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From: "Robert Collins" <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au>
To: "Perry Hutchison" <perryh@pluto.rain.com>
Cc: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Subject: RE: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"
Date: Sat, 04 May 2002 01:24:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <FC169E059D1A0442A04C40F86D9BA7600C5FB8@itdomain003.itdomain.net.au> (raw)

Ok, to upgrade setup, download a new one from
http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Perry Hutchison [mailto:perryh@pluto.rain.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 6:00 PM

> > What options did you select when running setup?
> 
> Install from Local Directory
> next screen unchanged (root C:\cygwin, all users, Unix files) 
> next screen unchanged (local pkg dir C:\download\cygwin) Here 
> it suggests upgrading setup, but doesn't provide a means to 
> do so. Select to install the newly-downloaded packages. It 
> started to install, then died.
> 
> > Why did you run a two-step install?
> 
> To have the install sets available for setting up other 
> machines, or for reinstalling this one if (when!) Windoze gets hosed.

Are you aware that 'install from internet' also makes the install sets
available?

Rob

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             reply	other threads:[~2002-05-04  8:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-05-04  1:24 Robert Collins [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-05-07  0:51 Robert Collins
2002-05-04 23:35 Robert Collins
2002-05-04 22:14 Perry Hutchison
2002-05-04 15:27 Robert Collins
2002-05-04 14:37 Perry Hutchison
2002-05-04 18:33 ` Michael A Chase
2002-05-07  0:50   ` Matt Wilkie
2002-05-04  1:10 Perry Hutchison
2002-05-04  0:14 Robert Collins
2002-05-04  0:13 Perry Hutchison

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