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From: Bill Stewart <bstewart@iname.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: anyone interested in loading a portable drive?
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 16:17:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CANV9t=Sjhifp9mjy9HUwX_h0zM-gbiQ=B1f98JJQaK8YwOp=Xg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SGJuyN76Gp5_JfOAl5fFsHeIrDkaLXeNRkm3fxDcm4wJnLkenmXu18brs05KtWwa5BgXRB7-QOCoTPju3mWZCPzVq4C8_SXnlyENXAM6Rjs=@protonmail.com>

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

Bill

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-01-27 16:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-01-27  4:33 aimedtech
2020-01-27  4:47 ` Marco Atzeri
2020-01-27  6:38 ` Brian Inglis
2020-01-27  6:46   ` john doe
2020-01-27 14:18     ` Brian Inglis
2020-01-27 16:17 ` Bill Stewart [this message]
2020-01-27 21:25   ` Brian Inglis

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