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From: "Schaible, Joerg" <Joerg DOT Schaible AT gft DOT com>
To: cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Subject: RE: Program can not be run in DOS mode
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 11:03:19 +0100
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Hi Bob,

what gave you the impression, the Cygwin bash is a DOS application? The
Cygwin bash uses the API and services of Windows, it is not a *replacement*
to the command.com, but just another alternative shell for Windows. You will
not succeed. No way.

Greetings,
Jorg

>-----Original Message-----
>From: bob olbrich [mailto:rjob AT gulftel DOT com]
>Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 11:49 PM
>To: cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
>Subject: Program can not be run in DOS mode
>
>
>Hello,
>
>     I just came across Cygwin a few days ago, so I decided to try it.
>Eventually, I got it to download and install successfully. However,
>it does not want to boot.
>    The error in the subject occurs every time I use the shortcut on
>my desktop. By using the step-by-step boot in Win98, I found
>that the error occurs after the following line:
>
>     Call c:\windows\command.com /e:4096 /c c:\cygwin\cygwin.bat
>
>   Cygwin.bat looks like:
>
>       @echo off
>
>       C:
>       chdir \cygwin\bin
>
>       bash --login -i
>
>    One more command is executed (c:\windows\win.com /wx)
> and the machine reboots to Windows. Can someone with more experience
>help?
>
>Thanks,  Bob Olbrich   rjob AT gulftel DOT com
>
>
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