Installing cygwin NOT from web

[Charles D. Russell]

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 the downloaded files -
> including setup.exe - are retained in a directory that you can specify.
> After completing the installation, if you burn that directory to a CD, you
> have everything you need to reinstall to that or another computer.
>

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 you don't get all the files you want in a
single session, and don't install, then you have problems.





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