Coping with large iso files for network-independent Cygwin installation
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 -- 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
Re: Coping with large iso files for network-independent Cygwin installation
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 -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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
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. 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
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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 > > -- > 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 -- Dipl. Phys. Norbert Zacharias Wind Measurements & Power Curve Measurements DEWI GmbH Ebertstrasse 96 26382 Wilhelmshaven Germany Tel.: +49 4421 4808 876 Fax:+49 4421 4808 843 Email: n.zachar...@dewi.de Home: http://http://www.dewi.de DEWI GmbH - Deutsches Windenergie-Institut, Wilhelmshaven Commercial Register No.: Amtsgericht Oldenburg, HRB 130241 Managing Director: Jens Peter Molly Chairman of the supervisory board: Ministerialrat Dr. Niels Kämpny P Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- 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