Batch installation, possibly without setup.exe?

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

fergus wrote:
>  > I'm not sure why 'setup.exe' would take significantly longer to
>  > install than a copy when it comes to putting it on a USB drive
>  > (never tried it).
>  > Obviously, you'd skip the download part and install from a
>  > previously downloaded local directory of packages (that got created
>  > when you installed Cygwin on the source machine).
> 
> Yes, the time taken isn't in the downloading but in the writing to the 
> USB device. I think this is a feature of Windows' management of the 
> activity, however it's contrived (whether setup or copy or unzip). I 
> wrote to the flash drive manufacturer with a sheaf of time stats, 
> moaning about the geological duration of minor tasks. They replied, 
> That's normal.
> 
> On the other hand, if (as I intended to make clear but didn't) you 
> devolve the task to Linux with
> 
>     cp -vr /host /target # or equivalent
> 
> then the whole thing absolutely flies along, the blue light flashing on 
> the target device like a cop car, and the file audit screaming up the 
> screen too fast even to count the pages. I reckon 160,000 files / 3.6G 
> in less than an hour (I've got a lot under /home/). Quite what holds 
> Windows up, I can't think. It would be easier to hew the files out of 
> granite.


Perhaps a virus scanner or other "protection" software is getting involved
in the Windows case?


-- 
Larry Hall                              http://www.rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
216 Dalton Rd.                          (508) 893-9889 - FAX
Holliston, MA 01746

_____________________________________________________________________

A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/