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surendar jeyadev wrote:
> 
> --- "Larry Hall (Cygwin)"
> <reply-to-list-only-lh <at> cygwin <dot> com> wrote:

<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>.  Thanks.

>>surendar jeyadev wrote:
>>
>>>I am trying to install Cygwin on a standard
>>
>>Windows XP
>>
>>>set up.
>>>When I run 'setup.exe', it hangs at the point
>>
>>where is
>>
>>>starts
>>>to download the 'mirrors.lst' file. The is no
>>
>>activity
>>
>>>in the
>>>progress bar and I noted no disk or net activity
>>
>>for
>>
>>>30 min.
>>>Retried 3 times to no avail. The log file is
>>
>>included
>>
>>>below.
>>
>>
>>Can you reach <http://cygwin.com/mirrors.lst> from
>>your
>>browser?  Are you using an FTP mirror?  If so, try
>>an
>>HTTP mirror instead.  Or try:
>>
>>
> 
> <http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/cygwin/setup-2.513-alpha.exe>
> 
> Yes, I could reach <http://cygwin.com/mirrors.lst>
> without
> any problems.
> I was using 'Direct Connection to the Internet'.
> I fetched 'setup-2.513-alpha.exe' and it failed the
> same way.
> The log file is identical.
> 
> As things are not even getting to step 1, could there
> be
> something more fundamental at work -- such as
> communication
> problems? 


That's what I suspect, yes.  You mentioned that you're using
'Direct Connection to the Internet' for 'setup.exe'.  Is that
the same method your browser uses to connect to the Internet?

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