From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26094 invoked by alias); 12 Jul 2012 20:10:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 25998 invoked by uid 22791); 12 Jul 2012 20:10:18 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,FREEMAIL_FROM,KHOP_RCVD_TRUST,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail-pb0-f43.google.com (HELO mail-pb0-f43.google.com) (209.85.160.43) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:10:04 +0000 Received: by pbcwz7 with SMTP id wz7so4399335pbc.2 for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:10:04 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.232.232 with SMTP id tr8mr8210407pbc.73.1342123804017; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:10:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.66.82.6 with HTTP; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:10:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4FFF12A6.5000100@molconn.com> References: <4FFF12A6.5000100@molconn.com> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:10:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: best way to re-install and keep cygwin configuration From: Earnie Boyd To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 X-SW-Source: 2012-07/txt/msg00238.txt.bz2 On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 2:08 PM, LMH wrote: > I am getting ready to re-install XP and I would like to avoid having to > completely redo my cygwin install. Is there a way to export the current > settings (installed packages, etc) and then re-import it after re-install? > > I was thinking of just copying my cygwin_install directory that has > setup.exe and the mirror folders and then reintroducing that to the new > install, or just copying the entire cygwin root folder as well. > > Is there a prescribed method for this? Barring a backup utility to restore it later, I would suggest a straight copy to an external disk or perhaps burn it on a DVD. Be sure to export a copy of the registry so you can later import it. -- Earnie -- https://sites.google.com/site/earnieboyd -- 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