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Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 21:42:13 -0400
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Subject: Re: Question about multiple installs
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> To save on bandwidth, for doing multiple installs of Cygwin across many
> machines, is it simply a matter of mirroring one of the mirrors
> locally, and then running the setup program and directing it fetch
> files from the local network?

Yes.  Make sure you preserve the directory structure.  Or, install
cygwin on any one machine.  Setup will prompt you for a local
directory (which defaults to the current directory).  When setup is
done, all the files you need will have already been correctly mirrored
to that directory.

> But must the local installation files be accessible by ftp, or can they
> simply be local files on a shared drive?

Setup can install from ftp, http, or a local directory.  For a local
directory, choose "install from local directory" instead of "install
from internet".

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