From: cyg Simple <cygsimple@gmail.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: tar cygwin64/ from old to new computer?
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 15:34:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2462d209-9cea-a566-42f0-733179403f43@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1855438423.20181127181237@yandex.ru>
On 11/27/2018 10:12 AM, Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, Gilbert St. Firmin!
>
>> On: Sun, 25 Nov 2018 18:08:35 +0100,
>> Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker at t-online dot de> wrote:
>> You're overlooking a chicken-and-egg problem there: your new computer has
>> no 'tar' to unpack that file.
>
>> Could the native Windows version of 7-zip be used on both old and new
>> computers? Also, perhaps the Windows Image Format (WIM) could be used
>> instead, presuming UUIDs would not be an issue if both computers shared
>> identical machine names and accounts.
>
>> Just curious.
>
> Don't be, just install Cygwin the recommended way.
> The task of system administrator is to solve problems, not to create them.
> And trying to circumvent regular installation process is sure asking for
> trouble one way or another.
>
In other words, try it, if it works for you great, if it doesn't don't
come here with your problems until you've attempted the described process.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-11-27 15:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-11-26 20:32 Gilbert St. Firmin
2018-11-26 21:22 ` Hans-Bernhard Bröker
2018-11-27 15:20 ` Andrey Repin
2018-11-27 15:34 ` cyg Simple [this message]
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2018-11-25 14:39 Lester Ingber
2018-11-25 17:09 ` Hans-Bernhard Bröker
2018-11-25 19:22 ` tar cygwin64/ from old to new computer: L A Walsh
2018-11-25 20:05 ` Andrey Repin
2018-11-26 19:19 ` L A Walsh
2018-11-25 17:20 ` tar cygwin64/ from old to new computer? Achim Gratz
2018-11-25 18:50 ` Andrey Repin
2018-11-25 19:31 ` Lester Ingber
2018-11-25 20:13 ` Achim Gratz
2018-11-26 13:47 ` KARL BOTTS
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