Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com X-Apparently-From: Message-ID: <3ABBD4DB.E7B9B6BF@yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 17:57:31 -0500 From: Earnie Boyd X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Case CC: cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Subject: Re: problems with setup.exe References: <20010323104831 DOT A7391 AT gamow DOT scripps DOT edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit David Case wrote: > > I've used cygwin for years, but setup.exe recently fails for me on > Windows 2000 (where it used to work). Here is the setup.log.full file: > > 2001/03/23 10:24:31 Starting cygwin install > Current Directory: C:\Documents and Settings\case\Desktop > source: network install > Selected local directory: C:\Documents and Settings\case\Desktop > root: C:\cygwin binary user > net: IE5 > get_url_to_string http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/mirrors.lst > get_url_to_string failed! > net: IE5 > 2001/03/23 10:25:08 Ending cygwin install > > This is the version of setup.exe downloaded today. I have IE5 installed. > The FAQ mentions a problem like this (not being able to download the > mirrors.lst), and suggests "use a different mirror". But there is no place > prior to this in setup.exe where one can choose a mirror. > > The mail archives show a similar problem last August > , > but there IE5 was not installed. Selecting either the "direct connection" > button, or the "ftp proxy" button results in the same > "get_url_to_string failed!" message. > > Of course it's possible that networking on my machine is somehow hosed, > although no other symptoms of problems exist. Any suggestions would > be greatly appreciated! > > (I really like cygwin and use it all the time....) > What if you choose "Direct Connection"? You may just be hitting a busy server, try again later. Earnie. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple