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Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 13:59:38 +0100
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From: Alexander Anderson <lists AT almide DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Subject: Help with setup utility (v1.43)
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Dear Cygwin mailing list,


    I use NT4 (ServicePack 3) for texty, webby design stuff.


    Although  I'm not a UNIX "guru", I'd like to use UNIX commands some-
times, because I can't stand NT DOS and I can never find out how to  op-
erate  it  these days.  This is why I've become interested in Cygwin.


    I  am trying to install the latest Cygwin 1.1.1.  Cygwin and all the
mirror site say to use setup.exe to download the latest version and  in-
stall it for you.  Unfortunately setup never seems to be able to connect
-- and I'm not really sure why.  It gives the same  error,  whether  I'm
connected to the Internet or not:


        J:\Cupboard.my\archive.zip\CygWin\latest>setup
    
    
        This is the Cygwin setup utility (v1.43),
        built on May  2 2000 01:00:30.
        
        Use this program to install the latest version of the Cygwin Utilities
        from the Internet.
        
        Alternatively, if you already have already downloaded the appropriate files
        to the current directory (and subdirectories below it), this program can use
        those as the basis for your installation.
        
        If you are installing from the Internet, please run this program in an empty
        temporary directory.
        
        Press <enter> to accept the default value.
        Root directory? [C:\] c:\
        Install from the current directory (d) or from the Internet (i)? [i] i
        Connecting to sourceware.cygnus.com...(try 40)
        Couldn't connect to ftp site.
        The parameter is incorrect.
        
        Unable to retrieve the list of cygwin mirrors.
        Couldn't connect to download site.
        
        J:\Cupboard.my\archive.zip\CygWin\latest>


    Maybe it's the way I connect to the Internet?  I connect to the  In-
ternet  via a British news and mail reader, "Turnpike".  It has it's own
TCP/IP stack.  When connected via Turnpike, Internet Explorer works fine
as does FTP from the DOS prompt.


    Please,  will  someone  tell  me  why  I get this problem with setup
(432,128 bytes) and how to get the latest version installed.  (No, I  do
not want to buy the CD.)  Ever since finding out about Cygwin, I've felt
a bit like "the old lady who swallowed a fly".


With kind regards,


Sandy
-- 
Alexander Anderson

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