From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 102085 invoked by alias); 27 Jan 2020 06:46:02 -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 101994 invoked by uid 89); 27 Jan 2020 06:46:01 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=3.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,EXECUTABLE_URI,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_EXEURI,LIKELY_SPAM_BODY,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.1 spammy=disney, nowadays, installer, prime X-HELO: mout.gmx.com Received: from mout.gmx.com (HELO mout.gmx.com) (74.208.4.201) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Mon, 27 Jan 2020 06:45:59 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=mail.com; s=dbd5af2cbaf7; t=1580107558; bh=rQqmX0+/otFCv+8c7vIpSaSlrhl9GFyuJZ95sfEm8eQ=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:Subject:To:References:From:Date:In-Reply-To; b=gZzigV7BfkQ2YODC69S0gT+8PfoCY1xBd1RqXx+t2gX11LFqJTpmP9eTYPk4eEL2m OEG92+XEJI7o82+LSctx5IDCl+bXMkhivRvsSSeRy1vpz7znzrAa4jTHjEqFjpHurY SFCaVLVBCYDurtgq2zmQ0jGwS2AGx0jCHjA9S2rM= X-UI-Sender-Class: 214d933f-fd2f-45c7-a636-f5d79ae31a79 Received: from johndoe65534.mail.com ([213.214.34.30]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmxus002 [74.208.5.15]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0Mdr3L-1jF252205t-00PdQy for ; Mon, 27 Jan 2020 07:45:57 +0100 Subject: Re: anyone interested in loading a portable drive? To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <74ef1f18-6d10-4a99-c3d8-76df7ab811c0@SystematicSw.ab.ca> From: john doe Message-ID: <8d391df9-3dd9-9197-0196-4d4edd2b14d8@mail.com> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 06:46:00 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <74ef1f18-6d10-4a99-c3d8-76df7ab811c0@SystematicSw.ab.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2020-01/txt/msg00247.txt.bz2 On 1/27/2020 7:38 AM, Brian Inglis wrote: > On 2020-01-26 21:33, aimedtech wrote: >> Okay, this is a complaint. I've spent the past few days trying to downl= oad >> the Cygwin system and gotten nowhere. I've tried several download >> environments, using different protocols, nothing works. >> >> And this is beyond being a pain, this is getting to be a real problem for >> me. No, that's not right -- it is a problem for me, NOW. >> >> I remember, I downloaded, installed it and used it, this was about a dec= ade >> ago. Then, the area for naming the machine download sites would fill in >> automatically; Today, no. I chose a couple and tried them, one at a time. >> Neither worked >> >> I'm not sure if this message is to just tell you that your install is ve= ry >> broken and goodbye or if I'm asking for help. >> >> I am willing to send someone a USB 1TB drive and pay $50 bucks to load it >> and send it back. If that's what I do I want everything. The works. > This is an all-volunteer project and mirrors are donated by the server ow= ners. > > Weekends are busy times for backups and security upgrades on publicly acc= essible > free servers, and if there are problems, support may not be available unt= il the > next work day, after serious production issues are dealt with. > > Similarly for answers and support from here. > > The world has changed and Cygwin has become larger in the last decade (14= 8GB > according to the Mirrors page). > > You *MUST* download the latest x86/_64 installer from the home page > setup-x86/_64.exe links to get the latest active mirrors and use the curr= ent key: > > https://cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe > https://cygwin.com/setup-x86.exe > > Selection from the latest active mirrors to use is easiest by browsing the > linked Mirror Sites page: > > https://cygwin.com/mirrors.html > > and you should see if you can recognize nearby sites which are likely to = have > big servers and fast pipes. > > You may find your closest site(s) overloaded, slow, and connectivity > intermittent, depending on the site ownership, day of week, time of day, = network > path to you, other users on the site and on your local ISP feeds. > > Avoid evenings and weekends, when many others nearby are downloading the = newest > Amazon Prime, Apple+. Disney+, Netflix, etc. series to binge watch, and y= our ISP > is also throttling retail customers, to free up bandwidth for their busin= ess > customers doing offsite streaming backups. > > Searching for an unofficial mirror at a nearby local university or (Unix)= User > Group publicly available on the internet may give you better results. > > Sometimes the closest mirrors may not be the fastest or most reliable, an= d ftp > sites nowadays are slower, less available and reliable than http/https si= tes, as > web sites get the big bucks, servers, memory, and pipes, but ftp sites ma= y be > kept around only as long as nothing goes wrong with their old server. > > Ping, traceroute, simple adhoc bandwidth and throughput tests will give y= ou an > idea of the best performance, and experience will tell you about reliabil= ity. > > Start by downloading only the base packges or upgrading what you have ins= talled, > and be patient during postinstall steps, as rebasing all the DLLs, and > rebuilding updated pages in the man DB, can take a while with large upgra= des or > outdated installs. > If you are planning to install Cygwin on many hosts, using apt-cacher-ng or alike might be of interest to you. -- John Doe -- 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