RE: Pushing out Cygwin installations

RE: Pushing out Cygwin installations

[Danko, Gary]

My solution is.
1) Install to a good system
2) Zip D:\Cygwin
3) Export registry keys to tex (.ini) files
4) Unzip to new computer's D: drive
5) Use REGINI.EXE to install the keys to the new system.

:)

Works like a charm.

-----Original Message-----
From: Earnie Boyd [ mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com ]
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 12:51 PM
To: Danko, Gary
Subject: Re: Pushing out Cygwin installations


"Danko, Gary" wrote:
> 
> I couldn't find this anywhere in the archives. I want to install Cygwin
once
> and push it out to about 150 indentical servers. I tried copying the
> directory as well as the registry key to another server but that failed to
> give me the desired results.
> 
> The NEW installation couldn't find "root" so that made me curious. Where
> does Cygwin store the information about the location of root?
> 
> If I install Cygwin on one machine.. How could I copy that installation
> reliably to another machine?
> 

This is so easy I don't know why one of the others didn't suggest it. 
Once you've copied the installation, execute setup from an empty
directory and choose the "From local directory" option.  There'll be
nothing to install but the initial registry keys will be setup.

Let us know if this works as I'm just guessing based on what I remember
reading.

Cheers,
Earnie.

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RE: Pushing out Cygwin installations

[Danko, Gary]

You know what was cool.. copy CMD.EXE to D:\Cygwin\bin and modify
/etc/passwd so that my shell is /bin/cmd

When I login via SSH I get the NT CLI :)

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Faylor [ mailto:cgf@redhat.com ]
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 10:21 AM
To: 'cygwin@cygwin.com'
Cc: gary.danko@akamai.com
Subject: Re: Pushing out Cygwin installations


On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 12:41:51PM -0500, Danko, Gary wrote:
>Okay let me get this straight. :)
>
>Got a plain vanilla install.  Copy the Cygwin directory to the new server.
>Create the mount points and I am done?
>
>Do I need to copy HKLM\Software\Cygnus Solutions ???
>
>Oh, I tried to run mount.. Here's what happened.
>
>bash-2.04$ pwd
>/cygwin/bin
>bash-2.04$ ./mount
>Device              Directory           Type         Flags
>bash-2.04$ ./mount d:\cygwin /
>./mount: /: Invalid argument
>bash-2.04$

Bash is a UNIX shell.  '\' is a quoting character in bash.

So, your options are:

1) Don't run the command from bash.

2) Use a '/':

./mount d:/cygwin /

3) Double the backslashes:

./mount d:\\cygwin /

4) Quote the first argument:

./mount 'd:\cygwin' /

cgf

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Re: Pushing out Cygwin installations

[Christopher Faylor]

On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 12:41:51PM -0500, Danko, Gary wrote:
>Okay let me get this straight. :)
>
>Got a plain vanilla install.  Copy the Cygwin directory to the new server.
>Create the mount points and I am done?
>
>Do I need to copy HKLM\Software\Cygnus Solutions ???
>
>Oh, I tried to run mount.. Here's what happened.
>
>bash-2.04$ pwd
>/cygwin/bin
>bash-2.04$ ./mount
>Device              Directory           Type         Flags
>bash-2.04$ ./mount d:\cygwin /
>./mount: /: Invalid argument
>bash-2.04$

Bash is a UNIX shell.  '\' is a quoting character in bash.

So, your options are:

1) Don't run the command from bash.

2) Use a '/':

./mount d:/cygwin /

3) Double the backslashes:

./mount d:\\cygwin /

4) Quote the first argument:

./mount 'd:\cygwin' /

cgf

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RE: Pushing out Cygwin installations

[Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)]

At 12:41 PM 1/11/2001, Danko, Gary wrote:
>Okay let me get this straight. :)
>
>Got a plain vanilla install.  Copy the Cygwin directory to the new server.
>Create the mount points and I am done?


Yup.


>Do I need to copy HKLM\Software\Cygnus Solutions ???


Nope.


>Oh, I tried to run mount.. Here's what happened.
>
>bash-2.04$ pwd
>/cygwin/bin
>bash-2.04$ ./mount
>Device              Directory           Type         Flags
>bash-2.04$ ./mount d:\cygwin /
>./mount: /: Invalid argument


user-error.  Don't forget that \ is an escape character in Cygwin, just like
in UNIX.


