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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 13:38:40 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Windows XP and cygwin's heap
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On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 03:30:45AM +0000, Greg B. wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've installed Cygwin on Windows XP
> when I execute the shortcut to Cygwin Bash Shell,
> I get
> 
> C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe: *** Couldn't reserve space
> for cygwin's heap (0x9B0000) in child, cygheap, Win32 error 487
> C:\cygwin\bin\mkdir.exe: *** Couldn't reserve space
> for cygwin's heap (0x9B0000) in child, cygheap, Win32 error 487
> bash: cd: /home/: no such file or directory
> 
> any help would be appreciated,

Old dll and/or prerelease of XP?  Try updating both.

Corinna

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