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!newspeer1.se.telia.net!se.telia.net!nntp.inet.fi!central1.inet.fi!inet.fi!read3.inet.fi.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Sender: AWI003@FIW9430 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> From: Anders Wirzenius Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 09:26:14 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.251.142.2 X-Complaints-To: abuse@inet.fi X-Trace: read3.inet.fi 1099301174 194.251.142.2 (Mon, 01 Nov 2004 11:26:14 EET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 11:26:14 EET Organization: Sonera corp Internet services Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5949 Date: 2004-11-01T09:26:14+00:00 List-Id: Adrien Plisson writes: > Warren W. Gay VE3WWG wrote: > (i hope i don't misattribute your post again... sorry) > > > 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 the same machine (fortunately, or it will be a real mess to have > multiple WIndows on the same machine). so you just have to register > GNAT once for each installation of Windows then use it at will. this > is much simpler !! > Correct. Not shared. I got GNAT to work by: - booting into Win XP - exporting the ACT registry settings (which contained references to C:) - saving the reg-file - booting into Win 2003 - importing the reg-file into 2003 registry (on E:) - inserting C:\GNAT ... at the beginning of the path variable I was then just curious whether my manual changes to the environment were similar to what you get when you install GNAT in another directory than the default (C:\GNAT...). Case closed, thanks to all. Anders