Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 13:35:29 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Cc: DMais@ligand.com Subject: Re: Problems Message-ID: <20011107133529.A21917@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com, DMais@ligand.com References: <81CFFDBDD157D211B34700805F9A13B3017BD394@cairo> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <81CFFDBDD157D211B34700805F9A13B3017BD394@cairo> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.21i On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 10:32:39AM -0800, Mais, Dale wrote: >I have tried to install cygwin on both an NT and Win98 machine and while it >seems to install OK, when I try to open all I get is a fraction of a second >appearance of a DOS window that disappears. I cannot get beyond this >"flash". Any thoughts? > >Thanks > >I am not a computer guru and have forgotten what little I knew of DOS so >trying to understand the language of the guidance on your web page does me >little good, I just don't understand all the lingo. Then why are you even downloading this package? Stick with Microsoft pointy clicky tools. This is a UNIX emulation environment. If you don't have any ideas what that means then you don't need cygwin. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/