X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4B5D9FCE.1080805@bmts.com> References: <4B5D9FCE.1080805@bmts.com> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:26:47 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Cannot install cygwin on Win XP on VirtualBox From: Erez Zilber To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: 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 On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Ralph Hempel wrote: > Erez Zilber wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm running Win XP on VirtualBox on an Ubuntu machine. I'm trying to >> install the latest cygwin version (http://cygwin.com/setup.exe). I >> started the installation and selected 'Install from Internet'. Then, I >> expected to see a list of mirrors but it was empty. If I try the exact >> same thing from a real Windows XP machine, everything works fine. > > Two questions... > > 1. Can you ping anything on the internet off your XP under VirtualBox? It looks like I had a configuration problem in VirtualBox. I was using NAT. Changing that seems to solve the problem. The cygwin installer is downloading the packages now. Thanks, Erez -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple