Have you tried running any of these applications in Wine? If they don't require any kind of 3d acceleration, VMWare is an option as well.
If you're set on actually installing windows, might I suggest installing Win2K. It plays a little better with other bootable OS's on the same system. The Win2K install will probably take over the MBR, but you can configure the disk manager to add your linux partition(s) as bootable options in the boot mgr. Otherwise, you're probably going to end up having to rebuild that box entirely....maybe a 3rd party boot manager might work, but I've never had good luck with them, especially adding Windows to an otherwise untainted linux box. Jason -----Original Message----- From: Glenn Becker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 11:09 AM To: Debian Users List Subject: adding Windoze All, Although it grieves me to say so, there are a couple of Windows-only apps I'd love to run ... specifically the XML IDE XMLSpy, and a couple of Chinese-language applications. Is there ANY relatively headacheless way to add Windows to my machine, making it a dual boot box, without first removing the Debian setup I have lovingly constructed? :-) I've heard that installing Windows kind of commandeers the MBR ... I am running a part-stable, part-testing Debian setup on a Dell PIII (I am not at home or I'd be more specific, sorry). G _________________________________________________________________________ | // G l e n n B e c k e r | | // I don't wanna kill my china pig. | // -- Captain Beefheart | | // [EMAIL PROTECTED] | _________________________________________________________________________| -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
