Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com From: Chris Faylor Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 17:48:58 -0400 To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: Well, now I've really done it. [Was: Installation problems] Message-ID: <20000804174858.B24004@cygnus.com> Reply-To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com References: <3989DD7E.43D44293@home.com> <200008032103.RAA28332@envy.delorie.com> <398B363E.805D75A5@home.com> <200008042134.RAA21326@envy.delorie.com> <398B3A0C.EE9E47CB@home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.6i In-Reply-To: <398B3A0C.EE9E47CB@home.com>; from superbiskit@home.com on Fri, Aug 04, 2000 at 05:47:56PM -0400 On Fri, Aug 04, 2000 at 05:47:56PM -0400, David A. Cobb wrote: >DJ Delorie wrote: >> >> > Yup, did that. In fact, I deleted the whole /etc/setup tree, saving >> > only the things like /etc/passwd that I didn't want to recreate. >> >> You only need to delete /etc/setup/installed.db > >Too late now. You probably should search your entire disk for an "installed.db" file. If your root mount is screwed up somwhow, then it could be somewhere strange. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com