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Thanks to a previous responder I now know that in response to uname:
NT-5.0 = W2000
NT-5.1 = XP
NT-6.0 = Vista
NT-6.1 = W7

Q1 Can anybody please tell me the corresponding information for W98?

Q2 Are there ways of distinguishing between XP / XP-64, Vista /
Vista-64, W7 / W7-64 using uname in Cygwin (or anything else)?

Q3 On a machine I was assured was W7-64 (but did not check this) I ran
the Legacy version of Cygwin 1.5.25 on a portable stick with no evident
difficulties whatsoever. I had earlier understood this not to work.
(Also, that Cygwin 1.7 won't run on W98.) Can you confirm that 1.5 on
W7-64 (or any 64?) and 1.7 on W98 are both non-runners?

Thank you.

Fergus



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