X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4C3426D3.4030707@bonhard.uklinux.net> Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:03:47 +0100 From: Fergus User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Cygwin ML CC: Fergus Subject: Coping with large iso files for network-independent Cygwin installation Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 I made separate iso files (setup*exe + setup*ini + release*/) for the Legacy version [1.5] and current version [1.7]. At 4335495168 and 5039841280 respectively they are both too large to reside on a FAT32 file system, and the larger one can't be burned to an installation DVD. I put both on a 16G NTFS stick along with ancient portable freeware VirtualCDRom (which does what it says but allows arbitrarily?? high capacity disks) and then install directly to a host machine. Easy and convenient. (Of course, for local installations I guess one could omit *src*bz2 thus drastically reducing both sizes to be DVD-resident.) Then I realised: all the files setup*exe + setup*ini + release*/ fit on the stick anyway: creating *.iso and using VirtualCDRom are redundant steps. Nevertheless, it is a tantalising problem: what's the best answer to give to a 3rd party who wants to install [1.7] on a machine without network access? Fergus -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple