From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" To: bob olbrich , cygwin@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: Program can not be run in DOS mode Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 07:23:00 -0000 Message-id: <4.3.1.2.20010125101803.0224b010@pop.ma.ultranet.com> References: <3A6F5BC0.FF4EB63F@gulftel.com> X-SW-Source: 2001-01/msg01269.html 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 -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple