Re: special install

[Peter Rehley <peter at rehley dot net>]

On Sep 23, 2004, at 10:32 AM, Dave Korn wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of J. David Boyd
> > Sent: 23 September 2004 18:16
>
> > "Calman, Jack" writes:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > >  Our group is interested in installing cygwin on a group of
> > classified
> > > computers that are not connected to the internet. Would you
> > please tell me
> > > how to download what I need from the internet. Then I'll
> > put it on a CD,
> > > carry it into the classified room, and then install on the
> > computers there.
> > >  Thanks,
> > >  - Jack Calman
> > > Johns Hopkins University
> > > Applied Physics Lab
> > > Laurel, MD
> >
> >
> > After you have a working installation on any computer, you can zip and
> > copy the C:\CYGWIN directory.  It is totally self contained, and
> > should work fine anywhere.
>
>   Nonsense!  That method won't create any mount points in the 
> registry, nor
> will it run any post-install scripts.  The correct method is to run
> setup.exe, select 'Download from internet', download everything, burn 
> the
> temporary storage directory to cd along with a copy of setup.exe, then 
> on
> each enduser machine you run setup.exe and tell it to 'Install from 
> local
> directory', pointing at the download dir that you burnt to CD.

Actually, what the person mention would work.  Only thing left out 
would be the registry settings.  If the user has a working copy then 
everything is already set up in the cygwin directory.  Copying this to 
another machine would be perfectly fine.  I know because I've done 
something like this before and it has worked for me.

Potential problems could arise in
1) Registry settings.  These would need to be exported.  Actually, I 
think if they don't exist cygwin will create registry setting minus the 
mount points.  The mount points would need to be adjusted or imported 
from the original.  This could also be part of the zip file.
2) post-install scripts have already be run via initial setup.  However 
something would need to be done if any of the programs are set up as 
windows services.
3) passwd file.  If the same users exist on each machine, then this 
isn't an issue.  However domain users would need to be added.  This 
could be done before zipping cygwin directory.

>     cheers,
>       DaveK
> --
> Can't think of a witty .sigline today....

Enjoy,
Peter
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