----- Forwarded message from Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- I would not suggest using "zip" as the mechanism for backing up and restoring. As has been noted 10497 times in this mailing list Windows ZIP does not properly save the bits needed to recreate things like symlinks.
And, we've also mentioned at least as many times that you DO NOT MANIPULATE THE REGISTRY DIRECTLY. Use "mount -m" to create a .bat file suitable for recreating the mount table. So, the proper way to do this is to copy cygwin1.dll, tar.exe, mount.exe to the other computer, in a temporary directory. Run the .bat file created by mount -m to recreate the mount table and use tar.exe to extract the tar ball created. ----- End forwarded message ----- Will this alternate method work? I am thinking about trying this. 1. Archive the "Local Package Directory" that features in setup.exe. 2. Restore the above to the new computer. Preserve file structure, but don't worry about permissions or symlinks. Make everything read and writable by everyone. 3. Run setup.exe on the new computer. Apply the "Install from Local Directory" option. Select the new location of the above "Local Package Directory" that was restored in step 2. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/