X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4672CB02.9070204@cygwin.com> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:23:14 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Batch installation, possibly without setup.exe? References: <4672BAA4.80203@bonhard.uklinux.net> In-Reply-To: <4672BAA4.80203@bonhard.uklinux.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com fergus wrote: > > I'm not sure why 'setup.exe' would take significantly longer to > > install than a copy when it comes to putting it on a USB drive > > (never tried it). > > Obviously, you'd skip the download part and install from a > > previously downloaded local directory of packages (that got created > > when you installed Cygwin on the source machine). > > Yes, the time taken isn't in the downloading but in the writing to the > USB device. I think this is a feature of Windows' management of the > activity, however it's contrived (whether setup or copy or unzip). I > wrote to the flash drive manufacturer with a sheaf of time stats, > moaning about the geological duration of minor tasks. They replied, > That's normal. > > On the other hand, if (as I intended to make clear but didn't) you > devolve the task to Linux with > > cp -vr /host /target # or equivalent > > then the whole thing absolutely flies along, the blue light flashing on > the target device like a cop car, and the file audit screaming up the > screen too fast even to count the pages. I reckon 160,000 files / 3.6G > in less than an hour (I've got a lot under /home/). Quite what holds > Windows up, I can't think. It would be easier to hew the files out of > granite. Perhaps a virus scanner or other "protection" software is getting involved in the Windows case? -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/