Anybody using Windows 98 for RTEMS GNU tools?

[Joel Sherrill]

Maarten.Kruger at ziton.spx.com wrote:
> 
> Good day,
> 
> The getting started .pdf manual states that Windows 95 is not suitable for
> compiling and debugging RTEMS in Cygwin...  Since the document is quite old
> - I was wondering if this is still true?  I am using Windows '98 and would
> like to use it just to get started with RTEMS until I install Mandrake 7.2
> (think this is a good choice?) ...  I would still like to use Windows '98
> for other work (can't dual boot all the time)...
> 
> Is anybody successfull using all the GNU tools in Windows 98 for RTEMS?
> Can you please give me tips for getting started - had problems with
> Cygwin...

I had reasonable success in light duty use on Windows ME running on a 
laptop around the first of this year.

I had Cygwin on my Win95 box at home long ago.  It was definitely
not a stable combination but that was also an older version of cygwin.  
When I upgraded to Win98, the installed Cygwin broke
and a delete/reinstall has been on my todo list ever since. 

Personally I think the Linux/VNC combination would be more reliable
for serious development.  My experience with recent Cygwin on 
W2K is promising but I have not had a serious tool build yet there.

> thanks
> 
> Maarten Kruger

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