Re: Custom cygwin install mirror

[Bill Geddes <wgeddes at wgeddes dot com>]

Thanks.  The information on that website is very useful.  
I believe I would have succeeded previously if I had used the 'upset'
script.  


On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 07:38, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> 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?
> 
> 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
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Bill Geddes <wgeddes at wgeddes dot com>


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