Thanks for the inspiration, Harold. I deleted everything and started again, in different directories.
It seems to be Netscape. IE downloaded extract.exe.bz2 as 118770 bytes, leading to success. Netscape consistently downloaded the file as 119,233 bytes. I still can't figure out why IE won't access an ftp:// URL (any ideas?), but I was able to work around it by going to http://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/sourceware/cygwin/xfree/xc-4-binaries/4.1.0/ and downloading from there. So, thanks again and I think it's under control. Harold Hunt wrote: > Bruce, > > Well, something must be going on because the name of the file is > extract.exe.bz2, not extract_exe.bz2. > > I don't know what to tell you about that... try a different mirror. > > Harold > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bruce Olsen > > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 12:40 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: Bruce Olsen > > Subject: 4.1.0 Install Error: Corrupt extract_exe.bz2 > > > > > > I'm using Win95 and am trying to install Cygwin/XFree86. bunzip2 thinks > > extract_exe.bz2 is corrupt: > > > > <snip> > > $ bunzip2 extract_exe.bz2 > > bunzip2: Data integrity error when decompressing. > > Input file = extract_exe.bz2, output file = extract_exe > > It is possible that the compressed file(s) have become corrupted. > > You can use the -tvv option to test integrity of such files. > > <snip> > > > > After searching the entire cygwin-xfree archive it seems there is some > > knowledge of this problem but I couldn't find a solution described > > anywhere. > > > > Note: I used Netscape 4.7 (my company has a firewall precluding direct > > FTP) and was careful to right-click to save each file. I tried using IE > > 5.5 to access the mirrors but it seems unable to access any of them > > through our firewall--the browser seems to hang when I access FTP sites > > outside our firewall (browsing outside the firewall works fine--I use IE > > all the time). > > > > If Netscape is incapable of downloading extract_exe.bz2, I'd appreciate > > suggestions on configuring IE to fix the FTP protocol timeouts. > > > > Thanks a lot, > > Bruce > > > > P.S. I note that the file documented as extract.exe.bz2 in the User's > > Guide is actually named extract_exe.bz2 in /tmp > > > >
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