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Re: how to freeze a version of cygwin
- From: Ronald Landheer-Cieslak <ronald at landheer dot com>
- To: "Charles D. Russell" <worwor at bellsouth dot net>
- Cc: cygwin cygwin <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 18:09:53 +0100 (CET)
- Subject: Re: how to freeze a version of cygwin
You can save the download dir to a CDROM if you want. You can use it as a
directory to install from later. This is safe and the way I do what you're
trying to do - which I only do to have two computers with the same Cygwin
installation without downloading the thing twice, btw.
rlc
On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, Charles D. Russell wrote:
> In order to ensure that I could reinstall a working cygwin version if
> necessary, I have in the past used the "download from internet" option in
> setup, then burned the installation files to a CD. However, it looks like
> the same files are downloaded and retained if one selects "install from
> internet". Is that correct? Can one reliably reinstall from only a CD copy
> of the download directory generated by using "install from internet"?
>
> Larry Hall wrote:
>
> > Depends on your definition of "reliable".
>
> In short, this is an unsafe way to make a backup freeze? If I want a safe
> backup, I should continue to "download from internet" first? What is your
> recommended procedure for making a backup freeze of a partial installation?
>
>
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