X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:28:44 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Moving Cygwin directory safe? Message-ID: <20100627012844.GA8481@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20100626141016 DOT GD3672 AT wladimir> <3710255202 DOT 20100627051050 AT mtu-net DOT ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3710255202.20100627051050@mtu-net.ru> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 05:10:50AM +0400, Andrey Repin wrote: >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. No, this directory hasn't been used since Cygwin 1.7.x. cgf -- 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