RE: special install

["Dave Korn" <dk at artimi dot com>]

> -----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.

    cheers, 
      DaveK
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