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Re: Custom cygwin install mirror


> > On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Bill Geddes wrote:
> > > I have been trying to build a customized cygwin install solution.  The
> > > goal is/was to put just the necessary packages on a CD and use that as
> > > the 'Install from local directory' source.  In this way I could choose
> > > to install everything in one step, and get all the packages I
> > > want/need.  To do this, I have built a custom mirror of the cygwin tree
> > > - using wget from a linux workstation.   I removed packages that are
> > > unnecessary, and edited the setup.ini file to match what is there.  I
> > > burned a CD of this, tried it on  a fresh Win2k install, but no luck -
> > > setup finds a way to generate an error but not enough information to
> > > understand what happened.  So, I also tried installing from the network
> > > from my  custom mirror instead of the CD.  Results are likewise bad.
> > > Obviously I have not done this correctly.  I have tried installing from
> > > my system's full(no packages deleted, and setup.ini unedited) mirror
> > > with no luck.  I have checked and was unable to find any details that
> > > would lead me to believe that building a cygwin mirror is anything but
> > > straight-forward.
> > >
> > > Is building a mirror anything other than downloading packages and
> > > setting up apache to know the location?
> > > Is it possible to create a custom install mirror?  If so, has anyone
> > > done this and how?  Is the CDROM file tree possible and how?
> > 
> On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 07:38, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > 
> > Bill,
> > 
> > For instructions on setting up a custom mirror, see a recent thread on
> > cygwin-apps (<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2003-12/msg00124.html> and
> > on).  Make sure you read the whole thread, though.
> > 
> > If you want to make an installation CD, Google for 'cygwin install cd
> > site:cygwin.com'.
> > 	Igor
>
On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 08:35:53AM -0700, Bill Geddes wrote:
> Thanks.  The information on that website is very useful.  
> I believe I would have succeeded previously if I had used the 'upset'
> script.  
 
For what it's worth, that information will be going on the setup.exe
homepage at very soon.


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