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Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 00:37:57 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To: cygwin-xfree AT cygwin DOT com, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: bluescreen during XF86/cygwin build
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In-Reply-To: <003d01c0e665$9e71aff0$6800a8c0@dbca950>; from dcook@caveduck.com on Sat, May 26, 2001 at 09:29:28PM -0700

On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 09:29:28PM -0700, Dave Cook wrote:
>>Robert Collins wrote:
>> It shouldn't be either. Cygwin doesn't install any drivers at this point
>> in time.
>
>I realize that cygwin doesn't install any actual drivers, but it pushes
>the filesystem in ways that W2K may not expect :)

No, it doesn't actually.  It just uses standard Win32 API calls.

With an OS like W2K there is really no way that Cygwin should be able to
cause a blue screen.  If it does, it's an OS bug, not a Cygwin bug.

cgf

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