X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4978FEF9.4050808@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:19:21 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.19) Gecko/20090101 Remi/2.0.0.19-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.19 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Status of Compatibility with Windows Server 2008 (2k8) References: <35e00b330901220716g652aa4eua887721ab2c2ae63 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <35e00b330901221457r29cfe28do5f1f2c2c2cc721ce AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> In-Reply-To: <35e00b330901221457r29cfe28do5f1f2c2c2cc721ce@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Oren Elrad wrote: > Perhaps it's bad form to reply to my own message, but I've got the 2k8 > installation (x86) up and running and I'm ready to take the plunge and > report back on what works and what doesn't work. > > Should I use the 1.5 release on the main page, or use the 1.7 release > (setup-1.7.exe)? > Alternatively, should I not even bother because it is known that > Win2k8 and Cygwin just don't play well together? > > ~Oren > > PS. If the lack of reply to my previous question was due to some > failure on my part, I'm quite sorry. I did check the FAQ and the > archives of this list for any information in Cygwin's relationship > with Win2k8. Google was also rather unhelpful in finding up-to-date > information. There have been some reports here on Cygwin and W2K8, though generally none that I recall suggest any major issue with W2K8. Since I don't use W2K8, I can't say whether 1.5 or 1.7 would work better there. It depends on your needs. 1.7 is definitely where things are headed and should give you a better experience overall, especially for things like sshd that wants to change users (see /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.readme and/or ). If you're up to using beta software, I'd recommend trying that. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/