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