Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20021215004524.03f48a28@pop.rcn.com>
X-Sender: lhall AT pop DOT rcn DOT com
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 00:46:52 -0500
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: Problems downloading and installing the basic package
In-Reply-To: <20021215050946.3AFCC4017@sitemail.everyone.net>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

At 12:09 AM 12/15/2002, Elfyn McBratney wrote:
>Lastly you said you installed in the root of a windows drive. This is
>discouraged, although im not quite sure why, but it can be a pain if you
>need to un-install. 


See the FAQ for the reasoning behind this recommendation:

Why not install in C:\?
http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_2.html#SEC9



Larry Hall                              lhall AT rfk DOT com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
838 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746                     (508) 893-9889 - FAX


--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Bug reporting:         http://cygwin.com/bugs.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/