From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 41659 invoked by alias); 27 Jan 2020 21:25:28 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 41635 invoked by uid 89); 27 Jan 2020 21:25:24 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 spammy=148GB, DLLs, 148gb, dlls X-HELO: smtp-out-so.shaw.ca Received: from smtp-out-so.shaw.ca (HELO smtp-out-so.shaw.ca) (64.59.136.139) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Mon, 27 Jan 2020 21:25:20 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.114] ([24.64.172.44]) by shaw.ca with ESMTP id wBsji9pkMRnrKwBskieRWm; Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:25:19 -0700 Reply-To: Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca Subject: Re: anyone interested in loading a portable drive? To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: From: Brian Inglis Message-ID: <1683b370-c96c-5253-5256-bd64fe4e0e20@SystematicSw.ab.ca> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 21:25:00 -0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.4.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2020-01/txt/msg00259.txt.bz2 On 2020-01-27 09:17, Bill Stewart wrote: > On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 9:33 PM aimedtech wrote: > >> Okay, this is a complaint. I've spent the past few days trying to >> download the Cygwin system and gotten nowhere. I've tried several >> download environments, using different protocols, nothing works. > > Remember that we can't see your screen. > > When you say that something didn't work, you have to say how it didn't > work. https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20100421-00/?p=14283 > > First, try reading the error message. > https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20090625-00/?p=17753 You said your install is a decade old: rename any old /etc/passwd or /etc/group files as those could cause problems nowadays if not regenerated, and you no longer really need them, and should consult the User Guide for those uses. Don't use user names, home, root, or package directory names with spaces, or C:\ as root directory: you should have full control over those directories, and run setup with an admin id so it can run elevated. Select only the packages you need to install, as all packages take 148GB, which will take a while to download, as long to install, and a lot of virtual memory to run (assuming you're installing a 64 bit system, and have a lot of paging space; if not, it won't install and won't run, as installing a lot of packages using a lot of DLLs may require more than 3-4GB address space). You should stop and exit all Cygwin processes so none are running while you run setup. See https://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#faq.setup.setup-fails Most problems with setup are network problems: in case it's not network, attach setup.log.full (possibly in /var/log/ or the directory from which you ran setup) as a plain text attachment for diagnosis. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple