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From: Thorsten Kampe <thorsten@thorstenkampe.de>
Subject:  Re: Problems installing Cygwin on Windows XP
Date:  Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:46:21 +0100
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* cwcarlsonc@cox.net (Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:43:53 -0400)
> Today, I tried to install it on my Windows XP system at work. I
> downloaded the entire release ("Download without Installing") and
> copied this to a CD. I got the release from kernel.org. I had to do
> this because we don't have full Internet access at work.
> 
> It installed Cygwin from the CD without a problem, or so it seemed. No
> errors during the installation. I told it to "Install" everything.

Crappy. Now you have a bloated system with hundreds or thousands of 
applications you never heard of and will never use.
 
> When I run bash.bat, it claims it can't find cygwin1.dll. I searched
> all through C:\cygwin and can't find a cygwin1.dll. From where is
> cygwin1.dll supposed to come? Isn't it part of the normal
> installation?

Sure. C:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll
 
> Given that such an integral part of the installation is missing, how
> do I know if some other important part is missing? Where can I get a
> cygwin1.dll that corresponds to the release I just downloaded?

Read the setup.log and setup.log.full files and then reinstall (after 
analyzing and fixing the original problem).

Thorsten


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