Re: Problem with Installation: No option to select DOS lines endings, defaults to UNIX.

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>]

On Jan 22 17:12, David Heyman wrote:
> I am having a problem with an installation of Cygwin. When I run
> setup.exe, I do not get an option for choosing line endings. So, I want
> to select DOS ine endings but that option is never available during
> setup, so it ends up being UNIX line endings. How do I force that option
> during installation? Please help.

Not possible.  The bin/textmode option in setup has been removed because
setup doesn't create the fstab file.  It's done using a script.  If you
want to use textmode mounts, add them to the fstab file after
installation using an editor.


Corinna

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