Robert, Cygwin's setup.exe doesn't use wininit.ini, does it? I'm going to guess that the answer is something along the lines of "no way in hell", but I figure I had better check with you.
Harold > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 10:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: xfree86 install makes wininit not working > > > And here it begins... > > Cygwin/XFree86 has its own mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If you want help you should ask the experts. > > I've redirected this message there. > > cgf > > On Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 03:59:32AM +0200, Sylvain Petreolle wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I wanted to update my existing Xfree86-4.2.0-1 > >installation. > >So i choose a "default" Xfree86 installation. > >All files downloaded correct, > >and i was told that everything was ok. > > > >But at reboot, > >a 65497 bytes wininit.ini wants to rename/rewrite 627 > >files, and no one is replaced (wininit.ini isn't even > >renamed to .bak) > > > >This damn thing makes windows write "Please wait while > >updating your configuration files..." every time > >I reboot if I don't rename the file. > >could the fact that wininit.ini is too big make it > >fail ? > > > >I'm running it under Windows Me.