Re: Can I move Cygwin and Cygwin64 to a drive other than C: ?

2015-04-06 Thread Duncan Roe
On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 12:55:51AM -0500, Robert Miles wrote: > On 4/1/2015 3:47 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >On Apr 1 03:26, Robert Miles wrote: > >>The C: drive on one of my 64-bit Windows 7 computers is approaching > >>90% full, but there are two other drives that are nearly empty. > >> > >>C

Re: Can I move Cygwin and Cygwin64 to a drive other than C: ?

2015-04-04 Thread LRN
On 04.04.2015 21:52, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Eric Pement! > >> Follow-up question for Corinna or anyone who might know the answer: > On Apr 1 03:26, Robert Miles wrote: >> Can I move the entire Cygwin and Cygwin64 directory trees to one >> of the nearly empty drives, withou

Re: Can I move Cygwin and Cygwin64 to a drive other than C: ?

2015-04-04 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Eric Pement! > Follow-up question for Corinna or anyone who might know the answer: >> >On Apr 1 03:26, Robert Miles wrote: >> > >>Can I move the entire Cygwin and Cygwin64 directory trees to one >> > >>of the nearly empty drives, without losing the extra packages I've >> > >>already d

Re: Can I move Cygwin and Cygwin64 to a drive other than C: ?

2015-04-04 Thread Eric Pement
Follow-up question for Corinna or anyone who might know the answer: > >On Apr 1 03:26, Robert Miles wrote: > > >>Can I move the entire Cygwin and Cygwin64 directory trees to one > > >>of the nearly empty drives, without losing the extra packages I've > > >>already downloaded and the files I've cr

Re: Can I move Cygwin and Cygwin64 to a drive other than C: ?

2015-04-02 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Apr 2 09:28, cyg Simple wrote: > > From: Corinna Vinschen > > > > That doesn't make sense either. The symlinks created by setup or Cygwin > > tools > > are using POSIX paths, not Windows paths. Since you're moving the Cygwin > > installation as a whole, the reference point for the POSIX roo

RE: Can I move Cygwin and Cygwin64 to a drive other than C: ?

2015-04-02 Thread cyg Simple
> From: Corinna Vinschen > > That doesn't make sense either. The symlinks created by setup or Cygwin tools > are using POSIX paths, not Windows paths. Since you're moving the Cygwin > installation as a whole, the reference point for the POSIX root dir moves as > well. > From the Windows (i.e. r

Re: Can I move Cygwin and Cygwin64 to a drive other than C: ?

2015-04-02 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Apr 2 00:55, Robert Miles wrote: > On 4/1/2015 3:47 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >On Apr 1 03:26, Robert Miles wrote: > >>The C: drive on one of my 64-bit Windows 7 computers is approaching > >>90% full, but there are two other drives that are nearly empty. > >> > >>Can I move the entire Cygw

Re: Can I move Cygwin and Cygwin64 to a drive other than C: ?

2015-04-01 Thread Robert Miles
On 4/1/2015 3:47 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Apr 1 03:26, Robert Miles wrote: The C: drive on one of my 64-bit Windows 7 computers is approaching 90% full, but there are two other drives that are nearly empty. Can I move the entire Cygwin and Cygwin64 directory trees to one of the nearly em

Re: Can I move Cygwin and Cygwin64 to a drive other than C: ?

2015-04-01 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Apr 1 10:47, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Apr 1 03:26, Robert Miles wrote: > > The C: drive on one of my 64-bit Windows 7 computers is approaching > > 90% full, but there are two other drives that are nearly empty. > > > > Can I move the entire Cygwin and Cygwin64 directory trees to one > > o

Re: Can I move Cygwin and Cygwin64 to a drive other than C: ?

2015-04-01 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Apr 1 03:26, Robert Miles wrote: > The C: drive on one of my 64-bit Windows 7 computers is approaching > 90% full, but there are two other drives that are nearly empty. > > Can I move the entire Cygwin and Cygwin64 directory trees to one > of the nearly empty drives, without losing the extra p

Can I move Cygwin and Cygwin64 to a drive other than C: ?

2015-04-01 Thread Robert Miles
The C: drive on one of my 64-bit Windows 7 computers is approaching 90% full, but there are two other drives that are nearly empty. Can I move the entire Cygwin and Cygwin64 directory trees to one of the nearly empty drives, without losing the extra packages I've already downloaded and the files