinstalling a different version of Windows than was previously installed may result in a user's personal installation of the other version of Windows to stop working.

Files

/usr/bin/loadwindowsCD

/usr/bin/unloadwindowsCD

/etc/default/merge

See also

win(1)
installwindows(1)
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