If you have both 1.5 & 1.7, they can sorta co-exist.
Leave your 1.5 system alone. Now crate & download 1.7 into a new node.
(e.g./cygwinII). Just make sure everything is separate, include your
update nodes and create a new "start" icon for 1.7 only. You might want
to enforce separate executions of 1.5 & 1.7
I did this for the several months before switch-over and it worked
perfectly. If your machine is shared amoung users, them you will have
to work that out. My was a single-user system.
Frank Fesevur wrote:
2010/1/21 Brian Keener:
I want to upgrade to 1.7 but would like to get a backup of the full 1.5
install before hand. I know in the past just doing copies some files
didn't or couldn't get copied. Also in the unix world seems as though
I recall tar and cpio have difference in terms of what they will and
won't backup.
What the best way to get a good copy of my 1.5 in case I need/want to
get it back.
I have made a backup of 1.5 by 7-Zipping the entire directory and also
backup the "mount v2" tree of "Cygnus Solutions" in the registry. I
have had problems upgrading to 1.7 on one pc and could successfully
restore my 1.5 installation.
Regards,
Frank
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