From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,9dabd984ea966de9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!wns13feed!worldnet.att.net!207.35.177.252!nf3.bellglobal.com!nf1.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news20.bellglobal.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GNAT on a multiboot computer References: <417DFD3C.6080209@stochastique.net> <417e16a7$0$30703$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be> <417f57d8$0$30704$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be> <549gd.17128$Qs6.1469677@news20.bellglobal.com> <4183455d$0$1427$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be> In-Reply-To: <4183455d$0$1427$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <4Drhd.528$dj2.119586@news20.bellglobal.com> Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 09:21:37 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.96.223.163 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sympatico.ca X-Trace: news20.bellglobal.com 1099318848 198.96.223.163 (Mon, 01 Nov 2004 09:20:48 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 09:20:48 EST Organization: Bell Sympatico Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5954 Date: 2004-11-01T09:21:37-05:00 List-Id: Adrien Plisson wrote: > Warren W. Gay VE3WWG wrote: > (i hope i don't misattribute your post again... sorry) > >> ACT's own install program lets you choose - so just choose away! Just >> avoid blanks in the directory names. 8-) > > > even when using pathnames with spaces, act's own install is smart enough > to keep only 8.3 pathnames, so you don't have to worry about that. > >> In a multiboot situation, if the drive letter changes, this will >> create problems I think (I guess that was your point). Without >> having thought about this much, one possible solution is to >> use *.reg files as outlined below (using regedit): > > ... > >> Save your registry settings like I did above. When you boot >> the OS that needs it as D: instead of C:, run an edited version >> of your gnat.reg file that you saved. When you start the other >> OS, run its version of gnat.reg that specifies C: instead. That >> will at least let you switch between the two. > > > false: the registry is not shared between multiple Windows installed on They need not be shared. My point was that you can bring over the settings (modified as required). They are real easy to import. -- Warren W. Gay VE3WWG http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg