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Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 17:57:31 -0500
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject: Re: problems with setup.exe
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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
> <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2000-08/msg01111.html>,
> 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.

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