Re: Crash during setup

[Nicholas Wourms <nwourms@yahoo.com>]

Hi,

Are you using an exisiting folder for your local package directory?  If
so, it is reccommended that you use an empty, new folder.  Just something
I noticed, because otherwise setup.exe is searching all over an existing
folder for setup.ini and may possibly be picking up the wrong one.  Also,
if you are already using a designated folder only for cygwin downloads,
then I suggest clearing out what had been created by previous attempts and
retry from a different mirror.

Cheers,
Nicholas
--- Sebastian Schuberth <s.schuberth@tu-bs.de> wrote:
> Randall,
> 
> I've just tried it once more, and right now 25 minutes have passed 
> without any progress. I still see this dumb blank page.
> 
> BTW: My CPU usage is 100%!
> 
> -- 
> 
> Sebastian Schuberth
> 
> > Sebastian,
> > 
> > Patience is one suggestion. I have a fast machine with fast disks and
> a 
> > fast, dual-channel SCSI I/O adaptor (and the install cache and the
> Cygwin 
> > working directories are on separate disks and those disks are on
> separate 
> > I/O channels) and still it takes a long time for Setup to determine
> what to 
> > offer to install. There simply are a lot of separate I/O operations to
> 
> > perform to prepare the installation list.
> > 
> > There have been reports that indicate CPU saturation while the 
> > "intentionally blank [sic]" page is displayed. That's not the case for
> 
> > normal operation, of course. Use the "Processes" tab of the "Windows
> Task 
> > Manager" to check for this condition. If the CPU utilization is low,
> then 
> > Setup is probably still comparing your install cache to your active 
> > installation.
> > 
> > 
> > Randall Schulz
> > Mountain View, CA USA
> > 
> > 
> > At 15:11 2002-05-21, Sebastian Schuberth wrote:
> > >Hi there,
> > >
> > >I'm trying to run Cygwin setup 2.218.2.9 on Win2k but it always
> crashes at 
> > >the same point: After selecting the mirror and downloading setup.ini
> a 
> > >page saying "This space intentionally left blank" appears and the
> program 
> > >does not respond to input anymore. The only way to close it is to
> kill the 
> > >task. Any hints how to avoid this?
> > >
> > >--
> > >
> > >Sebastian Schuberth
> 
> 
> 
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