X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4899EC23.8030605@nc.rr.com> Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:23:31 -0400 From: Burt Silverman User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: RE: Cygwin 1.5.25 : Very slow command Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Just confirming Bruno DeLoroux observation that cygwin starts very very slowly on some Windows XP installations. And "ls" is fairly slow. My Desktop PC is generally faster than my laptop, but the situation is reversed with regards to these cygwin activities; startup is painful on the Desktop. Burt -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/