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RE: fresh install questions
- From: "Chris Carlson" <ccarlson at istor dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 10:03:47 -0700
- Subject: RE: fresh install questions
Torsten,
I noticed you said installing "everything" was not a good idea. Yet the
web page suggest it if you want all the products. Also, I've found that
when I go through the products and pick and choose, 100% of the time
nothing installs because there's some problem with the server (some
connection times out). Yet I never have a connection problem when I ask
for everything or the default. Also note, it happens on every server
I've tried, yet I can go back to the servers and ask for everything or
the default and it downloads fine.
I have yet to figure out how to download anything other than the default
or everything.
Chris Carlson
iStor Networks, Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf
Of Thorsten Kampe
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 7:56 AM
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: fresh install questions
* Erik Weibust (2004-06-25 16:45 +0200)
> I just had my XP machine at work rebuilt and the first
> thing I went to install was cygwin. I went with a
> complete "everything" install.
Not so clever. You won't need anything so this approach will obfuscate
your problem.
> The problem is the same one I've seen before. When the install is
> complete I run the shortcut to start cygwin and get a vague message
> that makes me think the install didn't "go so well".
Error messages should always be cited in full - not some vague
interpretation of you.
> The work around is easy. I edit /etc/passwd in
> notepad and change what cygwin uses for $HOME from
> /cygdrive/h to /home/erikweibust.
You open /etc/passwd in *NOTEPAD*?!! Notepad is the unappropriate tool
for that possible. It doesn't even understand Unix line endings.
> /home/erikweibust was not created as part of the
> install. I think I've had it created before on other
> machines on the "first use" of cygwin. I'm not sure
> why I get this problem. Is cygwin trying to use some
> XP env vars on it's first start?
http://cygwin.com/problems.html
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