Thank you very much Barry. That was the exact problem. I was using the urls specified by the gui mirror download list. Here's my working batch file in case anybody is curious:
----------------------------------- setup.exe ^ --disable-buggy-antivirus ^ --quiet-mode ^ --site http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin/ ^ --packages ^ ruby,^ curl,^ git,^ mingw64-i686-gcc-g++,^ gcc,^ libtool,^ make,^ automake,^ readline,^ libreadline7,^ zlib-devel,^ ncurses,^ vim ------------------------------------- On Jan 18, 2012, at 12:21 PM, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: > David King sent the following at Tuesday, January 17, 2012 10:14 PM >> cygwin install, version 2.763 >> >> I created a batch file to auto install cygwin with some packages (see >> below). When I run the batch file from a command prompt, it just outputs >> "getUrlToStream failed" multiple times before it ends. If I take out >> the -s option and run the batch file, the gui displays and stops on the >> page to choose a download site and then the next page goes into the >> package selection gui. If I quit the gui installer at that point, and >> then re-run my batch file, the install performs perfectly. My best guess >> is that it's loading the previously selected download site in one of the >> generated setup files. Is this a known issue or is there a workaround? >> >> The batch file is here: https://gist.github.com/1630619 >> >> The output saved to my setup.log is here: >> https://gist.github.com/1630611 > > My GUESS is that setup cannot guess what directory of mirrors.kernel.org > to look in. The links to mirrors on http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html point > to directories, not to the roots of the servers Try > http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin/ > with or without the training slashes, or maybe > http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/ > > Good luck, > > - Barry > Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID. xforty technologies David King http://xforty.com 888-231-9331 x1160