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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 18:50:53 +0200
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From: Sebastian Hoffmann <sebhoff AT es DOT unizh DOT ch>
Subject: possible to copy whole cygwin folder to different machine?
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Hi!
I apologize if this question is already covered somewhere else, but I 
didn't find anything with a simple search of the mailing list... I'm 
of course also happy for pointers to answers to be found somewhere 
else...

(Possibly naive) question: Is it possible to copy a whole cygwin 
installation from one computer and copy it to a different computer 
(replacing that machine's cygwin installation)?
If yes - does this work across different versions of Windows?
If no - is there any way of getting at least close to something like 
an easy replication of a cygwin installation?

I suppose that simply copying the folder will result in permission 
problems (due to different owners etc.). But maybe it is still 
somehow possible...?

The reason I'm asking is that I'm distributing some (free) software 
of mine which requires at least some UNIX administration skills to 
install (MySQL, Apache, DBI, Perl, etc.).
However, many potential users 1) don't have these skills and 2) run 
Windows rather than UNIX. If it were possible to send them a DVD with 
a complete installation, things would become a lot easier for 
everybody involved... ;-)

Many thanks in advance for any kind of help!
Sebastian

PS: I live in a UNIX/Mac world - so I can't try this out myself. In 
fact, I'm happy I finally managed to get hold of an old 300Mhz 
Windows-box to fiddle with things...


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