help for installing cygwin on Windows ME needed

[Robert Collins]

Cygwin 1.1.8-1 has the heap set too big. Run setup.exe from
www.cygwin.com and install cygwin 1.1.8-2

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: <peng@cygwin.com>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2001 11:34 PM
Subject: Re: help for installing cygwin on Windows ME needed


> On Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 12:15:38AM -0700, rahul toley wrote:
> > Hi friends,
> >
> > I need your help. This is my first attempt to install
> > cygwin. I have spend atleast 4 hours by now to try and
>
> i think that you have not donwloaded the whole cygwin or
> at least the minimum download for work.
>
> >
> > Target Platform : Windows ME (problem ?)
> > Executable version :cygwin-1.1.8-1.tar.gz after
> > untarring and gziping (i use powerarchivers extracter)
>
> the installation does not need manually un-zip and un-tar.
> the setup program will do it for you.
>
> >
> > Effect : If I execute any of the executables in the
> > cygwin directory under bin I see a black shell opening
> > and then gets killed. I cant makeout anything from
> > this.
>
> i bet you have not downloaded the necessity. try to, at
> first download all the packages by choosing 'download from
> internet' in cygwin setup program. then run cygwin setup
> again, choose install from local. after installation,
> a shortcut will be on desktop. 2klik it will show you the
> performance. check cygwin's home for details.
>
> >
> > Side Questions:   which is the main executable. i
> > tried running cygpath.exe cygcheck.exe
> >
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