>bash-2.04$
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Christopher Faylor [ mailto:cgf@redhat.com ]
>Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 9:38 AM
>To: 'cygwin@cygwin.com'
>Cc: gary.danko@akamai.com
>Subject: Re: Pushing out Cygwin installations
>
>
>If you have a mount table, you have registry entries.
>
>However, did you read my email?  Don't use the registry.  Use mount.
>
>You're going to have to run 'regedit' to import stuff.  Don't run
>regedit.  Create a .bat file to run mount.
>
>cgf
>
>On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 12:16:49PM -0500, Danko, Gary wrote:
> >There was no mount table in my registry. I went into regedit and exported
> >the entire Cygnus key from HKLM\Software
> >
> >When is that created? Is there something I can do to force Cygwin to create
> >that key?
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Christopher Faylor [ mailto:cgf@redhat.com ]
> >Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 9:15 AM
> >To: 'cygwin@cygwin.com'
> >Cc: gary.danko@akamai.com
> >Subject: Re: Pushing out Cygwin installations
> >
> >
> >On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 12:01:28PM -0500, Danko, Gary wrote:
> >>I couldn't find this anywhere in the archives. I want to install Cygwin
> >once
> >>and push it out to about 150 indentical servers. I tried copying the
> >>directory as well as the registry key to another server but that failed to
> >>give me the desired results.
> >>
> >>The NEW installation couldn't find "root" so that made me curious. Where
> >>does Cygwin store the information about the location of root?
> >>
> >>If I install Cygwin on one machine.. How could I copy that installation
> >>reliably to another machine?
> >
> >The mount table is stored in the registry.  You must not have copied
> >it correctly.
> >
> >However, you really should just use "mount" to duplicate the directory
> >structure on the other machines.  Copying the registry keys bypasses
> >Cygwin and we make no guarantees that the registry keys will remain
> >the same between releases.
> >
> >We do, of course, try to ensure that "mount" and "umount" continue
> >to work as expected.
> >
> >cgf
> >
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Re: Pushing out Cygwin installations

[DJ Delorie]

> Got a plain vanilla install.  Copy the Cygwin directory to the new server.
> Create the mount points and I am done?

Yes.  Assuming the user accounts all match, else re-run
mkpasswd/mkgroup and/or edit /etc/passwd and /etc/group.

> Do I need to copy HKLM\Software\Cygnus Solutions ???

No.

> bash-2.04$ ./mount d:\cygwin /

mount -f d:/cygwin /

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Re: Pushing out Cygwin installations

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 12:16:49PM -0500, Danko, Gary wrote:
> There was no mount table in my registry. I went into regedit and exported
> the entire Cygnus key from HKLM\Software
> 
> When is that created? Is there something I can do to force Cygwin to create
> that key?

Don't forget that each user may change it's personal mount table.
You can reproduce an installation only if you are sure that
nobody has added user mount points in the meantime.

Corinna

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RE: Pushing out Cygwin installations

[Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)]

At 12:20 PM 1/11/2001, Danko, Gary wrote:
>I did notice on my Win2k test box here at work I have the key:
>
>HKLM\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts
>
>And under that is a bunch of empty keys.
>
>The NT box I installed to doesn't have the 'CYGWIN.DLL setup' key


What about HKCU?

You should really let "mount" handle this though.

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RE: Pushing out Cygwin installations

[Danko, Gary]

Okay let me get this straight. :)

Got a plain vanilla install.  Copy the Cygwin directory to the new server.
Create the mount points and I am done?

Do I need to copy HKLM\Software\Cygnus Solutions ???

Oh, I tried to run mount.. Here's what happened.

bash-2.04$ pwd
/cygwin/bin
bash-2.04$ ./mount
Device              Directory           Type         Flags
bash-2.04$ ./mount d:\cygwin /
./mount: /: Invalid argument
bash-2.04$

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Faylor [ mailto:cgf@redhat.com ]
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 9:38 AM
To: 'cygwin@cygwin.com'
Cc: gary.danko@akamai.com
Subject: Re: Pushing out Cygwin installations


If you have a mount table, you have registry entries.

However, did you read my email?  Don't use the registry.  Use mount.

You're going to have to run 'regedit' to import stuff.  Don't run
regedit.  Create a .bat file to run mount.

cgf

On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 12:16:49PM -0500, Danko, Gary wrote:
>There was no mount table in my registry. I went into regedit and exported
>the entire Cygnus key from HKLM\Software
>
>When is that created? Is there something I can do to force Cygwin to create
>that key?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Christopher Faylor [ mailto:cgf@redhat.com ]
>Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 9:15 AM
>To: 'cygwin@cygwin.com'
>Cc: gary.danko@akamai.com
>Subject: Re: Pushing out Cygwin installations
>
>
>On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 12:01:28PM -0500, Danko, Gary wrote:
>>I couldn't find this anywhere in the archives. I want to install Cygwin
>once
>>and push it out to about 150 indentical servers. I tried copying the
>>directory as well as the registry key to another server but that failed to
>>give me the desired results.
>>
>>The NEW installation couldn't find "root" so that made me curious. Where
>>does Cygwin store the information about the location of root?
>>
>>If I install Cygwin on one machine.. How could I copy that installation
>>reliably to another machine?
>
>The mount table is stored in the registry.  You must not have copied
>it correctly.
>
>However, you really should just use "mount" to duplicate the directory
>structure on the other machines.  Copying the registry keys bypasses
>Cygwin and we make no guarantees that the registry keys will remain
>the same between releases.
>
>We do, of course, try to ensure that "mount" and "umount" continue
>to work as expected.
>
>cgf
>
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Re: Pushing out Cygwin installations

[Christopher Faylor]

If you have a mount table, you have registry entries.

However, did you read my email?  Don't use the registry.  Use mount.

You're going to have to run 'regedit' to import stuff.  Don't run
regedit.  Create a .bat file to run mount.

cgf

On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 12:16:49PM -0500, Danko, Gary wrote:
>There was no mount table in my registry. I went into regedit and exported
>the entire Cygnus key from HKLM\Software
>
>When is that created? Is there something I can do to force Cygwin to create
>that key?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Christopher Faylor [ mailto:cgf@redhat.com ]
>Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 9:15 AM
>To: 'cygwin@cygwin.com'
>Cc: gary.danko@akamai.com
>Subject: Re: Pushing out Cygwin installations
>
>
>On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 12:01:28PM -0500, Danko, Gary wrote:
>>I couldn't find this anywhere in the archives. I want to install Cygwin
>once
>>and push it out to about 150 indentical servers. I tried copying the
>>directory as well as the registry key to another server but that failed to
>>give me the desired results.
>>
>>The NEW installation couldn't find "root" so that made me curious. Where
>>does Cygwin store the information about the location of root?
>>
>>If I install Cygwin on one machine.. How could I copy that installation
>>reliably to another machine?
>
>The mount table is stored in the registry.  You must not have copied
>it correctly.
>
>However, you really should just use "mount" to duplicate the directory
>structure on the other machines.  Copying the registry keys bypasses
>Cygwin and we make no guarantees that the registry keys will remain
>the same between releases.
>
>We do, of course, try to ensure that "mount" and "umount" continue
>to work as expected.
>
>cgf
>
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RE: Pushing out Cygwin installations

[Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)]

Ah, yes.  Invoke mount!;-)

I hear an echo...

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At 12:16 PM 1/11/2001, Danko, Gary wrote:
>There was no mount table in my registry. I went into regedit and exported
>the entire Cygnus key from HKLM\Software
>
>When is that created? Is there something I can do to force Cygwin to create
>that key?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Christopher Faylor [ mailto:cgf@redhat.com ]
>Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 9:15 AM
>To: 'cygwin@cygwin.com'
>Cc: gary.danko@akamai.com
>Subject: Re: Pushing out Cygwin installations
>
>
>On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 12:01:28PM -0500, Danko, Gary wrote:
> >I couldn't find this anywhere in the archives. I want to install Cygwin
>once
> >and push it out to about 150 indentical servers. I tried copying the
> >directory as well as the registry key to another server but that failed to
> >give me the desired results.
> >
> >The NEW installation couldn't find "root" so that made me curious. Where
> >does Cygwin store the information about the location of root?
> >
> >If I install Cygwin on one machine.. How could I copy that installation
> >reliably to another machine?
>
>The mount table is stored in the registry.  You must not have copied
>it correctly.
>
>However, you really should just use "mount" to duplicate the directory
>structure on the other machines.  Copying the registry keys bypasses
>Cygwin and we make no guarantees that the registry keys will remain
>the same between releases.
>
>We do, of course, try to ensure that "mount" and "umount" continue
>to work as expected.
>
>cgf
>
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RE: Pushing out Cygwin installations

[Danko, Gary]

I did notice on my Win2k test box here at work I have the key:

HKLM\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts

And under that is a bunch of empty keys.

