the real, working, tested way to do this is... (Re: special install)

I have done this type of installation many times since now, so read carefully. Be prepared to download 420+ MB. To download all of cygwin, without installing it: - Download and start setup.exe - "Download Source" screen: select "Download from internet" - "Local packages directory" screen: select

RE: special install

> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Igor Pechtchanski > Sent: 23 September 2004 19:43 > > FWIW, the above is missing at least a couple of things: > > > > - The /etc symlinks > > - The "rm /rf c:\tmp\cygwin1.dll". :-D > ^ > Ugh, how'd that get there? Make th

Re: special install

On Sep 23, 2004, at 11:36 AM, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, Peter Rehley wrote (heavily [snip]ped): 3) passwd file. If the same users exist on each machine, then this isn't an issue. This is *wrong* (and is the main reason I'm sending this mesage, actually). WinNT/2k/XP machines

Re: special install

On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 02:40:46PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >- The /etc symlinks This obviously assumes a consistent setup. Don't try this if you are moving between Windows XP and Windows ME. I suspect this is not an issue. >- The "rm /rf c:\tmp\cygwin1.dll". :-D I included the instruct

Re: special install

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote: > > >[snip] > > something like this should still work, though (untested): > > > > 1) > > On the reference system: > > > > mount -m > mounts.bat > > cd / > > tar -cjf /cygdrive/c/cygwin.tar.bz2 --ex

Re: special install

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 01:26:50PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > >On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, J. David Boyd wrote: > > > >> "Calman, Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > Our group is interested in installing cygwin on a group

Re: special install

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, Peter Rehley wrote (heavily [snip]ped): > On Sep 23, 2004, at 10:32 AM, Dave Korn wrote: > > > > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of J. David Boyd > > > > > > After you have a working installation on any computer, you can zip > > > and copy the C:\CYGWIN directory. It is totally

Re: special install

On Sep 23, 2004, at 10:54 AM, Dave Korn wrote: -Original Message- From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Peter Rehley Sent: 23 September 2004 18:44 Much snippage, just to summarize the essence of the post and it's role in the conversation: After you have a working installation on any computer

RE: special install

> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Peter Rehley > Sent: 23 September 2004 18:44 Much snippage, just to summarize the essence of the post and it's role in the conversation: > On Sep 23, 2004, at 10:32 AM, Dave Korn wrote: > > >> -Original Message- > >> From

RE: special install

> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor > Sent: 23 September 2004 18:42 > There are probably some details that I forgot and some other minor > cleanups to worry about but I don't see why the above shouldn't > work, at least in principle. Heh. Not quit

Re: special install

On Sep 23, 2004, at 10:32 AM, Dave Korn wrote: -Original Message- From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of J. David Boyd Sent: 23 September 2004 18:16 "Calman, Jack" writes: Hi, Our group is interested in installing cygwin on a group of classified computers that are not connected to the internet.

Re: special install

On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 01:26:50PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, J. David Boyd wrote: > >> "Calman, Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >, now with more reasons. > >> > Hi, >> > >> > Our group is interested in installing cygwin on

Re: special install

"Dave Korn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > -Original Message- > > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of J. David Boyd > > Sent: 23 September 2004 18:16 > > > "Calman, Jack" writes: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Our group is interested in installing cygwin on a group of > > classified > > > com

RE: special install

> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of J. David Boyd > Sent: 23 September 2004 18:16 > "Calman, Jack" writes: > > > Hi, > > > > Our group is interested in installing cygwin on a group of > classified > > computers that are not connected to the internet. Would you > ple

Re: special install

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, J. David Boyd wrote: > "Calman, Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: , now with more reasons. > > Hi, > > > > Our group is interested in installing cygwin on a group of classified > > computers that are not connected to the internet.

Re: special install

"Calman, Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > Our group is interested in installing cygwin on a group of classified > computers that are not connected to the internet. Would you please tell me > how to download what I need from the internet. Then I'll put it on a CD, > carry it into the c