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From:	"Gerrit P. Haase" <gp AT familiehaase DOT de>
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To:	Chris Patti <cpatti AT atg DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Date:	Sat, 6 Oct 2001 22:37:12 +0200
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Subject:	Re: Latest cygwin setup.exe 2.78.2.9 crashes when run via VNC
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Chris Patti schrieb am 2001-10-05, 13:19:

>At 01:11 PM 10/5/2001 -0400, John Peacock wrote:
>>Chris Patti wrote:
>> > We have no direct access to an NT server we need to install cygwin on.
>> >
>> > So we're using VNC (WinVNC) to remotely connect to that
>> > server.  Unfortunately the server isn't internet connected so I have all
>> > the cygwin packages on a network drive.
>> >
>> > Every time I try running setup.exe and select "Install from Local
>> > directory" setup.exe dies with an access violation dialog.
>>
>>Can you copy the files from the network share to an actual local drive?
>>I doubt that anything VNC is doing should interfere with the Installer.
>>Maybe there is something wrong with the network connection to the shared

You should try to mount the networkdrive so you can access it like a local 
drive, so it shouldn't be needed to copy all the stuff to a local drive.

I cannot say how it is called in an english NT, sorry.
I need to click on 'extras' in explorer and there you can 
'connect?' net-drives. Is 'extras' in english NT called 'tools' maybe?

Gerrit


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