Eliot Moss <moss <at> cs.umass.edu> writes: > > On 8/17/2014 2:41 AM, paul wrote: > > When I wanted to replicate my cygwin installation from a 32-bit machine to > > another 32-bit machine, it was straightforward. I would simply reinstall > > all installed packages, but have the downloaded packages got to a folder > > which I then burn to CD. > > > > However, my next machine is a 64-bit machine. So I have to use the 64- bit > > setup. Is there an almost-as-painless way to replicate the 64-bit version > > of the packages that I have installed on my 32-bit machine? > > The 32-bit packages and set up run fine on a 64 bit processor. > You just don't get as large a memory space for the programs > when they are running.
Yes, I was hoping to benefit from the 64-bit address space. But it took some trial and error to settle on the packages I wanted. Hoping I don't have to go through the same process again with the 64-bit packages. -- 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
