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Subject: Using setup.exe for a different computer
From: Merek Thorondursson <merek DOT thorondursson AT gmail DOT com>
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Using setup.exe for a different computer
Tuesday March 02, 2010

I have looked through the FAQ's and archives for a solution
to my problem, but have gotten hopelessly lost and cannot
find anyone with the same problem.  The closest I found was
a (rather interesting) 2003 post about a CD installation.

I use two computers.  The one which is connected to the
Internet is a Windows 98 Second Edition machine.  The one
on which I hope to use Cygwin uses Windows XP Pro with SP2.

The setup.exe file I downloaded matches the Cygwin 1.7.x
installation, which is what I want.  However, the machine
I use to access the Internet is greeted with the error
message that Cygwin 1.7 doesn't run on Windows 95, 98 or ME
and suggests that I use an older 1.5 version.

I anticipate that setup.exe looks at the local operating
system prior to searching for/retrieving packages.  I don't
want to use an older 1.5 Cygwin on my XP box.  It has no
Internet connection, so I can't use it to fetch the packages.

I got the impression that setup.exe would download files
which could later be installed, and I planned to carry those
from this machine to that one via a USB flash drive.

What operation am I missing that will allow me to use this
Windows 98 SE machine to retrieve packages for 1.7?

Patiently yours

   --- Merek

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