X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,EXECUTABLE_URI,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RFC_ABUSE_POST,TW_YG,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <697664.86376.qm@web53801.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:25:49 -0800 (PST) From: Wayne Johnson Subject: Re: ntvdm encountered a hard error To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Cc: prakash babu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 On 06/04/2010 09:29, prakash babu wrote: > I installed cygwin 1.5 using the legacy setup available at > http://cygwin.com/setup-legacy.exe. > > The install went through fine, but when I click on the cygwin binary i get > "ntvdm encountered a hard error". I think I ran into the same problem (although after doing a google search, there are lots of different answers). In my case, I was installing using setup-legacy.exe on a new Windows Server 2k3 SP2 VM (under VMWare Server 2). This was the exact same configuration that I had set up several months ago in another VM, and which still works. When I click on the Cygwin Bash Shell icon, or on the start menu shortcut, a command windows would open up and then a pop up with "ntvdm encountered a hard error". I started to compare the working and non-working VM and found that the shortcut on the non-working VM specified the command: "C:\WINDOWS\command.com /E:4096 /c C:\cygwin\Cygwin.bat", whereas the working version had "C:\cygwin\Cygwin.bat". WS2k3 does not have a C:\WINDOWS\command.com (nor does XP). When I changed the shortcut to "C:\WINDOWS\system32\command.com /E:4096 /c C:\cygwin\Cygwin.bat" everything worked great. Now according to my cygcheck -c of both systems, there was no difference in the packages, so this must be a change in the installer. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple