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RE: FYI: vmware + oskit
It would probably be possible with either Djgpp or Cygwin. You might have
to grab the sources for gcc, binutils, etc and recompile them under NT
before they would compile OSKit though.
I am going to attempt it and report back on the results.
Geoff
>From: Paul Anderson <paul@geeky1.ebtech.net>
>To: "Alistair J. R. Young" <avatar@arkane.demon.co.uk>
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>Subject: RE: FYI: vmware + oskit
>Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 08:58:52 -0400 (EDT)
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>On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, Alistair J. R. Young wrote:
>
> >
> > Now, if only someone had come up with a way to compile oskit kernels
>under
> > NT (anyone? unlikely, I suppose, but never hurts to ask...), there
>wouldn't
> > be any awkward pauses at all.
> >
>If I where you, I would switch from NT and get going with either FreeBSD
>or Linux. W2K is quickly becoming a joke, and a mighty big joke indeed.
>IMHO, it is really unsuitable for any use level of serious use - it lacks
>stability, efficiency, and intelligent design. Most of it's features have
>been cobbled together by MS as part of a game of catchup, and as a result
>the whole 20 CDs worth of it are held together with duct tape and chewing
>gum. TTYL!
>
>
>
>---
>Paul Anderson - Self-employed Megalomaniac
>paul@geeky1.ebtech.net
>Member of the Sarnia Linux User's Group
>http://www.sar-net.com/slug
>http://zephyr.sellad.on.ca/~paul
>All I want is 5 minutes with the source code for the universe and a quick
>recompile.
>
>
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