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Linux and IBM Lotus Notes (before Windows 2000)

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The most frequent question I get about Notes and Linux: If you are using

                         Windows NT, do not let WINE use your Windows NT directory as it's "Windows"

                         directory (specified in wine.conf or wine.ini). Instead, point WINE at a Win95/98

                         directory or create a fake "Windows" directory and use that. If Lotus Notes complains

                         about missing DLLs, you can find the missing DLLs in the Lotus Notes installer

                         directories and put them in the Windows directory. 



                         Howto (for systems that can dual-boot Linux and Win95/98/NT) 

                           

                            1.Boot into Win98/95/NT and install a copy of Lotus Notes client for Win32 on a

                              FAT or FAT32 drive partition. 

                            2.If your notes.ini file is in your Windows directory, move it to your Notes executable

                              directory. 

                            3.Boot into Linux and mount your FAT / FAT32 drive partitions. You may need to set

                              up entries in /etc/fstab for Linux to recognize and mount these partitions. 

                            4.Verify that you have set up the X Window system and your window manager of

                              choice. 

                            5.Download a copy of WINE (open-source Windows on UNIX) from

                              http://www.winehq.com/  WINE is evolving rapidly, each week brings new changes

                              and greater functionality, so it pays to stay current. WINE releases are named by

                              release date; releases before 981108 do not run Lotus Notes very well. You can

                              download binaries in .RPM format or download the source code and build it

                              yourself. 

                            6.Create or edit the wine.ini file in your home directory. Make sure it includes

                              mappings for your Windows drives and that your Notes executable directory is on

                              the path. I run WINE as root (recommended!) so the file should be placed in

                              /root/wine.ini. 

                            7.If you are using Windows NT, do not set your Windows NT system directory as the

                              Windows directory under WINE. WINE does not work well with the Windows NT

                              versions of system DLLs. Better to use an empty "Windows" directory instead. 

                            8.Start the X Window system and your window manager 

                            9.Start Lotus Notes using WINE. You can start 'notes.exe'. My DOS D: drive

                              partition is visible to linux as /mnt/windows, so: ./wine

                              /mnt/windows/Lotus/Notes/notes.exe
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Linux and IBM Lotus Notes (before Windows 2000)
