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diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml index 55c291672..6e6f0fa55 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml @@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ ought to check whether you <emphasis>really</emphasis> want to install everythin <answer> <para>That depends, obviously, on what you've chosen to download and -install. A full installation today is probably larger than 800MB +install. A full installation today is probably larger than 1 GB installed, not including the package archives themselves nor the source code. </para> @@ -413,9 +413,8 @@ installed are <literal>sshd</literal>, <literal>cron</literal>, </para> </listitem> <listitem><para>Stop the X11 server if it is running, and terminate any Cygwin programs -that might be running in the background. Remove all mount information by typing -<literal>umount -A</literal> and then exit the command prompt and ensure that no Cygwin -processes remain. Note: If you want to save your mount points for a later +that might be running in the background. Exit the command prompt and ensure +that no Cygwin processes remain. Note: If you want to save your mount points for a later reinstall, first save the output of <literal>mount -m</literal> as described at <ulink url="http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mount" />. </para> @@ -453,10 +452,10 @@ remove it. </para> </listitem> <listitem><para>Finally, if you want to be thorough you can delete the registry tree -<literal>Software\Cygnus Solutions</literal> under <literal>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE</literal> and/or +<literal>Software\Cygwin</literal> under <literal>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE</literal> and/or <literal>HKEY_CURRENT_USER</literal>. However, if you followed the directions above you -will have already removed all the mount information which is typically the only -thing stored in the registry. +will have already removed everything important. Typically only the installation +directory has been stored in the registry at all. </para> </listitem> </orderedlist> @@ -540,10 +539,13 @@ the Cygwin Setup homepage at <para>While some users have successfully done this, for example Indiana University's XLiveCD <ulink url="http://xlivecd.indiana.edu/">http://xlivecd.indiana.edu/</ulink>, there is no -easy way to do it. Full instructions for constructing a porttable Cygwin +easy way to do it. Full instructions for constructing a portable Cygwin on CD by hand can be found on the mailing list at -<ulink url="http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-07/msg01117.html">http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-07/msg01117.html</ulink>. (Thanks -to fergus at bonhard dot uklinux dot net for these instructions.) +<ulink url="http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-07/msg01117.html">http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-07/msg01117.html</ulink> +(Thanks to fergus at bonhard dot uklinux dot net for these instructions.) +Please note that these instructions are rather old and are referring to the +somewhat different setup of a Cygwin 1.5.x release. As soon as somebody set +this up for Cygwin 1.7, we might add this information here. </para> </answer></qandaentry> @@ -551,15 +553,8 @@ to fergus at bonhard dot uklinux dot net for these instructions.) <question><para>How do I save, restore, delete, or modify the Cygwin information stored in the registry?</para></question> <answer> -<para>Currently Cygwin stores its mount table information in the registry. It -is recommended that you use the <literal>mount</literal> and <literal>umount</literal> commands -to manipulate the mount information instead of directly modifying the -registry. -</para> -<para>To save the mount information to a file for later restoration, use -<literal>mount -m > mounts.bat</literal> To remove all mount information use -<literal>umount -A</literal>. To reincorporate saved mount information just run the -batch file. For more information on using <literal>mount</literal>, see -<ulink url="http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mount">http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mount</ulink>. +<para>Since Cygwin 1.7, there's nothing important in the registry anymore, +except for the installation directory information stored there for the sake +of setup.exe. There's nothing left to manipulate anymore. </para></answer></qandaentry> |