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Re: Installing w/o setup.ini

From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>
To: <aschwarz1309 at att dot net>,<cygwin at cygwin dot com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 21:38:26 -0000
Subject: Re: Installing w/o setup.ini
References: <20021125193732.TDJZ21264.mtiwmhc14.worldnet.att.net@mtiwebc15>

aschwarz1309@att.net <aschwarz1309@att.net> wrote:

> I am attempting to install Cygwin from a CD-ROM containing downloaded
> Cygwin files (src and bin) but which does not have a
> setup.ini/setup.hint. I do not have a Cygwin/Unix enabled computer or
> access to the net and can't use, e.g., Polley Christopher W. (8 Nov
> 2002) script to generate a .ini file. Is there any way to do an
> installation? 
> 
> Can I retrieve .ini/.hint files from ftp sites? How?

First: setup.hint files are for packagers only *not* for end users.

Why not just run setup.exe, and let it download a setup.ini for you?

Max.


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