Re: Hi, Installing from a CD-ROM.

[Andy Civil <putmyfullnamehere at hotmail dot com>]

M.G.A. wrote:
> Hi,
> 	I want to install cygwin on a laptop that doesn't have Internet access, so I 
> want to use a CDROM.
>
> 	I've made a CD with cygwin packages, I have not respected the same structure 
> "release/directoryofpackage" in the ftp mirror. 
>
> 	I've read in FAQ that you have to use "install from internet" feature, but 
> that does setup freeze.
>
> 	When  I run "setup" in the laptop it only appears two packages.
> 	I've done a query in the mailinglist archive with no success either. 
>
> 	So where should I place the dirs with the packages and how should I run 
> setup.exe ?
> 	
> 	
> ---
> mga

I just did something similar, which worked apart from the problem I 
posted before yours. I downloaded (only) to my D:/ drive, then switched 
my C:/ drive to a new installation with no internet access, and 
installed (only) from the files on the D:/ drive. It follows that if you 
preserve the file structure it should work. CD's are cheap, I suggest 
you try again. If it's the file names that are a problem, use zip.

--
Andy



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