> Mandriva is on this current machine.
>
> So I feel I want Cygwin on an XP machine, which
> is not connected to the net. Looking at Cygwin
> FAQ, it seems its all installed using setup.exe
> direct from the net.

Have found I can do without it for now.

> Can anyone advise if its possible to download
> the Cygwin packages, move them across to an
> isolated machine, use Cygwin exe, then plonk
> packages into /cache and install from there ?

I haven't tried downloading it and running it.
Will do that sometime, and see what it says.

> I suppose a Live CD for the isolated machine to
> get it on-line would be another option.

Silly. Running Linux doesn't help with running a
Win app.