1.1.7 & NT4.0 problem

Earnie Boyd earnie_boyd@yahoo.com
Fri Dec 29 12:24:00 GMT 2000


Jiann-Ming Su wrote:
> 
> I just installed cygwin 1.1.7 on a NT4.0 computer.  I try to run cygwin.bat,
> but it just kind of hangs.  The command window opens, but I don't get the
> prompt.  If I wait long enough, I get bash: Invalid argument: /usr/bin/id,
> or something similar.  There is no /usr/bin/id, just /bin/id.  I tried copying
> id.exe to /usr/bin, but that did not help.  I installed a relatively new
> version of cygwin, not 1.1.7, on a 98 computer and it works great.  Thanks
> for any help.
> 

Please visit http://cygwin.com and click on the "Install Cygwin Now"
icon.  You've not installed everything correctly and rerunning the setup
process until it completes is the only solution.

Cheers,
-- 
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com

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