# backgrounDRB & Cygwin?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/backgroundrb-cygwin/153483>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 17, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/backgroundrb-cygwin/153483 "2008-11-17T22:00:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/backgroundrb-cygwin/153483/1 "2008-11-17T22:00:42Z")

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Hello,  
I’m trying to use BackgrounDRB on InstantRails v1.7 (Ruby 1.8.6 and  
Rails 2.1.0) with Windows Server 2003. I know that I can’t use  
BackgrounDRB on a Windows machine because it uses forking - thats why I  
installed Cygwin. However, when I attempt to start backgrounDRB, it  
tells me it is still missing Fork. I just used the GUI installer to  
install Cygwin… Any ideas as to why this isn’t working?

Any and all help is appreciated!

Thanks,

- Jeff M.