Re: Setup can't install from local drive?

["Gregg C Levine" <drwho8 at worldnet dot att dot net>]

Hello from Gregg C Levine
First off, how do you mean, "local drive"? And in what context? I normally
use setup to download to a local disk, my C drive, and save it to a Zip
disk, then when I'm ready, install from it.
Gregg C Levine drwho8@worldnet.att.net
"Oh my!" The Second Doctor's nearly favorite phrase.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Iain McCracken" <iain.mccracken@sympatico.ca>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 9:14 PM
Subject: Setup can't install from local drive?


> Setup (2.249.2.5) crashes (invalid page fault in module "unknown" at
> 0084:00000000) when I try to install from a local directory.
>
> What I had hoped to do was to simply download all the current packages
from
> a mirror, burn everything to a CD, and run the installer from the CD. The
> idea was that the "install from local directory" would allow me to pick
> packages in the same manner as the "download from internet" option. This
> would save me a couple of hours of downloading when I install a new hard
> drive (soon).
>
> Problem 1: the chooser window just has all the packages carelessly tossed
> under "misc" instead of their usual categories. What happened to the
> categories? What happened to the default install options (that is, the
base
> package only)? I had wanted to install the base, and then go back and
> install other things later, just like the download from internet option. I
> just didn't want to spend long hours going on the internet to download
stuff
> that I already had here.
>
> Problem 2: CRASH, tinkle. Okay, so I ignore the bizarre behavior above,
and
> choose to simply install the whole thing. Nope. The setup program seems to
> like following null pointers more than actually installing packages. So, I
> have a few empty directories, and nothing whatsoever else.
>
> In the end, Cygwin is not installed on my system, I have a CD I burned
with
> 500Mb of useless bz2 files that can't be installed, and I wasted a couple
of
> hours grabbing those files for the (I guess non-existent) convenience of
> using a cd drive that's noticeably faster than my internet connection.
>
> Has anyone successfully used this setup program to get Cygwin on their
> system from a local directory?
>
>
>
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