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<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU>  Reformatted.

mtdg wrote:
> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>> mtdg wrote:
>>> I downloaded only cygwin to a flash drive. Later when I tried to do
>>> another
>>> download on a different PC it did not find any of the previous download
>>> and
>>> told me I needed everything.
>> Did you point it at the same download directory on the flash drive?  Did
>> you
>> select the same mirror?
> Yes, but as I said because the drive letter had changed on the flash drive
> is was really a 'different' directory if you see what I mean
> 
> i.e. the inital download was to f:\cygwin\download and the second time it
> was to h:\cygwin\download 

It has less to do with where you put the download directory than whether
'c:\cygwin\etc\setup' exists and is populated.  If you move to a new
machine, most likely this directory (structure) doesn't exist and, even
if it does, it's likely to be different than the first machine.  The moral
of the story?  <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.mirror>

HTH,

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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