From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16629 invoked by alias); 27 Jun 2013 13:07:22 -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 16587 invoked by uid 89); 27 Jun 2013 13:07:17 -0000 X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_W,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from nihxway2out.hub.nih.gov (HELO nihxway2out.hub.nih.gov) (128.231.90.110) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.84/v0.84-167-ge50287c) with ESMTP; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:07:15 +0000 X-IronPortListener: Outbound_SMTP X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ah0FABs4zFGcKEes/2dsb2JhbABbFoJzMUm/CH0WdIIjAQEBAQMSKE8CAQgNCwoUEB8TFwENAgQbGodsnwibS48kOIMCYwOOK4pDhRuFX4UigxGCKA Received: from unknown (HELO CASHTV08.nih.gov) ([156.40.71.172]) by nihxway2out.hub.nih.gov with ESMTP; 27 Jun 2013 09:07:10 -0400 Received: from MLBXV06.nih.gov ([169.254.5.110]) by CASHTV08.nih.gov ([156.40.71.172]) with mapi id 14.02.0328.009; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 09:07:10 -0400 From: "Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]" To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" Subject: RE: offline cygwin install question Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:08:00 -0000 Message-ID: <6CF2FC1279D0844C9357664DC5A08BA20D97CE@MLBXV06.nih.gov> References: <51CB4C14.4030909@molconn.com> <20130627113529.3760@binki> In-Reply-To: <20130627113529.3760@binki> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-SW-Source: 2013-06/txt/msg00672.txt.bz2 <... wrote: > I have a win7 64-bit machine that is not online and I want to update > the cygwin install. What is the best method for doing this? Can I just > copy the current cygwin install off of my XP 32-bit machine and drop > it into the 64-bit win7 rig, or will that create a problem? Do the experiment. I copy 32 bit cygwin between my desktop and laptop (Windows 7, 64 bit) (using a network drive as an intermediary) and it work fine for me. I use xcopy followed by a Windows mirroring utility (mirror - ) in a cmd batch file. For a first install xcopy alone or a copy using Windows Explorer should work fine. This all assumes that that both installation are at equivalent locations, e.g., C:\cygwin. When I, on occasional, run it from H:\cygwin, it runs but seems to have problems finding customizations. I've never tried tracking it down but mounts set in fstab to C: are a possible problem, as are lack of environmental variables set in Windows. Good luck, - Barry Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID. -- 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