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Erez Zilber wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm running Win XP on VirtualBox on an Ubuntu machine. I'm trying to
> install the latest cygwin version (http://cygwin.com/setup.exe). I
> started the installation and selected 'Install from Internet'. Then, I
> expected to see a list of mirrors but it was empty. If I try the exact
> same thing from a real Windows XP machine, everything works fine.

Two questions...

1. Can you ping anything on the internet off your XP under VirtualBox?

2. Are you on a corporate intranet that requires all computers connected
     to it to be some standard corporate distribution of XP?

Ralph

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