X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: RE: setup.exe -> BSOD Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:54:46 -0400 Message-ID: <31DDB7BE4BF41D4888D41709C476B65704168F71@NIHCESMLBX5.nih.gov> In-Reply-To: <20060911124918.GB10375@localhost.localdomain> From: "Buchbinder, Barry \(NIH/NIAID\) [E]" To: "John Smith" , X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id k8BCstoH018649 John Smith wrote: > Having successfully installed Cygwin on my desktop machine (XP Home, > SP2, fully patched), I wanted to install it on my laptop (XP Pro, > SP2, fully patched). I downloaded the current setup.exe and ran it, > accepting the default values till I came to the "choice of mirror" > screen. I chose my mirror, and clicked on "Next". The machine showed > me a split-second Blue Screen of Death, then rebooted. Three repeated > attempts brought exactly the same result. > > I fully realise that I am not providing enough information for anyone > to solve my problem, but I do not know what else might be useful. I > am happy to supply whatever info might help. For now, I am > definitively stuck. > > John Smith Tried re-downloading setup.exe? Maybe it got corrupted. You might also try a setup snapshot. http://cygwin.com/setup/snapshots/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/