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 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple