Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: "Alex K. Angelopoulos" Subject: Re: Best practices for Cygwin install on Terminal Server in app mode? Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 11:15:13 -0500 Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <3EC64FDE.8060808@t-online.de> <3EC73FB3.40403@t-online.de> X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1123 Markus Schönhaber wrote: > Alex K. Angelopoulos wrote: >> Markus Schönhaber wrote: >>> If my memory doesn't fail me completely, there is a thing like >>> "putting a terminal server in installation mode". I seem to remember >>> that one can achieve this by not lauching the setup program/installer >>> file/whatever directly but by using "Add new Programs" in the "System >>> Settings / Software" panel. Maybe this could be a way to workaround >>> the problem. It's at least worth a try, /me thinks. >> The TS side I know about, believe me - and that's how I did the install >> (actually I used 'change user /install', but same difference). ;) > > Well, I concluded: I didn't think of it, so everybody else might have > forgotten too. ;-) > Too bad - things aren't that simple... Better to mention it and not need to, than not mention it and need to... One other case which would be interesting to check I think is switching out of application mode and performing the install, then switching back in. -- -- 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/