On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 10:56:13AM -0800, Bruce Bailey wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> When I run 'df' there is a long pause and the returned list of drives
> reflects previously mounted Win network drives.
>
> $ df
> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> C:/cygwin/bin 2
Brian Dessent wrote:
> Francis Rossi wrote:
>
>> it can take hours, for the same reason. I think it could be resolved
>> by creating a separate partition for /usr and placing it into a
>> separate file with virtual filesystem like on VMWare or Bochs. When
>> Cygwin is started this partition would
On 09/18/2006, Francis Rossi wrote:
> No one on this list has vocalized such a plan AFAIK.
I'm glad to hear that, Larry, that's why I decided to post it here. This
thought came to my mind more than one time while dealing with Cygwin (for
3-4 years).
> >If disk access times
> >for large dire
Francis Rossi wrote:
> it can take hours, for the same reason. I think it could be resloved
> by creating a separate partition for /usr and placing it into a
> separate file with virtual filesystem like on VMWare or Bochs. When
> Cygwin is started this partition would be mounted like Windows dis
Dave Korn wrote:
On 18 September 2006 19:37, Francis Rossi wrote:
As would mounting and/or deleting a separate Windows partition, no?
No, because the virtual Cygwin partition would be one Windows file. One
file is much easier to delete than the whole C: drive, isn't it?
Two words: Quick Fo
On 18 September 2006 19:37, Francis Rossi wrote:
>> As would mounting and/or deleting a separate Windows partition, no?
>
> No, because the virtual Cygwin partition would be one Windows file. One
> file is much easier to delete than the whole C: drive, isn't it?
Two words: Quick Format.
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Jim Drash wrote:
> > >So let me get this right. Because Windows Search is slow you want
> > >have cygwin put its files a different partition? Cygwin's setup put
> > >the files exactly where you told it. It suggested C:\cygwin to you
> > >but you did not have to put them ther
>So let me get this right. Because Windows Search is slow you want
>have cygwin put its files a different partition? Cygwin's setup put
>the files exactly where you told it. It suggested C:\cygwin to you
>but you did not have to put them there. You made the choice and it is
>very easy to move
I meant uninstall takes minutes not install.
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I answer to everyone in the same post, sorry I there's no names with each
quote..
>$ time find -name iostream -print
>./lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/3.4.4/include/c++/iostream
>./lib/gcc/i686-pc-mingw32/3.4.4/include/c++/iostream
>real0m3.644s
>user0m0.812s
>sys 0m2.859s
>
>Har
On 18 Sep 2006 at 15:44, Francis Rossi wrote:
> for practical reasons.
> The problem with the folder Cygwin is installed to is that when you're
> looking for some files on your hard disk, that directory takes a lot of
> time in the search because of dozens of thousands files, especially in
> /usr.
On 9/18/06, Francis Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello,
I wonder whether there are plans about creating a special filesystem for
Cygwin. I think it would be a very useful thing, for practical reasons. The
problem with the folder Cygwin is installed to is that when you're looking for
some
Francis Rossi wrote:
Hello,
I wonder whether there are plans about creating a special filesystem for
Cygwin. I think it would be a very useful thing, for practical reasons. The
problem with the folder Cygwin is installed to is that when you're looking
for some files on your hard disk, that direc
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 03:44:52PM +0400, Francis Rossi wrote:
> The problem with the folder Cygwin is installed to is that when you're
> looking for some files on your hard disk, that directory takes a lot
> of time in the search because of dozens of thousands files, especially
> in /usr.
Sou
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