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Stadm1: /* Cygwin Portable Install form Windows Computer to USB Flash Drive */

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Cygwin Portable Install form Windows Computer to USB Flash Drive

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Stadm1: /* Cygwin Install from USB Drive to Local Windows Computer */

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Cygwin Install from USB Drive to Local Windows Computer

Stadm1: /* Install from USB Flash Drive to Local Windows Computer */

2013-07-24T23:12:47Z

Install from USB Flash Drive to Local Windows Computer

Stadm1: /* Install from USB Flash Drive to Local Windows Computer */

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Install from USB Flash Drive to Local Windows Computer

Stadm1: /* Preparing the USB Flash Drive */

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Preparing the USB Flash Drive

Stadm1: /* Cygwin Install from USB Drive to Local Windows Computer */

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Cygwin Install from USB Drive to Local Windows Computer

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Cygwin Install from USB Drive to Local Windows Computer

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Cygwin Install from USB Drive to Local Windows Computer

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 *Click next and on the following menu confirm "Select required packages(RECOMMENDED)" is checked and click next
 *Setup will now install Cygwin locally from the flash drive onto the computer, create Icons if you would like and click finish when done
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+=Cygwin Portable Install from Windows Computer to USB Flash Drive=
 *The following is for setting up Cygwin to be run from a flash drive on a Windows computer so that unix tools may be used wihtout having to install cygwin locally
 *The following assumes that you have the packages you want to install already downloaded(see above) onto a local directory or that you will select the packages and download the yourself from the internet using the cygwin installer

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 *Click next and on the following menu confirm "Select required packages(RECOMMENDED)" is checked and click next
 *Setup will now install Cygwin locally from the flash drive onto the computer, create Icons if you would like and click finish when done
-=Cygwin Portable Install form Windows Computer to USB Flash Drive==
+=Cygwin Portable Install form Windows Computer to USB Flash Drive=
 *The following is for setting up Cygwin to be run from a flash drive on a Windows computer so that unix tools may be used wihtout having to install cygwin locally
 *The following assumes that you have the packages you want to install already downloaded(see above) onto a local directory or that you will select the packages and download the yourself from the internet using the cygwin installer
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 **vim
 **shutdown

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	*Click next and on the following menu confirm "Select required packages(RECOMMENDED)" is checked and click next		*Click next and on the following menu confirm "Select required packages(RECOMMENDED)" is checked and click next
	*Setup will now install Cygwin locally from the flash drive onto the computer, create Icons if you would like and click finish when done		*Setup will now install Cygwin locally from the flash drive onto the computer, create Icons if you would like and click finish when done
		+	=Cygwin Portable Install form Windows Computer to USB Flash Drive==
		+	*The following is for setting up Cygwin to be run from a flash drive on a Windows computer so that unix tools may be used wihtout having to install cygwin locally
		+	*The following assumes that you have the packages you want to install already downloaded(see above) onto a local directory or that you will select the packages and download the yourself from the internet using the cygwin installer
		+	*Create a directory on the root of your drive named cygwin, this is where all your files for cygwin will be stored from the install
		+	**For Example if you have a drive labeled "L:" create a folder at "L:\cygwin\"
		+	*run setup.exe for the cygwin installer and select how you would like to install(local, internet, etc),click next
		+	*IMPORTANT: on the next menu asking you to select your root drive change it so that it selects the install directory to be "L:\cygwin\" where "L:" is the drive letter your USB Flash Drive is assigned, Select install for All Users and then click next
		+	*If you are installing from a local package it will ask you for a local directory, navigate to L:\cygwin_install\local or wherever you keep your local install files, if you are downloading from the internet select a site
		+	*Select the Packages you would like to install on your USB flash Drive, for a minimum install to use for BackupPC the only packages you need are the following:
		+	**rsync
		+	**openssh
		+	**wget
		+	**vim
		+	**shutdown

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-*Click next and on the following menu confirm "
+*Click next and on the following menu confirm "Select required packages(RECOMMENDED)" is checked and click next

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	==Install from USB Flash Drive to Local Windows Computer==		==Install from USB Flash Drive to Local Windows Computer==
		+	*Insert prepared USB flash drive into a Windows Computer and navigate to "L:\cygwin_install", where "L:" is the drive letter assigned to your flash drive
		+	*run setup.exe and click next on introductory menu
		+	*When asked to "Choose a Download Source" select "Install from Local Directory" and click next
		+	*Choose the root install directory, just leave as default and install for All Users
		+	*When asked to select "Local Package Directory" the directory may already be correct(\cygwin_install\local\, if it is not navigate to "L:\cygwin_install\local\" then click next
		+	*When asked to select packages search for the following 5 packages and select them so they will be installed:
		+	**rsync
		+	**openssh
		+	**wget
		+	**vim
		+	**shutdown
		+	*Click next and on the following menu confirm "

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 *Once those 5 packages have been selected click next
 *On the next Menu confirm that "Select required packages(RECOMMENDED)" is checked and click next
-*Setup will download all the required files to the appropriate directory
+*Setup will download all the required files to the appropriate directory, click Finish when complete
 ==Install from USB Flash Drive to Local Windows Computer==

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 =Cygwin Install from USB Drive to Local Windows Computer=
 *To install Cygwin from a USB drive to a local computer the required files must be locally save onto the flash drive
 *Files can be acquired two ways: Ask Eddie for them, rm 6***, or downloaded using the cygwin setup on a Windows computer
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 *On the next menu click direction connection unless you require some sort of proxy to connect to the internet
 *From the Available Download Sites list select any site to download from
-*Next you will be asked to select packages
+*Next you will be asked to select packages, for our purposes of BackupPC the minimum packages are the following

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	=Cygwin Install from USB Drive to Local Windows Computer=		=Cygwin Install from USB Drive to Local Windows Computer=
		+	*To install Cygwin from a USB drive to a local computer the required files must be locally save onto the flash drive
		+	Files can be acquired two ways: Ask Eddie for them, rm 6**, or downloaded using the cygwin setup on a Windows computer
		+	*To download the files from the internet simply navigate to: http://cygwin.com/install.html and download setup.exe for cygwin(64 bit)
		+	*Prior to running the setup create two directories on your USB flash drive to store the setup.exe file and downloaded files
		+	**For Example, if flash drive is drive "L:" create two directories "L:\cygwin_install\" and"L:\cygwin_install\local"
		+	*Copy setup.exe onto the USB flash drive into the folder "cygwin_install"
		+	*Run setup.exe off the USB from a Windows computer
		+	*Click next on the introductory menu
		+	*When it asks you to Choose a Download Source, select Download without Installing, then click next
		+	*When asked for Local Package Directory Browse to "L:\cygwin_install\local" , where "L:" is the letter your USB flash drive is assigned
		+	*On the next menu click direction connection unless you require some sort of proxy to connect to the internet
		+	*From the Available Download Sites list select any site to download from
		+	*Next you will be asked to select packages

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