Re: FW: Serious Installation problems - possible workround but rapid fix required.

2004-11-30 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 07:47:09PM -, John Macallister wrote: I've done some more tests and here's what I did. I saved cygcheck from a previous failed installation which created a bin directory with some contents but didn't complete. I removed virtually everything from the system apart from

Re: FW: Serious Installation problems - possible workround but rapid fix required.

2004-11-30 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 10:47:32AM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 07:47:09PM -, John Macallister wrote: I've done some more tests and here's what I did. I saved cygcheck from a previous failed installation which created a bin directory with some contents but didn't

Re: FW: Serious Installation problems - possible workround but rapid fix required.

2004-11-30 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 10:47:32AM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 07:47:09PM -, John Macallister wrote: I've done some more tests and here's what I did. I saved cygcheck from a previous failed installation which created a bin directory with some contents but didn't

FW: Serious Installation problems - possible workround but rapid fix required.

2004-11-29 Thread John Macallister
I've done some more tests and here's what I did. I saved cygcheck from a previous failed installation which created a bin directory with some contents but didn't complete. I removed virtually everything from the system apart from Windows itself, including all references to Cygwin/Cygnus in the

Re: FW: Serious Installation problems - possible workround but rapid fix required.

2004-11-29 Thread Larry Hall
At 02:47 PM 11/29/2004, you wrote: I've done some more tests and here's what I did. I saved cygcheck from a previous failed installation which created a bin directory with some contents but didn't complete. I removed virtually everything from the system apart from Windows itself, including all

RE: Serious Installation problems - possible workround but rapid fix required. - Possible Cause Found

2004-11-29 Thread lists
Hello, I wasn't subed to this list so I'll paste the relevant post that I have a possible solution for .. --- Paste --- 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

Re: Serious Installation problems - possible workround but rapid fix required.

2004-11-26 Thread Max Bowsher
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

RE: Serious Installation problems - possible workround but rapid fix required.

2004-11-26 Thread John Macallister
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

Re: Serious Installation problems - possible workround but rapid fix required.

2004-11-26 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
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

RE: Serious Installation problems - possible workround but rapid fix required.

2004-11-26 Thread Dave Korn
-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

Re: Serious Installation problems - possible workround but rapid fix required.

2004-11-26 Thread Max Bowsher
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.

Serious Installation problems - possible workround but rapid fix required.

2004-11-25 Thread John Macallister
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 Cygwin at all because it's

Re: Serious Installation problems - possible workround but rapid fix required.

2004-11-25 Thread Max Bowsher
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

RE: Serious Installation problems - possible workround but rapid fix required.

2004-11-25 Thread John Macallister
PROTECTED] 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

Re: Serious Installation problems - possible workround but rapid fix required.

2004-11-25 Thread Larry Hall
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