On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Bill Geddes wrote: > I have been trying to build a customized cygwin install solution. The > goal is/was to put just the necessary packages on a CD and use that as > the 'Install from local directory' source. In this way I could choose > to install everything in one step, and get all the packages I > want/need. To do this, I have built a custom mirror of the cygwin tree > - using wget from a linux workstation. I removed packages that are > unnecessary, and edited the setup.ini file to match what is there. I > burned a CD of this, tried it on a fresh Win2k install, but no luck - > setup finds a way to generate an error but not enough information to > understand what happened. So, I also tried installing from the network > from my custom mirror instead of the CD. Results are likewise bad. > Obviously I have not done this correctly. I have tried installing from > my system's full(no packages deleted, and setup.ini unedited) mirror > with no luck. I have checked and was unable to find any details that > would lead me to believe that building a cygwin mirror is anything but > straight-forward. > > Is building a mirror anything other than downloading packages and > setting up apache to know the location? > Is it possible to create a custom install mirror? If so, has anyone > done this and how? Is the CDROM file tree possible and how?
Bill, For instructions on setting up a custom mirror, see a recent thread on cygwin-apps (<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2003-12/msg00124.html> and on). Make sure you read the whole thread, though. If you want to make an installation CD, Google for 'cygwin install cd site:cygwin.com'. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
