From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 64053 invoked by alias); 13 Jun 2018 00:44:36 -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 63938 invoked by uid 89); 13 Jun 2018 00:44:29 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=HX-Received:sk:p1-v6mr, H*c:alternative, age X-HELO: mail-wm0-f50.google.com Received: from mail-wm0-f50.google.com (HELO mail-wm0-f50.google.com) (74.125.82.50) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Wed, 13 Jun 2018 00:44:26 +0000 Received: by mail-wm0-f50.google.com with SMTP id o13-v6so1721674wmf.4 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2018 17:44:25 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=URqI2HFsgxrAKzUOZ6tRubAU6TgqZhap/w7pExCqeEM=; b=s90CFJqFuGjQIartow5LzW1l0L6ahEf2xSQ2uREog4JE9jMS6NNIcqvVp5CQSN+puV /WIlY9UVoByA34I9QbVEsUfmJrAwgRPo8JnNKoZ8re9hBTFjRZ68xzdRcOr1TFriCeph 5ZB6BCCNDGy8BgLBmKgwI21JYc+SATYPxpmPma5S6nZIhUc3BJTjL79RrGXarptYszCu MlwYTIi4qtT5LiFTuNs9q5obu5nfpxUvOrmJCXnM34pX+2+0APBEkHjJ3idNLbCgRcuV NI4RVPxRNv0wwjKqkKXqh7hwa0jmoGGm4C4qmOI1afOZwTlVJrqrE0Qgst2HlFWN61KZ 5oqg== X-Gm-Message-State: APt69E2imIUN566INiRc2DQKj6zoi+DtEyPg8/pVsCFQN5IcL13HLclk dsygVuDVnOBM7ygd3+l+rFLwPlRWiZ+eX8T1jeRlPw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADUXVKJjmoJykuvI0IL1hwJcOXoWJSHeuhtJ8EEtMfaEcTmJBaMjNRvOWJs9dVUJjp2mm5hkSwZwh1EVWOEefc5afTE= X-Received: by 2002:a1c:7401:: with SMTP id p1-v6mr1937833wmc.14.1528850663845; Tue, 12 Jun 2018 17:44:23 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Sam Habiel Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 06:12:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Windows upgrade To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2018-06/txt/msg00134.txt.bz2 I use Cygwin 32-bit all the time on Windows 10 x64. --Sam On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 7:31 PM Alejandro Benitez < BenitezAlejandroeepo@outlook.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a 32 bit cygwin installation of 8 years of age in an amd64 PC with > 2 GB of RAM with Windows 10. So far it's been so good. I never had the need > to use a 64 bit Windows, but recently 64 bit has become mainstream and I > also started having low memory issues, so I upgraded to 4 GB of RAM. The > thing is 32 bit Windows has issues with the whole 4 GB of RAM therefore I > have quite less available, so I decided I will be switching to 64 bit > Windows 10 via a clean install (yuk!) when I am able. > > I'll be following the steps outlined in this post or a similar one: > > > https://www.howtogeek.com/228042/how-to-switch-from-32-bit-windows-10-to-64-bit-windows-10/ > > It's somehow clear I thankfully won't need to upgrade to cygwin64 until > later, I mean it seems I'll be able to still use my 32 bit cygwin after I > upgrade to 64 bit Windows 10, I just don't know what I'll need to tweak / > migrate so that the new Windows installation installed on top of the same > drive that currently holds the 32 bit cygwin knows it's there. I'm betting > some registry entries and environment variables. Does anyone know these > tweaks for certain? I need cygwin to be fully functional, I mean setup.exe > needs to be able to install packages, otherwise it won't be of much use. > > I might also be wrong and need to install cygwin64 as I upgrade Windows. > Fingers are crossed. > > Thanks in advance, > > -- > 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 > > -- 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