Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: "Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail)" To: Subject: RE: Added setup.exe to User's Guide Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 23:15:47 +0100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 In-Reply-To: > From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf > Of Andrew M. Inggs --8<-- > > 3. *Move* the ENTIRE cache directory onto a CDR (or whatever) - do NOT > > change anything within the cache. > > Specifically for CD-R, I have had trouble doing this because the > URL-encoded directories that setup.exe creates to keep track of which > mirror you select are not ISO9660 or Joliet friendly. I usually just > rename the directory before burning to CD-R. $ cd /CYGCACHE $ echo 'ftp%3a%2f%2fsunsite.dk%2fmirrors%2fcygwin' | wc -c 42 -- Nero Burning Rom Help -- In "Joliet", file and directory names are allowed up to 64 characters long. There are no restrictions in directory depth, the typeface is extended. --8<-- I can't remember having problems with this... so WFM. --8<-- > > Comments or Corrections anyone? > > (Don't say I got it right on the first try, I wouldn't believe you! ;-) > > I Knew it, I KNEW IT :-] So; There needs to be a notice about filesystem limitations /Hannu E K Nevalainen, Mariefred, Sweden --END OF MESSAGE-- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/