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Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 03:55:58PM -0500, David Chan wrote:
>> I want to install cygwin on a Windows PC which doesn't have any
>> internet access, except that I can FTP files to it.?  Is it possible to
>> get an installation package that is self-contain?
> 
> It's still very experimental but you could download a cygwin ISO here:
> 
> http://updates.cygwinsolutions.com/*/cygwin-bin.iso
> 
> Where '*' would be the latest available directory at that site - right now
> that would be 20080916-21.
> 
> If this doesn't work then it's basically a "Oh well, sorry" proposition
> since this is not an official cygwin activity and I don't have a mailing
> list set up to discuss problems yet, although I suppose you could send
> comments to the cygwin-talk list and still be on-topic there.
> 
> These ISOs are updated hourly.

Cool!

Sorry for such a technically engaging response but I just couldn't keep it
in. ;-)

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