Reuseing winpro directory

[joe...@softhome.net]

Hi,

I recently did a complete reinstall of Slackware 12.1 on my pc. I
decided to reformat the whole HD. Before doing so, I copied the
winpro directory to an external HD. After doing the SW reinstall, I
copied the winpro directory back to my HD under /home/username. I
checked permissions: winpro is owned by my username and group
ownership is root. After installing the latest ugrade of Win4LinPro
5.5-655.1777, W4L no longer seems able to find my winpro directory.

Is there some way to point W4LPro back to this directory so I don't
have to recontact MS to reinstall/activate Windows XP Pro again and be
spoken down to like I'm trying to cheat them?

Thanks,
-Joe G.

[joegumbo]

I almost got it started. I used the command:
win4 "winpro"

I received a warning message that I was using and install of
Windowsmade with an of version of W4L, and Windows may need to
redetect hw and so on. But, it wouldn't start because "there wis no
such directory as winpro." It suggested I view the error messages.
Here's the message in the winpor directory:

[quote]
+ '[' no = no ']'
+ exec /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4-runtime -C winpro '' '' '' ''
version=450

Configuration: winpro
Title: winpro
RAM size: 128
Snapshot mode: off

kvcheck: /dev/kvm: No such file or directory
Kernel version is at least 2.6.22
Host CPU is not VMX nor SMD capable
Acceleration mode: kernel (full)
mbr: failed to open image: No such file or directory
inst_phase=0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FATAL ERROR:
Cannot open configuration 'winpro':
No such file or directory

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[/quote]

I'm not sure what to try next.

Thanks,
-Joe

[joegumbo]

So, there's now way to fix this?

Thanks,
-Joe

[silavgroup]

Sorry that no help has yet been available. Did you try posting to tech
support with the problem.

Personally I have only been successful at doing a move from one system
to another once.
And that was form one x86 machine with amd processor to another x86
amd system. When I tried from x86 to x64 did not work.
Did you try installing an older version 5.0 or 4.5 to see if image
will work at all.
There were some changes from 4.5 to 5.0 on the image creation so that
maybe an issue.

[Joe G]

Sorry if my post inadvertantly had a hard tone... It really was meant to
be an inquiry only. :)

I haven't tried installing an older version. Because this is Slack, I
needed to do the install:

rpm -ivh --nodeps win4lin-blah.blah.rpm

The W4L installer wants access to bash, but cannot find it. So, I
installed with '--nodeps'.

I've tried uninstalling W4L5.5 (rpm -e and rpm -e --nodeps, I think), but
it won't uninstall. So, I don't seem to be able to uninstall via rpm. I
guess I could manaully look through the various directories and scripts
and try to undo it, though. I was hoping to avoid that. Then, I could roll
back to an earlier version. This was to be a new, perfect install of SW
without any mistakes, using various filesystems on various partitions, and
installing only specific software beyond the default installation.

I did not contact the company directly for support. I purchased W4L a
while back, so I wasn't sure I could still qualify to use their support.

Thank you silvagroup,
-Joe

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[silavgroup]

Try tech support, you probably still have it..
As you can see from the posts not much goes on here and getting help
can be slow at best.
Not knowing anything about SW I am afraid I can be of now help in that
regard.
Hope you get it all ironed out.

[Joe G]

Thanks for trying to help me. :)

I tried uninstallinjg from the CL and then installing a new version.
This is the output:
[quote]

root@Slackware_0:~# rpm -e Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777.i386.rpm
error: package Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777.i386.rpm is not installed
root@Slackware_0:~# rpm -ivh --nodeps
/home/joegumbo/Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997.i386.rpm
Preparing... ###########################################
[100%]
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/cdalpr from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/installwin4 from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/kvm from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/qemu from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/smbd from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/smbd.wrap0 from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4 from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4-autobr from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4-build-drivers from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4-cda-audio from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4-check-drivers from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4-checkupdate from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4-deploy-published from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4-display from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4-eula from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4-gauth from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4-guestsvc from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4-guestsvc.wrap0 from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4-install-linux from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4-licimport from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4-licinfo from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4-print from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4-publish-session from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4-rdpconnect from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4-restart-services from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4-runtime from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4-sessions from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4-user-license from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4-winapp from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4-winapp-icon from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4-wrap0 from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4cdahubd from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4console from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4env from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4prod from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/bin/win4vncd from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/doc/Changelog.html from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/doc/Release-Notes.html from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/doc/Users-Guide.html from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/doc/Users-Guide.pdf from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/etc/BLANK.IMG from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/etc/INSTALL.IMG from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/etc/LINUX32.IMG from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/etc/WIN4PRO.IMG from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/etc/glade/win4console.glade from install
of Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/etc/kqemu.tar.gz from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/etc/kvm-kernel.tar.gz from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/etc/patches/kvm-qemu-shmvid.patch from
install of Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file
/usr/lib/win4linpro/etc/patches/kvm-qemu-slirp-no-bcast-on-4.patch from
install of Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/etc/patches/qemu-shmvid.patch from
install of Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file
/usr/lib/win4linpro/etc/patches/qemu-slirp-no-bcast-on-4.patch from
install of Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/etc/patches/vgabios-0.6a.diff from
install of Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/etc/pc-bios-kvm/vgabios-cirrus.bin from
install of Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/etc/pc-bios-kvm/vgabios.bin from install
of Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/etc/pc-bios/vgabios-cirrus.bin from
install of Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/etc/pc-bios/vgabios.bin from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/etc/portal/index.html from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
file /usr/lib/win4linpro/etc/win4-static from install of
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1997 conflicts with file from package
Win4LinPro-5.5-655.1777
root@Slackware_0:~#

[/quote]

I'll contact support.

Thanks,
-Joe

On
Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:19:11 -0500, silavgroup <casaba73...@yahoo.com>
wrote: