From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30740 invoked by alias); 30 Apr 2003 18:38:09 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 30725 invoked from network); 30 Apr 2003 18:38:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mirapointmr3.wayne.edu) (141.217.1.113) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 30 Apr 2003 18:38:09 -0000 Received: from mirapointms2.wayne.edu (mirapointms2.wayne.edu [141.217.1.109]) by mirapointmr3.wayne.edu (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.3.2-CR) with ESMTP id AJV96329; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 14:38:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 65.56.185.224 by mirapointms2.wayne.edu (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.3.2-CR) with HTTPS/1.1; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 14:38:08 -0400 Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 20:44:00 -0000 From: DEEPA SIVASANKARANE Subject: Re: setup.exe To: cygwin@cygwin.com Cc: DEEPA SIVASANKARANE, Max Bowsher, cygwin@cygwin.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <8fc6d4c7.7cc9ed55.81cef00@mirapointms2.wayne.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2003-04/txt/msg02628.txt.bz2 Yes, I intend to use the net release, as it has gcc-2. Thanx, regards, Deepa ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 11:56:24 -0400 (EDT) >From: Igor Pechtchanski >Subject: Re: setup.exe >To: DEEPA SIVASANKARANE >Cc: Max Bowsher , > >You can't. Or, at least, not easily. Even if you don't try to run things >from the two releases at the same time, the mount table will still >overlap. The net release of Cygwin should be binary- compatible with the >Red Hat release (which is pretty old, anyway), so why not simply use that? >I assume you still have the original Red Hat release CD, so you can always >reinstall it if you don't like the net release (first wiping out the net >release, as shown in the FAQ). > Igor > >On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, DEEPA SIVASANKARANE wrote: > >> >I assume the reason you wanted to do this was to permit reinstallation >> >from your local disc at a later date? >> >> Yes. You see, I had the redhat release installed at first. >> Moved to net release. I would like to switch between the two. >> >> Thanx, >> Deepa >> >> ---- Original message ---- >> >Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:28:55 +0100 >> >From: "Max Bowsher" >> >Subject: Re: setup.exe >> >To: "DEEPA SIVASANKARANE" , >> >> > >> >DEEPA SIVASANKARANE wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> Would Running setup.exe, and choosing >> >> "Install from Internet" to C:\cygwin be the same as >> >> choosing the download option and untaring them in >> >> C:\cygwin ? >> > >> >NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO! >> > >> >DO NOT UNTAR A CYGWIN PACKAGE TO INSTALL IT! >> >USE SETUP.EXE! >> > >> >I assume the reason you wanted to do this was to permit reinstallation from >> >your local disc at a later date? >> > >> >If so, just "Install from Internet". The downloaded files will NOT be >> >deleted, and you can install from them without an internet connection by >> >using "Install from Local Directory". >> > >> >Max. > >-- > http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ > |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu >ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ igor@watson.ibm.com > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! > >Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty. > -- Leto II > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/