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From:	"Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT syncretize DOT net>
To:	"Elfyn McBratney" <elfyn AT exposure DOT org DOT uk>, "Cygwin ML" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: setup.exe fails to find mirrors
Date:	Sun, 30 Jun 2002 10:38:17 +1000
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Elfyn McBratney" <elfyn AT exposure DOT org DOT uk>
To: "Cygwin ML" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>; "Robert Collins"
<robert DOT collins AT syncretize DOT net>
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: setup.exe fails to find mirrors


> If your behind a router (big pipe ------ :) it wont take long... Just goto
a
> mirror like sources.redhat.com and download the packages you want/need
into
> a dir. Run setup once downloaded and choose install from local dir, and
> chhose the dir you dl'd to. It should start to install...

As Chris said, sources.redhat.com isn't a mirror site. Also as an end user,
setup should be able to do this for you. Going 'behind the scenes' and
downloading individual files should never be forced on a cygwin user.

Rob


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