> > On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Bill Geddes wrote: > > > I have been trying to build a customized cygwin install solution. The > > > goal is/was to put just the necessary packages on a CD and use that as > > > the 'Install from local directory' source. In this way I could choose > > > to install everything in one step, and get all the packages I > > > want/need. To do this, I have built a custom mirror of the cygwin tree > > > - using wget from a linux workstation. I removed packages that are > > > unnecessary, and edited the setup.ini file to match what is there. I > > > burned a CD of this, tried it on a fresh Win2k install, but no luck - > > > setup finds a way to generate an error but not enough information to > > > understand what happened. So, I also tried installing from the network > > > from my custom mirror instead of the CD. Results are likewise bad. > > > Obviously I have not done this correctly. I have tried installing from > > > my system's full(no packages deleted, and setup.ini unedited) mirror > > > with no luck. I have checked and was unable to find any details that > > > would lead me to believe that building a cygwin mirror is anything but > > > straight-forward. > > > > > > Is building a mirror anything other than downloading packages and > > > setting up apache to know the location? > > > Is it possible to create a custom install mirror? If so, has anyone > > > done this and how? Is the CDROM file tree possible and how? > > > On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 07:38, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > > > Bill, > > > > For instructions on setting up a custom mirror, see a recent thread on > > cygwin-apps (<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2003-12/msg00124.html> and > > on). Make sure you read the whole thread, though. > > > > If you want to make an installation CD, Google for 'cygwin install cd > > site:cygwin.com'. > > Igor > On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 08:35:53AM -0700, Bill Geddes wrote: > Thanks. The information on that website is very useful. > I believe I would have succeeded previously if I had used the 'upset' > script. For what it's worth, that information will be going on the setup.exe homepage at very soon.
