Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <00b801c21fca$aedc8e60$0dcbfea9@emcbfsserv> Reply-To: "Elfyn McBratney" From: "Elfyn McBratney" To: "Cygwin ML" , "Robert Collins" References: <000d01c21fca$73240330$1800a8c0 AT LAPTOP> Subject: Re: setup.exe fails to find mirrors Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 01:11:25 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 If your behind a router (big pipe ------ :) it wont take long... Just goto a mirror like sources.redhat.com and download the packages you want/need into a dir. Run setup once downloaded and choose install from local dir, and chhose the dir you dl'd to. It should start to install... Regards, Elfyn McBratney elfyn AT exposure DOT org DOT uk _____________________________________________ Exposure Internet/Intranet http://www.exposure.org.uk This e-mail is private and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication please alert the sender or alternatively return mail to emails AT exposure DOT org DOT uk. If the reader of this e-mail is not an intended recipient, you have received this e-mail in error. Please contact emails AT exposure DOT org DOT uk immediately by return mail and permanently deleting the copy(s) you have received. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Collins" To: ; Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 1:09 AM Subject: Re: setup.exe fails to find mirrors > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dennis Foreman" > To: > Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 5:10 AM > Subject: setup.exe fails to find mirrors > > > > I have tried for 2 days to get setup.exe to find the mirrors so it can do > > the downloads and it consistently reports the failure: > > getUrlToStream-http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/mirrors.lst. If I paste > this > > address into a browser, I do get the list. > > > > The error is instantaneous with clicking on Direct Connection+next. I am > > using Windows XP Pro, behind a router. The FAQ says to check my > connections. > > They are OK. All my other internet access is OK. > > > > I searched this forum for "router download" and there were no relevant > hits. > > Since this is the "recommended" method of getting the cygwin packages, can > > someone help in getting it to work. > > Sure. Have you tried either of the other two connection methods (proxy, IE5) > ? > > Rob > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/