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Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 13:11:41 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Download from internet = 1Mb?! (potential FAQ entry)
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On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 03:43:02PM +0100, fergus AT bonhard DOT uklinux DOT net wrote:
>> CGF wrote
>>>FWIW, the above is exactly how I would do this.
>
>I'll never be so happy again.
>
>This makes me think that the first suggested route "umount - rename -
>download - rename - remount" is probably better (safer, whatever) than
>the second suggested route, just "rename - download - rename".  (And
>it's what you would do if you wanted to *install*, not just download, a
>2nd Cygwin architecture on 1 machine, maybe to compare Base with Full,
>or something.)
>
>If you think it ought to become a FAQ, do I have to do anything, or
>does somebody else pick it up here?

I added the FAQ to the subject so that David would see it.  I don't know his
status, though.  He may not be around right now.

cgf

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