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Re: Installation problem.


Deepa,

FYI, "Install from Internet" is equivalent to "Download from Internet"
followed by "Install from local directory".  There is no reason not to use
it in your case.
	Igor

On Thu, 1 May 2003, DEEPA SIVASANKARANE wrote:

> Hi Igor,
>
> I think this time, after complete uninstallation, I'd
> do a "Download from Internet" and then "Install from
> local directory" - at least the installation won't
> get wrong if the download is incomplete ?
>
> Thx,
> Deepa
>
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 23:34:25 -0400 (EDT)
> >From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu>
> >Subject: Re: Installation problem.
> >To: DEEPA SIVASANKARANE <aj9035@wayne.edu>
> >Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
> >
> >1) Tools like regedt32 (on Win2k/XP) or regedit (on Win9x
> and NT) should
> >let you remove the offending registry keys.  Another
> possibility is to
> >find Cygwin's "umount.exe" on your hard drive (if it's still
> there) and
> >run "umount -A -c".
> >
> >2 and 3) This is really weird.  You have selected "Network
> Install", but
> >the setup log just stops abruptly in the middle of a
> download...  Which
> >version of setup are you using?  Can you try the latest
> snapshot from
> ><http://cygwin.com/setup-snapshots/> and report the results?
> >
> >If you still have "cygcheck.exe" around, could you also
> please run it and
> >post the output?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >       Igor
> >
> >On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, DEEPA SIVASANKARANE wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Igor,
> >>
> >> 1) I did remove the prev. installation (redhat), removed
> the
> >> files in C:\cygwin. How does one remove registry
> information ?
> >> I've never dealt with Windows admin, so could you pls. help
> >> out ?
> >>
> >> 2) I "Installed from Internet" twice, from the same ftp
> >> location, selecting different packages each time,
> >> with rootdir = C:\cygwin
> >>      localdir = C:\cyg_cache.
> >>
> >> 3) Please find the setup.log and setup.log.full files
> >> attached.
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >> best regards,
> >> Deepa
> >>
> >> ---- Original message ----
> >> >Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:49:24 -0400 (EDT)
> >> >From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu>
> >> >Subject: Re: Installation problem.
> >> >To: DEEPA SIVASANKARANE <aj9035@wayne.edu>
> >> >Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
> >> >
> >> >On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, DEEPA SIVASANKARANE wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> hi,
> >> >>
> >> >>   I did a "Install From Internet" and installed
> >> >> cygwin, base-files, and binutils.
> >> >> C:\cygwin as the root installation directory.
> >> >>
> >> >> After installation: I browsed thru the bin directories
> >> >> under c:\cygwin (using WIndows), I don't seem to find
> any
> >> >> exe's...
> >> >>
> >> >> The downloaded files are of course at C:\cyg_cache..
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanx,
> >> >> Deepa
> >> >
> >> >Is there a c:\cygwin\var\log\setup.log?  What does it
> show?
> >> >What about c:\cygwin\var\log\setup.log.full?
> >> >If they are not present, try looking for them in the
> >> >directory from which
> >> >you ran setup.
> >> >       Igor
> >> >P.S. I'm assuming you removed whatever previous
> installation
> >> >you had of Cygwin (according to
> <http://cygwin.com/faq.html#SEC19>).
> >
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