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Re: Program can not be run in DOS mode
- To: bob olbrich <rjob at gulftel dot com>,cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com
- Subject: Re: Program can not be run in DOS mode
- From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall at rfk dot com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 10:20:00 -0500
At 05:48 PM 1/24/2001, bob olbrich wrote:
>Hello,
>
> I just came across Cygwin a few days ago, so I decided to try it.
>Eventually, I got it to download and install successfully. However,
>it does not want to boot.
> The error in the subject occurs every time I use the shortcut on
>my desktop. By using the step-by-step boot in Win98, I found
>that the error occurs after the following line:
>
> Call c:\windows\command.com /e:4096 /c c:\cygwin\cygwin.bat
>
> Cygwin.bat looks like:
>
> @echo off
>
> C:
> chdir \cygwin\bin
>
> bash --login -i
>
> One more command is executed (c:\windows\win.com /wx)
> and the machine reboots to Windows. Can someone with more experience
>help?
What's invoking win.com and why? You can't "boot" Cygwin. You can *run*
cygwin.bat from Windows however.
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
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