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Re: Cygwin Installation
Have you considered using VNC?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "chris chizk" <chizk@yahoo.com>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 8:46 AM
Subject: Cygwin Installation
> Hi, I have recently installed cygwin and X on my PC.
> I have installed the full cygwin instalation and the
> minimal X install. Documentation suggests the cygwin
> should take about 175 MB and I am assuming the X
> instalation to add some more. I can afford about 250
> MB, as this is on a laptop with a small HD. my
> instalation of cygwin and X has taken up about 700 MB.
> This is not good (I have no more space on my HD), as
> all I want X for is to run some X applications on a
> unix machine from my office where I only have a PC.
> Can you confirm that this is reasonable, or can you
> suggest a minimal installation of cygwin. I did find
> some minimal installation info on the web, but when I
> did that, X did not install properly, because of
> missing things.
> Thanks,
> Chris.
>
> Chris.
>
> =====
> Christopher L. Chizk
> http://www.cvs.rochester.edu/~chizk
> University of Rochester
> chizk@cvs.rochester.edu
>
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