Mailing-List: contact cygwin-developers-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-developers-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 12:03:09 -0400 Message-Id: <200006011603.MAA21457@envy.delorie.com> From: DJ Delorie To: starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk CC: cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com In-reply-to: <8631-Thu01Jun2000164129+0100-starksb@ebi.ac.uk> (message from David Starks-Browning on Thu, 1 Jun 2000 16:41:29 +0100) Subject: Re: prelim FAQ update: Installation Instructions References: <451-Thu01Jun2000024714+0100-starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk> <20000531231335 DOT D31958 AT cygnus DOT com> <200006010340 DOT XAA17277 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <8631-Thu01Jun2000164129+0100-starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk> > Good idea. While I was playing around with setup on a test machine, > trying different things, I found that Setup would provide C:\ as a > default root under certain circumstances, generally when the > previous Setup attempt was aborted (^C). It looked like registry > entries were created, but perhaps not populated correctly. This > scenario might be confusing to a new user. Can Setup avoid it > somehow? (This was Win98, BTW.) The mount changes will be the very last thing it does, so that particular problem shouldn't happen any more.