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From: John Macallister
Start with clean (no Cygwin files on disk) Windows2000 system.
Downloaded kit from Internet using Install.
This completes successfully.
Install from this
Larry Hall wrote:
What packages were you installing? There have been recent reports of
hangs
in 'setup.exe' over on the cygwin-xfree list when all packages are
installed.
Sounds similar to the problems you were having. Were you installing 'X'?
If so, the current work-around is to install all
Your abbreviation of the error message is rather unhelpful. I have no
idea what that error is.
I've repeated the installation procedure and this is what happens.
Start with clean (no Cygwin files on disk) Windows2000 system.
Downloaded kit from Internet using Install.
This completes
John Macallister wrote:
Start with clean (no Cygwin files on disk) Windows2000 system.
[...]
This proceeds until:
93% In-use files have been replaced. You need to reboot as soon as
possible to activate the new versions.
Cygwin may operate incorrectly until you reboot.
This is not possible
-Original Message-
From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of John Macallister
Sent: 26 November 2004 16:57
Start with clean (no Cygwin files on disk) Windows2000 system.
93% In-use files have been replaced. You need to reboot as soon as
possible to activate the new versions.
Cygwin
Dave Korn wrote:
-Original Message-
From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of John Macallister
Sent: 26 November 2004 16:57
Start with clean (no Cygwin files on disk) Windows2000 system.
93% In-use files have been replaced. You need to reboot as soon as
possible to activate the new versions.
John Macallister wrote:
I've installed Cygwin a few times before and I was fairly confident of
installing version 1.5.12 but what a disaster this distribution is! I
don't want anyone in particular to feel they're the object of criticism
but this release may put off many users from trying to use
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Subject: Re: Serious Installation problems - possible workround but rapid fix
required.
John Macallister wrote:
I've installed Cygwin a few times before and I was fairly confident of
installing version 1.5.12 but what a disaster this distribution is! I
don't want anyone in particular
At 07:17 AM 11/25/2004, you wrote:
I've installed Cygwin a few times before and I was fairly confident of
installing version 1.5.12 but what a disaster this distribution is! I
don't want anyone in particular to feel they're the object of criticism
but this release may put off many users from
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