From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mh@mike.franken.de (Michael Hirmke) To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: "Out of environment space" error Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 15:14:00 -0000 Message-id: <7CGncL84pfB@mike.franken.de> In-reply-to: < 012301be6669$c5d173b0$29acdfd0@InspirePharm.Com > References: <012301be6669$c5d173b0$29acdfd0@InspirePharm.Com> X-SW-Source: 1999-03/msg00119.html Suhaib M. Siddiqi [Ssiddiqi@InspirePharm.Com] wrote: [...] >and Dos and possibley Linux. According this document, it is suggested >each operating system must reside on its own partition. This document This is mainly because of the ":\Program Files" directory, which is used by both '95 and NT. If they are on the same partition, they use the same directory for program files and programs with different versions for '95 and NT may run into trouble. And yes, you *really* should avoid installing them on the same partition, because of that problem. [...] > >Regards >Suhaib Bye. Michael. -- Michael Hirmke | Telefon +49 (911) 557999 Georg-Strobel-Strasse 81 | FAX +49 (911) 557664 90489 Nuernberg | E-Mail mailto:mh@mike.franken.de | WWW http://aquarius.franken.de/ -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mh@mike.franken.de (Michael Hirmke) To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: "Out of environment space" error Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 19:45:00 -0000 Message-ID: <7CGncL84pfB@mike.franken.de> References: <012301be6669$c5d173b0$29acdfd0@InspirePharm.Com> X-SW-Source: 1999-03n/msg00119.html Message-ID: <19990331194500.nn1Ag56wD39XLKsoP6TFOYuU5H4X6ccW_ayKlWDrqMo@z> Suhaib M. Siddiqi [Ssiddiqi@InspirePharm.Com] wrote: [...] >and Dos and possibley Linux. According this document, it is suggested >each operating system must reside on its own partition. This document This is mainly because of the ":\Program Files" directory, which is used by both '95 and NT. If they are on the same partition, they use the same directory for program files and programs with different versions for '95 and NT may run into trouble. And yes, you *really* should avoid installing them on the same partition, because of that problem. [...] > >Regards >Suhaib Bye. Michael. -- Michael Hirmke | Telefon +49 (911) 557999 Georg-Strobel-Strasse 81 | FAX +49 (911) 557664 90489 Nuernberg | E-Mail mailto:mh@mike.franken.de | WWW http://aquarius.franken.de/ -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com