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Subject: Re: [uwin-users] non specific errors from uwin setup
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> I installed uwin-base on two machines running XP.On both I installed to
> c:\uwin.
> I don't like "program files" -- too long and a space.On one, when I prompted
> to
> chose c:\users, beforeaccepting I created a junction from c:\usersto
> c:\Document
> s and Settings.
> On both, some errors were reported.I don't have detailed notes.On the one, I
> am
> pretty certain no specificerrors were listed, it just gave a summary at the
> ends
> aying there were like two errors.
> In both cases, it did appear to mostly work and leavea functioning system.
> In both cases, I then "manually uninstalled": net stop "uwin master" rmdir
> /q/
> s c:\uwin that leaves some stuff due to access, so then: take ownership
> of c
> :\uwin in the Explorer gui cacls c:\uwin /e /t /g everyone:f that
> fails w
> ith "invalid data", so instead: cacls c:\uwin /t /g everyone:f and
> fina
> lly again rmdir /q/s c:\uwin
> and THEN install again, the second time, no errors.
> So, this is just unactionable anecdotal evidence ofsome non-specific errors
> in s
> etup.
> I will likely install on at least one more machine. (a great thing about
> "free
> software" is multi-machine licensing, no "keys" to manage; I probably
> wouldn't
> mind paying for uwin, as long as not per-machine or had to manage "keys")
The fact that it defaults to c:\program\uwin files shouldn't mattter since
if you are un UWIN what ever directory you choose will become /.
The drives will become /x where x is the drive letter.
You will never need the c:\program files\uwin.
You can use winpath to get the corresponding windows path name so
that you can do things like
native_command "$(winpath unixpath)"
to run a native_command that only accepts windows path names.
You should use the uninstaller to delete uwin since it will also
eliminate the registry keys and handle files that are hard to delete.
If you want to see if there are any erros on install, look
at the file /tmp/install.log.
When in uwin, use UNIX conventions, for example
PATH is a colon separated list and / is the separator, not \.
David Korn
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