Subject: Re: winxp/winme duelboot
From: Roger <[email-masked]>
To: "Tim Prince" <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 17:08:13 -0400

lol. no. it's just a good example of window's downfalls & ms's problems with 
not making the code more adaptable.

the installation that i detailed only creates "possible" problems with MS's 
programs (Media Player, IE, etc) since MS isn't that bright with specifing an 
alternate location for installing "Program Files" to a secondary location 
while installing their o/s's. (already submitted bug/problem to ms. as to 
whether they'll do anything about it, i doubt it.  They probabely won't fix 
it until 'All things are Microsoft' <giggle> <-- notice! no grief over ms 
software here :)

Take notice that the better engineered o/s's offer alternate locations when 
installing their o/s which improves o/s adaptability.

Anyways, i've already considered running the install on each o/s and it 
probabely would work without problems doing so.  But i'm trying to find the 
'file' that may contain the cygwin system wide variables or the specific file 
that needs to be written.

btw: you may have mis-understood the 'find-utilities' program that i 
described, as possibley being affected by the dual boot layout i have going 
here.  i doubt it & if it did, i don't care. i'm trying to defeat another BIG 
bug right now with winxp, as such, to resolve i had to install it as such per 
my layout.  besides, it saves me problems with having more partitions then i 
need....yada yada yada.  

On Tuesday 02 October 2001 10:52 am, you wrote:
> The grief you've apparently brought on yourself by installing
> multiple Windows versions on the same partition is off topic, but
> you might consider running cygwin setup in each OS.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roger" <[email-masked]>
> To: <[email-masked]>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 7:31 AM
> Subject: winxp/winme duelboot
>
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> >
> > i have:
> >
> > windowsme = c:\winme
> > windowsxp = c:\winxp
> > Program files (or program install paths) = d:\cygwin &
>
> d:\cygwin_install
>
> > i originally installed cygwin while within winxp, but now want
>
> cygwin to
>
> > execute from within winme/98.
> >
> >
> > when i execute the d:\cygwin\cygwin.bat file which in winme/98,
>
> it complains
>
> > in the console about 'no /tmp file, please create it' and then,
>
> once i did
>
> > this, it then logged me into as 'bash$' but would allow for any
>
> programs to
>
> > execute /usr/bin/ls /usr/bin/find , and so on (or just 'ls' and
>
> 'grep'...not
>
> > sure if cygwin has similar paths, in linux now).
> >
> > i'm guessing there is a 'paths' file that cygwin_install
>
> installs for
>
> > win98/me systems?
> >
> > one main reason why i have to use cygwin now is becuase ms's ie
>
> 6.0 upgrade
>
> > disabled the 'find files' utility in winme (doh! dmt!) oh well,
>
> i find
>
> > command line console much easier then their gui utilities!

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