X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <47023F72.8000607@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:54:10 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: completely fresh reinstall of cygwin? References: <83c4205d0710012327o5edee746u69ec0f0ff2cb2628@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <83c4205d0710012327o5edee746u69ec0f0ff2cb2628@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Andy Foster wrote: > I originally installed cygwin on a network drive (p:\cygwin). > > Due to various intermittent network problems I wanted to move the > install it to my local c:\ (e.g. c:\cygwin) so that it is no longer > network dependent. > > Unfortunately when I tried to put a new install into c:\cygwin, the > /usr/bin and /usr/lib directories still point to my p:\cygwin\ > install. > > I tried deleting the registry keys HKEY_CURRENT_USER and > HKEY_CURRENT_MACHINE 'Software/Cygnus Solutions' and reinstalling, > but mount still the directories pointing to p:\cygwin\ Don't go looking for solutions in the registry. Use "mount". > How can I get a fresh, independent install on my local c:\ ? You can rerun "setup.exe" and _specify_the_new_Cygwin_root_. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/