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Hi,

Asa Zernik wrote:
> 
> I just tried to install Cygwin on an HP Pavilion running Windows XP Media
> Center Edition (which I think is only different in having a some media

this should not be the cause of the problem.

> 2007/09/10 22:25:26 running: C:\Cygwin\\bin\bash.exe -c
> /etc/postinstall/00ash.sh
> 2007/09/10 22:25:26 abnormal exit: exit code=-1073741515
> 
> Are .sh files the post-install scripts that the install guide mentions? What
> error does the exit code -1073741515 indicate?
> 
See .sh files as .bat like you know from Windows.

It seems that certain files are missing.

> How can I get Cygwin running on my system?

Can you run setup again with downloading the missing files from the 
Internet?

Erich

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