cygwin.rst
changeset 2059 e19407a19d1f
parent 1912 8b81a8f0f692
child 2060 66ccf8bdcbc0
--- a/cygwin.rst	Thu Jan 19 00:01:03 2017 +0200
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 Also you need edit /etc/passwd to point to correct home path.
 
+Installation on Windows XP
+==========================
+
+Cygwin from v2.5.5 and Setup version 2.874 (on 25 Aug 2016) is latest version
+with Windows XP support. Later versions build with dependencies on newer
+syscalls and failt to run in Windows XP.
+
+Latest mirrors avaialble at fruitbat.org:
+
+* 32-bit: ftp://www.fruitbat.org/pub/cygwin/circa/2016/08/30/104223
+* 64-bit: ftp://www.fruitbat.org/pub/cygwin/circa/64bit/2016/08/30/104235
+
+To run setup against this mirror::
+
+  cmd> setup.exe 
+
+``setup.exe`` available at:
+
+* 32-bit ftp://www.fruitbat.org/pub/cygwin/setup/snapshots/setup-x86-2.874.exe
+* 64-bit ftp://www.fruitbat.org/pub/cygwin/setup/snapshots/setup-x86_64-2.874.exe
+
+Run as::
+
+  cmd> setup-x86.exe -X -s ftp://www.fruitbat.org/pub/cygwin/circa/2016/08/30/104223 -O
+
+http://www.fruitbat.org/Cygwin/timemachine.html
+  Description of Cygwin time machine project.
+http://stackoverflow.com/questions/39479826/cygwin-2-5-2-mirror-getting-the-last-xp-release
+  Question about Cygwin old mirror.
+http://superuser.com/questions/1132000/is-it-still-possible-to-get-cygwin-for-xp
+  Question about Cygwin old mirror.
+http://cygwin-xp.portfolis.net/
+  Another old mirror.
+
 Cygwin ports.
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