From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28987 invoked by alias); 13 Jul 2012 01:20:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 28972 invoked by uid 22791); 13 Jul 2012 01:20:23 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_NIX_SPAM,SPF_SOFTFAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mr0.ht-systems.ru (HELO mr0.ht-systems.ru) (78.110.50.55) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:20:01 +0000 Received: from [91.76.208.95] (helo=darkdragon.lan) by mr0.ht-systems.ru with esmtpa (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1SpUY2-0003XR-JD; Fri, 13 Jul 2012 05:19:58 +0400 Received: from [192.168.1.10] (HELO daemon2.darkdragon.lan) by daemon2 (Office Mail Server 0.8.12 build 08053101) with SMTP; Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:09:16 -0000 Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:20:00 -0000 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: Andrey Repin Message-ID: <176672993.20120713050916@mtu-net.ru> To: LMH , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: best way to re-install and keep cygwin configuration In-Reply-To: <4FFF12A6.5000100@molconn.com> References: <4FFF12A6.5000100@molconn.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2012-07/txt/msg00255.txt.bz2 Greetings, LMH! > I am getting ready to re-install XP and I would like to avoid having to > completely redo my cygwin install. Is there a way to export the current > settings (installed packages, etc) and then re-import it after re-install? Just pack up the installation directory, and splash it somewhere afterward. You'll have to regen the /etc/passwd and /etc/group, unless you're running in domain environment. On an unrelated note, install Cygwin on a separate partition next time. :) > I was thinking of just copying my cygwin_install directory that has > setup.exe and the mirror folders Totally unnecessary. If you've maintained your installation for quite some time, updating regularly, then setup cache contains lots of obsolete packages. Would be much, much faster to just burn it and download new setup.exe when you need it. > and then reintroducing that to the new install, or just copying the entire > cygwin root folder as well. -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 13.07.2012, <05:04> Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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