X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Spam-Score: -1.795 Message-ID: <468B171F.6090304@chariot.net.au> Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 13:12:23 +0930 From: Mike Fahlbusch Reply-To: mcf AT chariot DOT net DOT au User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (Windows/20070509) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Preparing for a new computer References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Bob McConnell wrote: > I have installed four different variations of Cygwin on my current > computer. The first was B.20, my initial exposure to this tool kit. The > next one was buried in an SDK for Systech RCS port servers, and I didn't > know it was there until after it began installing. The target for this > was a 68EN363 CPU. The third was likewise embedded in an SDK for the > Digi ConnectME with an ARM-7. The final install was the current build. I > did this one with my eyes wide open, but still got some surprises. I am > no longer using the Digi product, but the Systech build process still > works with no issues. > > However, the computer I have is past its replacement threshold, having > been out of warranty for eight months now. So I am working on the > configuration I will need for the new box, which should be arriving this > month as we just moved into a new fiscal year. But as I look at the > drive partitioning, I have a few questions about how to set this up. I > know that I will have to install the Systech SDK again, probably before > I do the full Cygwin install. > > The drive will be partitioned into three logical drives. Drive C is > created and backed up by a Ghost image provided by IT. This contains > MS-Windows, Office, help desk and accounting applications required on > every desktop in the company. This drive will never be backed up, since > that image can be restored at any time. > > Drive D will be where I install the applications, tools and SDKs that I > need for my work. That backup will consist of a row of CDs on my > bookshelf. If the drive dies, or MS-Windows self destructs, these will > all have to be reinstalled from those CDs to rebuild the registry. I > plan to use the "download to disk" option for the install to create an > image and burn a snapshot of the Cygwin installation files. > > Drive E is where the data lives. This will contain all my source code, > VM images, libraries of documents and manuals, email, etc. This is the > only drive that gets backed up on a regular basis. > > What this boils down to is that /bin, /doc, /etc, /lib and /usr should > be on drive D, but /home, /tmp, /var and /usr/local should be on E. (Or > should /etc also be on E?) I know that Microsoft's half-baked systems do > not have anything useful like links, either hard or soft, so this > becomes a problem. Is there any way to set Cygwin up to fit this > partition scheme? > > In addition, I need to set up bash so that it has more reasonable home, > library and path settings. I would like to ignore all of the Microsoft > paths and substitute pure Unix styles, preferably some that match my > Slackware systems at home. That would certainly help reduce the > confusion I feel every Monday morning. Is this even possible? > > Thank you for plowing through all of this. I would appreciate any > guidance you can provide. I have a computer partitioned into Windows and an extended partition containing a swap drive, downloaded files drive, program drive and archives. In addition I have a Linux partition. You might hit a limit of 4 partitions in Windows, so it might be easier to make use of an extended partition containing logical drives for E:, F:, swap drive, etc. One thing I could suggest is having a separate swap drive (required with most *n*x installations) but set the Windows swap file to it. This will prevent the swap file from becoming fragmented. Also I put the CD or DVD drive on drive D: because that's where most windows apps expect it. -- Regards, Mike -- 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/