<... wrote: > I have a win7 64-bit machine that is not online and I want to update > the cygwin install. What is the best method for doing this? Can I just > copy the current cygwin install off of my XP 32-bit machine and drop > it into the 64-bit win7 rig, or will that create a problem?
Do the experiment. I copy 32 bit cygwin between my desktop and laptop (Windows 7, 64 bit) (using a network drive as an intermediary) and it work fine for me. I use xcopy followed by a Windows mirroring utility (mirror - <http://home.cs.tum.edu/~jain/>) in a cmd batch file. For a first install xcopy alone or a copy using Windows Explorer should work fine. This all assumes that that both installation are at equivalent locations, e.g., C:\cygwin. When I, on occasional, run it from H:\cygwin, it runs but seems to have problems finding customizations. I've never tried tracking it down but mounts set in fstab to C: are a possible problem, as are lack of environmental variables set in Windows. Good luck, - Barry Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
