: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: fresh cygwin installation
On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 11:31 AM, t s wrote:
> I need to make a fresh installation of cywgin. The drive I propose to install
> to is detailed in;
>
> http://www.cpm86.com/sdcard.jpg
>
> It's an NTFS drive with 238
I need to make a fresh installation of cywgin. The drive I propose to install
to is detailed in;
http://www.cpm86.com/sdcard.jpg
It's an NTFS drive with 238 GB capacity, allocation unit size 4096 bytes.
Before I make a mistake; can someone confirm this these are suitable drive
parameters for a
I would like a brief answer to the questions I posed several days ago, please.
I am a newbie to Cygwin and need to understand exactly how to install this
application.
> What allocation unit size should I specify when formatting?
"Standard 4k or 8k if you don't expect to create tons of small f
> What allocation unit size should I specify when formatting?
"Standard 4k or 8k if you don't expect to create tons of small files should
work."
surely cygwin *does* create lots of small files on install? is NTFS with 4k
okay, or should I make it less?
Is it okay to click 'next' on the screen
uot;curr" ?
thanks for your advice
==
From: Andrey Repin
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 8:02 AM
To: t s; cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: initial cygwin installation
Greetings, t s!
> I am making a fresh install of Cygwin on a Windows 7 machine.
> The installation is to a 256 GB memo
I am making a fresh install of Cygwin on a Windows 7 machine.
The installation is to a 256 GB memory stick. Should I format the memory stick
as NTFS? What allocation unit size should I specify when formatting?
I have got as far as the following screenshot;
http://cpm86.com/sdcard-new-1.jpg
Sho
just to check my understanding of the setup program, latest version 2.852 (64
bit);
the options are install / re-install / un-install / default
my understanding is as follows;
choosing "install" creates a new installation of the selected cygwin components
choosing "re-install" uninstalls t
I have some elementary questions regarding the cygwin setup program. I ran the
latest version 2.852 (64 bit).
the options are install / re-install / un-install / default
my understanding is as follows;
choosing "install" creates a new installation of the selected cygwin components
choosing
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