From 6c7303cd5f8bc51249d24b50ca775269b74a273c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joshua Daniel Franklin Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 04:56:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * setup-net.sgml: Make suggested additions to setup.exe documentation --- winsup/doc/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ winsup/doc/setup-net.sgml | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++----- 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog index f32a6fd40..fad87057b 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2003-03-26 Joshua Daniel Franklin + + * setup-net.sgml: Make suggested additions to setup.exe documentation + 2003-03-23 Joshua Daniel Franklin * setup-net.sgml: Improve setup.exe documentation diff --git a/winsup/doc/setup-net.sgml b/winsup/doc/setup-net.sgml index 280c41401..c9b692712 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/setup-net.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/setup-net.sgml @@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ URL="http://cygwin.com/">http://cygwin.com/ and click on "Install Cygwin Now!". This will download a GUI installer called setup.exe which can be run to download a complete cygwin installation via the internet. -Follow the instructions on each screen to install Cygwin. +Follow the instructions on each screen to install Cygwin. + The setup.exe installer is designed to be easy @@ -27,6 +28,10 @@ which you can choose by experimenting with those listed at http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html . For more details about each of page of the setup.exe installation, read on below. +Please note that this guide assumes that you have a basic understanding +of Unix (or a Unix-like OS). If you are new to Unix, you will also want +to make use of +other resources. Download Source @@ -44,11 +49,21 @@ second (installing the contents of the packages). The Download from Internet option is mainly for creating a base Cygwin package tree on one computer for installation on several machines with -Install from Local Directory. +Install from Local Directory; copy the +entire local package tree to another machine with the directory +tree intact. For example, you might create a C:\cache\ +directory and place setup.exe in it. Run +setup.exe to Install from Internet +or Download from Internet, then copy the whole +C:\cache\ to each machine and instead choose +Install from Local Directory. Unfortunately +setup.exe does not yet support unattended installs. + + Though this provides some basic mirroring functionality, if you -are managing a wide Cygwin installation we recommend using a mirroring -tool such as wget. A helpful user on the Cygwin -mailing list created a simple demonstration script to accomplish +are managing a wide Cygwin installation, to keep up to date we recommend +using a mirroring tool such as wget. A helpful user on +the Cygwin mailing list created a simple demonstration script to accomplish this; search the list for mkcygwget for ideas.