X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <48D41E6D.4050304@cygwin.com> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:49:33 -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 Lightning/0.8 Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: installing cygwin without internet access References: <20080919213723.GA19382@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> In-Reply-To: <20080919213723.GA19382@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> 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 Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 03:55:58PM -0500, David Chan wrote: >> I want to install cygwin on a Windows PC which doesn't have any >> internet access, except that I can FTP files to it.? Is it possible to >> get an installation package that is self-contain? > > It's still very experimental but you could download a cygwin ISO here: > > http://updates.cygwinsolutions.com/*/cygwin-bin.iso > > Where '*' would be the latest available directory at that site - right now > that would be 20080916-21. > > If this doesn't work then it's basically a "Oh well, sorry" proposition > since this is not an official cygwin activity and I don't have a mailing > list set up to discuss problems yet, although I suppose you could send > comments to the cygwin-talk list and still be on-topic there. > > These ISOs are updated hourly. Cool! Sorry for such a technically engaging response but I just couldn't keep it in. ;-) -- 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/