> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrey Repin [mailto:anrdae...@yandex.ru] > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 11:35 PM > To: KARR, DAVID; cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: New cygwin install hanging on postinstall > > Greetings, KARR, DAVID! > > >> > I was installing cygwin for the first time on a Win7-32bit > box. > > > It has 4g RAM. Checking "Resource Monitor" while the install is > running, there is 750MB "available". > > How much memory is "available" is not an indication for a 32-bit > OS. You > simply can not allocate more than 2GB of RAM to a single process > without much > hackery. Which means, certain applications could hit a roadblock > just because > of that. Same applies to your 4GB statement: You just can not use > it all with > 32-bit OS without much hackery on OS level, and that means slowing > down entire > system. > > You are really, really want 64-bit OS with more than 2GB RAM to see > any light > at the end of the tunnel. > > On top of that, if you are still struggling with installation, and > hints > offered in other messages did not helped to date, the most simple > way would be > to eliminate the failed Cygwin install and start anew, this time > only install > a base (setup default) set of tools first time, may be accompanying > them by > choice things of convenience, like wget and/or procps. But nothing > overgrown > like TexLive.
Ok. I understand the basic procedure for uninstalling Cygwin, but what's the best way to reset the installer to the "base" install? -- 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