X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 05:10:50 +0400 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: Andrey Repin Message-ID: <3710255202.20100627051050@mtu-net.ru> To: Michael Ludwig , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Moving Cygwin directory safe? In-Reply-To: <20100626141016.GD3672@wladimir> References: <20100626141016.GD3672@wladimir> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: 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 Greetings, Michael Ludwig! > My Cygwin resides under C:\cygwin (plus G:\cygvar for packages), but as > both C: and G: are nearly full, I'd like to move the Cygwin folders to > partition T: which has plenty of space left. > Is this safe or are there things such as registry entries that will > prevent Cygwin from working properly, or even deconfigure or corrupt > my installation? There is, but nothing that can really damage your installation. However, to be on a safe side, you better reinstall it fresh in the new place, copying over your personal settings. Look into HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygwin to deal with recorded installations. -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 27.06.2010, <5:08> Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple