init_cygheap::etc_changed: Can't open /etc for checki ng, Win32 error 2

init_cygheap::etc_changed: Can't open /etc for checki ng, Win32 error 2

[TiP]

Hello cygwin,

   Can't install CYGWIN normally. Almost every program tells me something like that.

     80 [main] BASH 572339 init_cygheap::etc_changed: Can't open /etc for checki
ng, Win32 error 2

   Win98. Installation goes to C:\WINDEX\CYGWIN.
   There were some messages about same behavior in the mailing list
   about two or three months ago, but no solutions were posted.

   There is something strange about setup.log here:
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2002/09/12 00:10:38 Starting cygwin install, version 2.249.2.5
2002/09/12 00:10:38 Current Directory: D:\Cygwin
2002/09/12 00:10:42 source: from cwd
2002/09/12 00:10:44 root: c:\windex\cygwin text system
2002/09/12 00:10:48 root: c:\windex\cygwin text user
2002/09/12 00:10:53 Selected local directory: D:\Cygwin
2002/09/12 00:10:55 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/ash/ash-20020731-1.tar.bz2
2002/09/12 00:10:56 compress_bz::error called
2002/09/12 00:10:56 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/bash/bash-2.05b-3.tar.bz2
2002/09/12 00:10:56 compress_bz::error called
2002/09/12 00:10:57 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/cygwin/cygwin-1.3.12-4.tar.bz2
2002/09/12 00:10:57 compress_bz::error called
2002/09/12 00:10:59 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/diff/diff-1.0-1.tar.bz2
2002/09/12 00:10:59 compress_bz::error called
2002/09/12 00:10:59 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/diffutils/diffutils-2.8.1-1.tar.bz2
2002/09/12 00:10:59 compress_bz::error called
2002/09/12 00:11:01 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/fileutils/fileutils-4.1-1.tar.bz2
2002/09/12 00:11:01 compress_bz::error called
2002/09/12 00:11:02 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/findutils/findutils-4.1.7-4.tar.bz2
2002/09/12 00:11:02 compress_bz::error called
2002/09/12 00:11:02 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/gawk/gawk-3.1.1-2.tar.bz2
2002/09/12 00:11:03 compress_bz::error called
2002/09/12 00:11:04 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/gdbm/gdbm-1.8.0-4.tar.bz2
2002/09/12 00:11:04 compress_bz::error called
2002/09/12 00:11:04 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/grep/grep-2.5-1.tar.bz2
2002/09/12 00:11:04 compress_bz::error called
2002/09/12 00:11:04 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/gzip/gzip-1.3.3-4.tar.bz2
2002/09/12 00:11:04 compress_bz::error called
2002/09/12 00:11:04 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/libiconv/libiconv2/libiconv2-1.8-2.tar.bz2
2002/09/12 00:11:05 compress_bz::error called
2002/09/12 00:11:05 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/gettext/libintl2/libintl2-0.11.2-2.tar.bz2
2002/09/12 00:11:05 compress_bz::error called
2002/09/12 00:11:05 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/ncurses/libncurses5/libncurses5-5.2-1.tar.bz2
2002/09/12 00:11:05 compress_bz::error called
2002/09/12 00:11:05 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/ncurses/libncurses6/libncurses6-5.2-8.tar.bz2
2002/09/12 00:11:05 compress_bz::error called
2002/09/12 00:11:06 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/readline/libreadline4/libreadline4-4.1-2.tar.bz2
2002/09/12 00:11:06 compress_bz::error called
2002/09/12 00:11:06 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/readline/libreadline5/libreadline5-4.3-1.tar.bz2
2002/09/12 00:11:06 compress_bz::error called
2002/09/12 00:11:06 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/login/login-1.4-4.tar.bz2
2002/09/12 00:11:06 compress_bz::error called
2002/09/12 00:11:06 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/ncurses/ncurses-5.2-8.tar.bz2
2002/09/12 00:11:06 compress_bz::error called
2002/09/12 00:11:12 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/pcre/pcre-3.7-1.tar.bz2
2002/09/12 00:11:12 compress_bz::error called
2002/09/12 00:11:12 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/readline/readline-4.3-1.tar.bz2
2002/09/12 00:11:12 compress_bz::error called
2002/09/12 00:11:13 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/sed/sed-3.02-1.tar.gz
2002/09/12 00:11:13 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/sh-utils/sh-utils-2.0-2.tar.gz
2002/09/12 00:11:14 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/tar/tar-1.13.19-1.tar.gz
2002/09/12 00:11:14 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/termcap/termcap-20020403-1.tar.bz2
2002/09/12 00:11:14 compress_bz::error called
2002/09/12 00:11:14 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/terminfo/terminfo-5.2-3.tar.bz2
2002/09/12 00:11:14 compress_bz::error called
2002/09/12 00:11:25 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/texinfo/texinfo-4.2-3.tar.bz2
2002/09/12 00:11:25 compress_bz::error called
2002/09/12 00:11:27 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/textutils/textutils-2.0.21-1.tar.bz2
2002/09/12 00:11:27 compress_bz::error called
2002/09/12 00:11:28 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/which/which-1.5-1.tar.bz2
2002/09/12 00:11:28 compress_bz::error called
2002/09/12 00:11:28 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/zlib/zlib-1.1.4-1.tar.bz2
2002/09/12 00:11:28 compress_bz::error called
2002/09/12 00:11:28 Installing file://D:\Cygwin/release/_update-info-dir/_update-info-dir-00060-1.tar.bz2
2002/09/12 00:11:28 compress_bz::error called
2002/09/12 00:11:31 running: c:\windex\cygwin\bin\sh.exe -c /etc/postinstall/gdbm.sh
2002/09/12 00:11:32 running: c:\windex\cygwin\bin\sh.exe -c /etc/postinstall/readline.sh
2002/09/12 00:11:33 running: c:\windex\cygwin\bin\sh.exe -c /etc/postinstall/update-info-dir.sh
2002/09/12 00:11:38 running: command.com /c C:\WINDEX\cygwin\etc\\postinstall\passwd-grp.bat
2002/09/12 00:11:41 mbox note: Installation Complete
2002/09/12 00:11:45 Ending cygwin install
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And there was similar to...

80 [main] BASH 572339 init_cygheap::etc_changed: Can't open /etc for checking, Win32 error 2

...error, when running
2002/09/12 00:11:38 running: command.com /c C:\WINDEX\cygwin\etc\\postinstall\passwd-grp.bat

What can I do to install it properly?
--
 TiP


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