* Coping with large iso files for network-independent Cygwin installation
@ 2010-07-07 7:37 Fergus
2010-07-07 8:46 ` Corinna Vinschen
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From: Fergus @ 2010-07-07 7:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Cygwin ML; +Cc: Fergus
I made separate iso files (setup*exe + setup*ini + release*/) for the
Legacy version [1.5] and current version [1.7]. At 4335495168 and
5039841280 respectively they are both too large to reside on a FAT32
file system, and the larger one can't be burned to an installation DVD.
I put both on a 16G NTFS stick along with ancient portable freeware
VirtualCDRom (which does what it says but allows arbitrarily?? high
capacity disks) and then install directly to a host machine. Easy and
convenient. (Of course, for local installations I guess one could omit
*src*bz2 thus drastically reducing both sizes to be DVD-resident.)
Then I realised: all the files setup*exe + setup*ini + release*/ fit on
the stick anyway: creating *.iso and using VirtualCDRom are redundant
steps.
Nevertheless, it is a tantalising problem: what's the best answer to
give to a 3rd party who wants to install [1.7] on a machine without
network access?
Fergus
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* Re: Coping with large iso files for network-independent Cygwin installation
2010-07-07 7:37 Coping with large iso files for network-independent Cygwin installation Fergus
@ 2010-07-07 8:46 ` Corinna Vinschen
2010-07-08 17:26 ` Dave Korn
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From: Corinna Vinschen @ 2010-07-07 8:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On Jul 7 08:03, Fergus wrote:
> I made separate iso files (setup*exe + setup*ini + release*/) for the
> Legacy version [1.5] and current version [1.7]. At 4335495168 and
> 5039841280 respectively they are both too large to reside on a FAT32
> file system, and the larger one can't be burned to an installation DVD.
>
> I put both on a 16G NTFS stick along with ancient portable freeware
> VirtualCDRom (which does what it says but allows arbitrarily?? high
> capacity disks) and then install directly to a host machine. Easy and
> convenient. (Of course, for local installations I guess one could omit
> *src*bz2 thus drastically reducing both sizes to be DVD-resident.)
>
> Then I realised: all the files setup*exe + setup*ini + release*/ fit on
> the stick anyway: creating *.iso and using VirtualCDRom are redundant
> steps.
>
> Nevertheless, it is a tantalising problem: what's the best answer to
> give to a 3rd party who wants to install [1.7] on a machine without
> network access?
Rsync the content of a mirror of your choice onto a stick. Copy
setup.exe and setup-legacy.exe to the stick. On the target machine,
start one of setup or setup-legacy, choose "Install from Local
Directory", enter the path to the stick, for instance "X:\", as the
Locale Package Directory. Install. Done.
Corinna
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* Re: Coping with large iso files for network-independent Cygwin installation
2010-07-07 8:46 ` Corinna Vinschen
@ 2010-07-08 17:26 ` Dave Korn
2010-07-09 9:27 ` AW: [bulk] - " DEWI - N. Zacharias
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From: Dave Korn @ 2010-07-08 17:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On 07/07/2010 09:29, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Jul 7 08:03, Fergus wrote:
>> Nevertheless, it is a tantalising problem: what's the best answer to
>> give to a 3rd party who wants to install [1.7] on a machine without
>> network access?
>
> Rsync the content of a mirror of your choice onto a stick. Copy
> setup.exe and setup-legacy.exe to the stick. On the target machine,
> start one of setup or setup-legacy, choose "Install from Local
> Directory", enter the path to the stick, for instance "X:\", as the
> Locale Package Directory. Install. Done.
Just for completeness: You can also choose "Install from Internet", and add
your path as a "User URL" with the textbox and "Add" button at the bottom of
the "Choose A Download Site" dialog. The difference is that doing it this way
will create a local package repository on the machine you're installing to,
should you want to have one for later when you might not have the USB stick
around.
cheers,
DaveK
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* AW: [bulk] - Re: Coping with large iso files for network-independent Cygwin installation
2010-07-08 17:26 ` Dave Korn
@ 2010-07-09 9:27 ` DEWI - N. Zacharias
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From: DEWI - N. Zacharias @ 2010-07-09 9:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Moin ,
> Von: Dave Korn []
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 8. Juli 2010 19:45
> An: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Betreff: [bulk] - Re: Coping with large iso files for network-independent Cygwin
> installation
>
> On 07/07/2010 09:29, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > On Jul 7 08:03, Fergus wrote:
>
> >> Nevertheless, it is a tantalising problem: what's the best answer to
> >> give to a 3rd party who wants to install [1.7] on a machine without
> >> network access?
> >
> > Rsync the content of a mirror of your choice onto a stick. Copy
> > setup.exe and setup-legacy.exe to the stick. On the target machine,
> > start one of setup or setup-legacy, choose "Install from Local
> > Directory", enter the path to the stick, for instance "X:\", as the
> > Locale Package Directory. Install. Done.
>
> Just for completeness: You can also choose "Install from Internet", and add
> your path as a "User URL" with the textbox and "Add" button at the bottom of
> the "Choose A Download Site" dialog. The difference is that doing it this way
> will create a local package repository on the machine you're installing to,
> should you want to have one for later when you might not have the USB stick
> around.
Two Questions:
What notation one hase to use to specify the local path file:// d:/mylocalrep or ??
Contain this repository also the packages which are not currently installed ?
Have fun
Norbert
> cheers,
> DaveK
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