Re: Installing cygwin NOT from web

["Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>]

Charles D. Russell wrote:
> What I have gleaned from watching this subject is:
>
> 1) setup.exe is really designed to work best for direct installation
> from the web, so do that first on some computer with an internet
> connection. 2) when you install from the web, copies of all the
> downloaded files - including setup.exe - are retained in a directory
> that you can specify. After completing the installation, if you burn
> that directory to a CD, you have everything you need to reinstall to
> that or another computer.
>
> I have not actually tried doing it this way, but assume that if I am
> wrong, someone will holler, and then I will know that my backup
> strategy is flawed.

Mostly right - but there is no need to actually install Cygwin on your
downloading computer.

Then put setup.exe, setup.ini, and the release directory on the CD. (You may
like to use Michael Chase's clean_setup.pl to automatically prune old
package versions, if you have a preexisting cache.)

Max.


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