Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com From: Chris Faylor Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 16:17:26 -0400 To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: New Cygwin Net Release Message-ID: <20000418161726.B9481@cygnus.com> Reply-To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Mail-Followup-To: cgf@cygnus.com, cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com References: <20000418164223.21224.qmail@web117.yahoomail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.1.8i In-Reply-To: <20000418164223.21224.qmail@web117.yahoomail.com>; from earnie_boyd@yahoo.com on Tue, Apr 18, 2000 at 09:42:23AM -0700 On Tue, Apr 18, 2000 at 09:42:23AM -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote: >--- DJ Delorie wrote: >-8<- >> >> Then, download the setup.exe program TO A TEMPORARY DIRECTORY. >> >> Shut down ALL CYGWIN APPLICATIONS (including inetd, etc.). >> >> Then, IN A COMMAND WINDOW, use "cd" to change to that temporary >> directory and type "setup.exe". >> >> Setup will ask you where you want your root to be. If you specify the >> same directory as your current root. YOUR CURRENT ROOT WILL BE >> OVERWRITTEN. There will be no recovery from this. You may want to do >> backups, and unmount your old mount points, to isolate them if you are >> the paranoid type. >> > >You should also umount /usr as well if you have that mounted. Also, if you >have any other subdirectory of /usr mounted you need to umount those. >Setup.exe will use the existing mount table if it exists so make sure you know >whats going to be overwritten. > >DJ, the README needs to have this warning in BOLD CAPS. A patch would be gratefully accepted. cgf P.S. Don't blame DJ the words in the README and in the announcment are mine... -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com