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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To: <Fred_Smith AT computrition DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
References: <85256C87 DOT 00606B74 DOT 00 AT cinote DOT computrition DOT com>
Subject: Re: suitable cygwin subset question
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 17:58:29 -0000
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Fred_Smith AT computrition DOT com <Fred_Smith AT computrition DOT com> wrote:

>>> So this all is a prelude to the question: What's the minimum subset
>>> of stuff I need to move, and is it necessary to actually run a
>>> cygwin installer (for registry setups, maybe???) or will simply
>>> putting files in the "right place" work?
>> 
>> Without registry entries, Cygwin won't know where / is - so the only
>> paths that will work are /cygdrive paths.
>> 
>> Installing a small set of packages with setup is probably the best
>> option, but if you really don't want to do that, 'mount' should
>> enable you to set the necessary info in the registry.
>> 
>> Quite how this could cause Oracle code to hang, though, I have no
>> idea. 
>> 
>> Max.
> 
> OK, I did a minimal install on a machine without Cygwin, my program
> then runs.
> 
> I then used regedit to delete the two sets of "cygnus solutions"
> registry keys, and my program now no longer runs (properly).
> 
> so, maybe all I need to do is set the right registry keys.
> 
> Could someone "in the know" explain to me how to use mount to do that?

Run "mount -m" on a properly installed machine.
Adapt the output as necessary.
(It is the /, /usr/bin, and /usr/lib mounts that are most important.)

Max.


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