The NT box I installed to doesn't have the 'CYGWIN.DLL setup' key


-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Faylor [ mailto:cgf@redhat.com ]
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 9:15 AM
To: 'cygwin@cygwin.com'
Cc: gary.danko@akamai.com
Subject: Re: Pushing out Cygwin installations


On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 12:01:28PM -0500, Danko, Gary wrote:
>I couldn't find this anywhere in the archives. I want to install Cygwin
once
>and push it out to about 150 indentical servers. I tried copying the
>directory as well as the registry key to another server but that failed to
>give me the desired results.
>
>The NEW installation couldn't find "root" so that made me curious. Where
>does Cygwin store the information about the location of root?
>
>If I install Cygwin on one machine.. How could I copy that installation
>reliably to another machine?

The mount table is stored in the registry.  You must not have copied
it correctly.

However, you really should just use "mount" to duplicate the directory
structure on the other machines.  Copying the registry keys bypasses
Cygwin and we make no guarantees that the registry keys will remain
the same between releases.

We do, of course, try to ensure that "mount" and "umount" continue
to work as expected.

cgf

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Re: Pushing out Cygwin installations

[Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)]

At 12:01 PM 1/11/2001, Danko, Gary wrote:
>I couldn't find this anywhere in the archives. I want to install Cygwin once
>and push it out to about 150 indentical servers. I tried copying the
>directory as well as the registry key to another server but that failed to
>give me the desired results.
>
>The NEW installation couldn't find "root" so that made me curious. Where
>does Cygwin store the information about the location of root?
>
>If I install Cygwin on one machine.. How could I copy that installation
>reliably to another machine?
>
>Thanks
>Gary


The output of "mount" will tell you where the machine that you moved stuff
to thinks the root is.  If you've moved the registry keys correctly and if
they make sense for the new machine, there shouldn't be any problem 
theoretically.  Still, I haven't tried this myself so there may be other
issues in practice.



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RE: Pushing out Cygwin installations

[Danko, Gary]

There was no mount table in my registry. I went into regedit and exported
the entire Cygnus key from HKLM\Software

When is that created? Is there something I can do to force Cygwin to create
that key?

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Faylor [ mailto:cgf@redhat.com ]
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 9:15 AM
To: 'cygwin@cygwin.com'
Cc: gary.danko@akamai.com
Subject: Re: Pushing out Cygwin installations


On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 12:01:28PM -0500, Danko, Gary wrote:
>I couldn't find this anywhere in the archives. I want to install Cygwin
once
>and push it out to about 150 indentical servers. I tried copying the
>directory as well as the registry key to another server but that failed to
>give me the desired results.
>
>The NEW installation couldn't find "root" so that made me curious. Where
>does Cygwin store the information about the location of root?
>
>If I install Cygwin on one machine.. How could I copy that installation
>reliably to another machine?

The mount table is stored in the registry.  You must not have copied
it correctly.

However, you really should just use "mount" to duplicate the directory
structure on the other machines.  Copying the registry keys bypasses
Cygwin and we make no guarantees that the registry keys will remain
the same between releases.

We do, of course, try to ensure that "mount" and "umount" continue
to work as expected.

cgf

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Re: Pushing out Cygwin installations

[Christopher Faylor]

On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 12:01:28PM -0500, Danko, Gary wrote:
>I couldn't find this anywhere in the archives. I want to install Cygwin once
>and push it out to about 150 indentical servers. I tried copying the
>directory as well as the registry key to another server but that failed to
>give me the desired results.
>
>The NEW installation couldn't find "root" so that made me curious. Where
>does Cygwin store the information about the location of root?
>
>If I install Cygwin on one machine.. How could I copy that installation
>reliably to another machine?

The mount table is stored in the registry.  You must not have copied
it correctly.

However, you really should just use "mount" to duplicate the directory
structure on the other machines.  Copying the registry keys bypasses
Cygwin and we make no guarantees that the registry keys will remain
the same between releases.

We do, of course, try to ensure that "mount" and "umount" continue
to work as expected.

cgf

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Pushing out Cygwin installations

[Danko, Gary]

I couldn't find this anywhere in the archives. I want to install Cygwin once
and push it out to about 150 indentical servers. I tried copying the
directory as well as the registry key to another server but that failed to
give me the desired results.

The NEW installation couldn't find "root" so that made me curious. Where
does Cygwin store the information about the location of root?

If I install Cygwin on one machine.. How could I copy that installation
reliably to another machine?

Thanks
Gary


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