Re: Multiple installations and 3PPs

[Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin at gmail dot com>]

> >How about a FAQ entry along the following lines:
> >
> >How do I save, restore, delete, or modify the Cygwin information stored
> >in the registry?
> >
> >Currently Cygwin stores its mount table information in the registry.  It
> >is recommended that you use the 'mount' and 'umount' commands to
> >manipulate the mount information instead of directly modifying the
> >registry.
> >
> >To save the mount information to a file for later restoration, use
> >"mount -m > mounts.txt".  To remove all mount information use "umount
> >-A".  To reincorporate saved mount information use "eval mounts.txt".
> 
> The "mount -m" command is actually intended to be a .bat, so it can
> be something like:
> 
>   c:\>mount -m > mounts.bat # to record it


OK, I've added that one and one about building a live CD since that's
been coming up, too:

http://cygwin.com/faq/faq0.html#SEC24

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