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Subject: RE: Can I move Cygwin and Cygwin64 to a drive other than C: ?
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 09:28:22 -0400
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> From: Corinna Vinschen
> 
> That doesn't make sense either.  The symlinks created by setup or Cygwin tools
> are using POSIX paths, not Windows paths.  Since you're moving the Cygwin
> installation as a whole, the reference point for the POSIX root dir moves as well.
> From the Windows (i.e. robocopy) perspective, those symlinks are simple files
> with arbitrary content and the DOS system bit set.
> 

I've had issues where I forget to modify /etc/fstab for the new device.

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