I use Cygwin 32-bit all the time on Windows 10 x64. --Sam
On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 7:31 PM Alejandro Benitez < benitezalejandroe...@outlook.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a 32 bit cygwin installation of 8 years of age in an amd64 PC with > 2 GB of RAM with Windows 10. So far it's been so good. I never had the need > to use a 64 bit Windows, but recently 64 bit has become mainstream and I > also started having low memory issues, so I upgraded to 4 GB of RAM. The > thing is 32 bit Windows has issues with the whole 4 GB of RAM therefore I > have quite less available, so I decided I will be switching to 64 bit > Windows 10 via a clean install (yuk!) when I am able. > > I'll be following the steps outlined in this post or a similar one: > > > https://www.howtogeek.com/228042/how-to-switch-from-32-bit-windows-10-to-64-bit-windows-10/ > > It's somehow clear I thankfully won't need to upgrade to cygwin64 until > later, I mean it seems I'll be able to still use my 32 bit cygwin after I > upgrade to 64 bit Windows 10, I just don't know what I'll need to tweak / > migrate so that the new Windows installation installed on top of the same > drive that currently holds the 32 bit cygwin knows it's there. I'm betting > some registry entries and environment variables. Does anyone know these > tweaks for certain? I need cygwin to be fully functional, I mean setup.exe > needs to be able to install packages, otherwise it won't be of much use. > > I might also be wrong and need to install cygwin64 as I upgrade Windows. > Fingers are crossed. > > Thanks in advance, > > -- > 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 > > -- 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
