On Apr 27 17:56, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Apr 27 10:41, Charles Wilson wrote: > > Steffen Sledz wrote: > >> I tried to install setup-1.7 on a system running a "normal" release > >> before. I've deleted the whole C:\cygwin dir from the disk and removed all > >> cygwin/cygnus related items from the registry. > >> But after running the new setup the mounts for /usr/bin and /usr/lib where > >> missing. Also there is no /etc/fstab file. What went wrong here? > > > > There used to be a script, 000-cygwin-post-install.sh, bundled with the > > cygwin package itself (well, 1.7 versions anyway), that did this. It was > > recently moved to a package of its own, 'base-cygwin'. > > > > However, that package does not seem to have been added to the 'Base' > > category, or has not been uploaded to the release-2 area (I don't know > > which). In any case, setup-1.7 didn't download it for me, either. > > It hasn't been uploaded to the release-2 area yet. I simply forgot > to do it yesterday, sorry. I'm going to upload it in a minute.
Nevertheless, take the scripts carefully for now. I have a nagging feeling that my approach to fetch the old mount points from the registry is not exactly foolproof. Something about the rootdir... Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat