2010/1/21 Brian Keener: > I want to upgrade to 1.7 but would like to get a backup of the full 1.5 > install before hand. I know in the past just doing copies some files > didn't or couldn't get copied. Also in the unix world seems as though > I recall tar and cpio have difference in terms of what they will and > won't backup. > > What the best way to get a good copy of my 1.5 in case I need/want to > get it back.
I have made a backup of 1.5 by 7-Zipping the entire directory and also backup the "mount v2" tree of "Cygnus Solutions" in the registry. I have had problems upgrading to 1.7 on one pc and could successfully restore my 1.5 installation. Regards, Frank -- 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
