RE: running cygwin on multiple operating systems

2003-11-21 Thread kevin.lawton
No, I'm not like that. I simply answered some questions according to my experience and offered a few alternatives to consider. As I remember, the OP was also using Linux. In my experience, while it is possible to build a multi-boot system using the Windoze bootloader, it provides no real protec

RE: running cygwin on multiple operating systems

2003-11-21 Thread kevin.lawton
ton,K,Kevin,XJH3C C Subject: RE: running cygwin on multiple operating systems Sent: 21 November 2003 11:40 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Can't quite imagine why you'd want Win2K and WinXP both installed, > as they're essentially the same thing, > but: > You can have up to

RE: running cygwin on multiple operating systems

2003-11-21 Thread kevin.lawton
Can't quite imagine why you'd want Win2K and WinXP both installed, as they're essentially the same thing, but: You can have up to four primary partitions on each hard drive, but only one at a time can be 'active' (= bootable). Some of the more sophisticated boot managers allow for partition hid

RE: running cygwin on multiple operating systems

2003-11-21 Thread kevin.lawton
Speaking of Linux, did you know that Cygwin runs under WINE? :-D - and then you can run a KDE desktop under Cygwin. Okay on the face of it exercises like the above, which I'm sure we all indulge in from time to time, might seem a little pointless. Of course, they're not really --