Mar 2003 12:24:56 -0500
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Subject: Re: Installing cygwin NOT from web
Vince Hoffman wrote:
if you want to just make a local mirror, ...
Be aware you MUST keep the directory structure though for setup to be
happy
with it. thats why using setup is best
you'd be supprised.
-Original Message-
From: Daniel Barclay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 21 March 2003 17:25
To: Vince Hoffman
Cc: cygwin cygwin
Subject: Re: Installing cygwin NOT from web
Vince Hoffman wrote:
if you want to just make a local mirror, ...
Be aware you MUST keep
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf
Of Max Bowsher
Or, this directory structure works:
lpd/setup.ini
lpd/release/whole tree of files
Where lpd it the local package directory you specify in setup.
Max.
Where lpd (Local Package Dir) can be set to be G:\ (or any other
Max Bowsher wrote:
Charles D. Russell wrote:
...
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
setup is best.
-Original Message-
From: Daniel Barclay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 19 March 2003 15:55
Cc: cygwin cygwin
Subject: Re: Installing cygwin NOT from web
Max Bowsher wrote:
Charles D. Russell wrote:
...
1) setup.exe is really designed to work best for direct installation
Daniel,
At 07:54 2003-03-19, Daniel Barclay wrote:
Max Bowsher wrote:
Charles D. Russell wrote:
...
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
Randall R Schulz wrote:
At 07:54 2003-03-19, Daniel Barclay wrote:
Why can't you download the files using any FTP/HTTP client and
operating system you want, transfer the files (or otherwise make
them visible) to a Windows system, and only then use setup.exe to
install the files from the
Max,
At 09:23 2003-03-19, Max Bowsher wrote:
Randall R Schulz wrote:
At 07:54 2003-03-19, Daniel Barclay wrote:
Why can't you download the files using any FTP/HTTP client and
operating system you want, transfer the files (or otherwise make
them visible) to a Windows system, and only then use
Randall R Schulz wrote:
At 09:23 2003-03-19, Max Bowsher wrote:
Randall R Schulz wrote:
At 07:54 2003-03-19, Daniel Barclay wrote:
Why can't you download the files using any FTP/HTTP client and
operating system you want, transfer the files (or otherwise make
them visible) to a Windows
On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Simon Patrick Joseph Ingram wrote:
I am trying to install cygwin on my computer at home, but I currently
don't have an internet connection. I have been trying to work out what
files I need to download for a full installation, but the website is not
clear.
Could you
Well this is only partly true, as you may have noticed there is also a
download option, this allows you to just download without installing,
allowing you to later install from the files you have downloaded, just saves
you HAVING to install cygwin to get hold of a copy in an installable
directory
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
On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, 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
On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 06:17, Charles D. Russell wrote:
Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
FYI, setup has a Download from Internet mode which creates the cache
without actually installing.
But as I understand it, setup.exe ignores the cache and looks only at what
has been actually installed. So if
From: Robert Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 06:17, Charles D. Russell wrote:
Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
FYI, setup has a Download from Internet mode which
creates the cache
without actually installing.
But as I understand it, setup.exe ignores the
Ross Smith wrote:
From: Robert Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 07:59, Ross Smith wrote:
From: Robert Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 06:17, Charles D. Russell wrote:
But as I understand it, setup.exe ignores the cache and
looks only at what
has
On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 09:10, Ross Smith wrote:
No.
Charles said that setup *ignores* the caches and skips what is
installed.
I said that setup will redownload what is in the cache.
I still don't understand the difference. He says it ignores the cache
and downloads it all again. You
On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 09:54, Charles D. Russell wrote:
Is the following statement correct?
Installing from web, rather than downloading to disk, eliminates the risks
of !) having to download the same file twice and 2) having duplicate files
(from different mirrors) retained in the cache.
From: Robert Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 09:10, Ross Smith wrote:
No.
Charles said that setup *ignores* the caches and skips what is
installed.
I said that setup will redownload what is in the cache.
I still don't understand the difference. He
On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 10:18, Ross Smith wrote:
That seems quite clear to me. Setup ignores what's in the cache;
anything that's already in the cache but wasn't installed will be
downloaded again, unnecessarily.
Which is not what the original poster said.
Anyway, this is going down a rabbit
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