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Subject: RE: Windows Vista and CygWin
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 09:23:32 -0700
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From: "Jeremy T. Harrison" <jtharrison AT gentax DOT com>
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>-----Original Message-----
>
>> Has anyone successfully installed Cygwin onto a Windows Vista box?
Are
>> there any tips which can be provided for the less fortunate of us?
>
>Mine is working fine now. There is an issue with 64 bit versions, which
>require you to install the cygwin1.dll from the following link:
>
>http://cygwin.com/snapshots/
>
>However, I didn't get any issues until attempting to run it. The
package >manager ran fine, so this might not be your problem.
>
>Christian.

Thanks for the tip - I will see if preloading the dll makes a
difference.  I am using the 32 bit version; so this may not do anything.

It sounds like you had issues after the install.  Is that correct?
Could you summarize?

I will update the group with my results.

Jeremy



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