[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 18 Jun, To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> The mirror is 1.2Gb, and I wanted to just write a copy of the install >> set to take home. So my idea was to choose "download from internet", >> and burn that. >> >> Trouble is, that option results in a 1Mb download (I think all it does >> is download setup.exe). > > Fergus replied: > >> Even a "Download from Internet" will only download what you need. If your >> machine has an up-to-date Cygwin installation then you don't need anything >> and so nothing (except the current setup.ini) will be downloaded. >> >> There are ways of downloading an installation set that involve temporarily >> blinding Windows to your installed Cygwin. Not difficult. Discussed on the >> mailing list at various times ... can be more specific if you want. >> >> Fergus > > Yes, please, Fergus, I would like to know. Even knowing a Subject line > to search for in the archive would be fine.
By far the best way to download and maintain an installation set is Michael Chase's clean_setup. http://www.home.ix.netcom.com/~mchase/zip/ MAx. -- 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/
