Coping with large iso files for network-independent Cygwin installation

Coping with large iso files for network-independent Cygwin installation

[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

[Corinna Vinschen]

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

[Dave Korn]

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

[DEWI - N. Zacharias]

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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