A vexing installation problem

[Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes]

On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 09:07:57AM -0800, David Hinds wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Nov, 2004 at 01:38:39PM -0000, Dave Korn wrote:
> >
> > I reckon you most likely have faulty hardware in there somewhere
> 
> Err, it seems exceedingly unlikely that this heavily used system which
> has worked perfectly for several years, would have faulty hardware
> that specifically dislikes cygwin1.dll version 1.5.6 and later, but is
> otherwise symptomless.

I can't help but think of the
http://www.google.com/search?&q="Magic Switch Story"