On Mon, 2 Dec 2002 16:02:03 -0500 "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If what you mean is to download *all* of the cygwin release you can do that > using the cygwin installer (http://cygwin.com/setup.exe) option `Download > From Internet' and set your download directory to wherever on the windows > filesystem you want to store the downloaded release. Just click through the > skip's in the package selector on all of the packages. > > If your doing this to put on data medium, e.g. CD-ROM's, the directory > structure setup.exe creates (url encoded mirror urls) aren't compatible > with JOILET standard. Im my situation dealing with standalone machines I > just archive the directory containing the release and burn it to a cdr. I'd suggest creating a directory to hold release/, setup.exe, and setup.ini. Sometimes setup.exe doesn't react well to looking in x:\ directly. It is also useful to have setup.exe and setup.ini in your base directory. > Original Message: > ----------------- > From: Francis Litterio [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2002 14:08:21 -0500 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: How to make setup.exe download everything? > > > I recently tried to use setup.exe to download everything from the latest > Cygwin release, but setup.exe only lets me download packages that are > not already installed. > > I need to download everything so I can instal Cygwin on a non-networked > machine, can anyone tell me how to use setup.exe to download packages > that I already have installed? -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Ask Smarter: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
