X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:09:15 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Installing cygwin by manually copying c:\cygwin to another machine Message-ID: <20060113100915.GV32312@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <43C777AA.4070303@equate.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43C777AA.4070303@equate.dyndns.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Jan 13 09:49, Chris Taylor wrote: > Adrian Maier wrote: > >Hello, > > > >I am looking for a quick and easy way to install cygwin on other computers > >so > >that it contains exactly the packages that i need, other customisations > >and > > other programs built manually. > > > >In order to do that, I have simply zipped the entire c:\cygwin directory , > >put it on a cd, and unzipped it on the other computer. > > > >Unfortunately, this does not seem to be enough ( the cygwin simply doesn't > >run ). > > > >My question is: what are the settings required by cygwin to operate > >normally? ( i guess it needs some environment variables and/or > >registry settings ). > > > >Cheers, > >Adrian Maier > > > > You also need the contents of HKLM\Software\Cygnus Solutions > This contains your mount points. > > Note that they'll need editing if the drive you're running it on isn't C: Can we please refrain from pointing to the registry all the time? You can check out your mount points by `mount -m > my_mounts', edit the my_mounts file at will, copy it over to the bin directory on the target system, and then check the mount points in by starting bash from explorer and just call `. my_mounts'. There's even a FAQ entry IIRC. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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/