From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 61196 invoked by alias); 31 Jan 2020 14:13:13 -0000 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 Received: (qmail 61153 invoked by uid 89); 31 Jan 2020 14:13:12 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 spammy=tel, Tel, transfer X-HELO: mx2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de Received: from mx2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (HELO mx2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de) (129.69.192.2) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Fri, 31 Jan 2020 14:13:10 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A903200BB for ; Fri, 31 Jan 2020 15:13:08 +0100 (CET) Received: from mx2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mx2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id aimJfwIghU2q for ; Fri, 31 Jan 2020 15:13:05 +0100 (CET) Received: from diaspora.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (diaspora.rus.uni-stuttgart.de [129.69.13.139]) by mx2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Fri, 31 Jan 2020 15:13:05 +0100 (CET) Received: from diaspora.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by diaspora.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (Postfix) with SMTP id 8BF2621699 for ; Fri, 31 Jan 2020 15:13:05 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 14:13:00 -0000 From: Ulli Horlacher To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Is there a way to clone-install Cygwin? Message-ID: <20200131141305.GC6676@tik.uni-stuttgart.de> Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <424yaEoFi7856Set.1580479568@web03.cms.usa.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <424yaEoFi7856Set.1580479568@web03.cms.usa.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2020-01/txt/msg00335.txt.bz2 On Fri 2020-01-31 (08:06), KARL BOTTS wrote: > > >>> Cygwin is totally portable! You can simply copy the installation folder to > >>> another PC, copy the shortcut (edit target if needed) and it will work. > > >> How do you copy it? > >> Which archive container do you use? > > I have been using this approach for years. > > To a new naked Windows box, if you can "mount" it over the network No, I cannot do that. My destination Windows hosts are behind firewalls. They cannot mount anything. I have to transfer a container file. > Be sure to use 64-bit cygwin. The 32-bit used to work, but now and then > I would have to fuss with "rebase". I have never had that problem with > the 64-bit. I have only 64 bit systems. Alls 32 bit systems are gone. -- Ullrich Horlacher Server und Virtualisierung Rechenzentrum TIK Universitaet Stuttgart E-Mail: horlacher@tik.uni-stuttgart.de Allmandring 30a Tel: ++49-711-68565868 70569 Stuttgart (Germany) WWW: http://www.tik.uni-stuttgart.de/ REF:<424yaEoFi7856Set.1580479568@web03.cms.usa.net> -- 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