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Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 08:10:37 +1000 (EST)
From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Danny=20Smith?= <danny_r_smith_2001 AT yahoo DOT co DOT nz>
Subject: Re: setup error: MSVCRT.DLL on Windows ME
To: "Davis, William" <wdavis01 AT harris DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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 --- "Davis, William" <wdavis01 AT harris DOT com> wrote: > Sorry if this is a
repeat for anyone, but I do not see the message
> in the mailing list archives and I see some of my replies after it.
> Perhaps this was discarded because it was sent before I subscribed
> to the list to read replies.
> 
> I am trying to install CYGWIN on a Sony VAIO laptop that is running
> Windows Millenium Edition.
> 
> I checked the FAQ and searched the mailing list archives but this
> problem does not seem to be mentioned.  I also searched the web with
> a
> couple of search engines but that did not turn up anything relevant.
> 
> I tried to install two different ways: network and download for local
> install.  I did not check the src box for any of the packages on
> either
> attempt.
> 
> NETWORK INSTALL ATTEMPT:
> 
> I tried the online install, but it always hangs.  Something mentioned
> virus scanners, so I ftp'ed setup.exe and scanned it and then ran it
> locally.  It hangs and I think this log is from that attempt:
> 
> 2001/09/27 11:29:57 Starting cygwin install, version 2.78.2.9
> Current Directory: D:\FutureSTT\cygwin_local_package_temp
> source: network install
> Selected local directory: D:\FutureSTT\cygwin_local_package_temp
> source: download
> Selected local directory: D:\FutureSTT\cygwin_local_package_temp
> net: Direct
> get_url_to_string http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/mirrors.lst
> site: ftp://planetmirror.com/pub/sourceware/cygwin
> get_url_to_string
> ftp://planetmirror.com/pub/sourceware/cygwin/setup.ini
> ftp > h
> ftp > h
> ftp > h
> ...  lots more lines with h as the command (which does not seem like
> a
> good command to be handing to ftp).
> 


Did you disable your virus scanner before running setup.exe?  At least
one I know of has crazy problems with programs that use CreateProcess
under Win9x.

Danny

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