Hello from Gregg C Levine First off, how do you mean, "local drive"? And in what context? I normally use setup to download to a local disk, my C drive, and save it to a Zip disk, then when I'm ready, install from it. Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Oh my!" The Second Doctor's nearly favorite phrase. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Iain McCracken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 9:14 PM Subject: Setup can't install from local drive?
> Setup (2.249.2.5) crashes (invalid page fault in module "unknown" at > 0084:00000000) when I try to install from a local directory. > > What I had hoped to do was to simply download all the current packages from > a mirror, burn everything to a CD, and run the installer from the CD. The > idea was that the "install from local directory" would allow me to pick > packages in the same manner as the "download from internet" option. This > would save me a couple of hours of downloading when I install a new hard > drive (soon). > > Problem 1: the chooser window just has all the packages carelessly tossed > under "misc" instead of their usual categories. What happened to the > categories? What happened to the default install options (that is, the base > package only)? I had wanted to install the base, and then go back and > install other things later, just like the download from internet option. I > just didn't want to spend long hours going on the internet to download stuff > that I already had here. > > Problem 2: CRASH, tinkle. Okay, so I ignore the bizarre behavior above, and > choose to simply install the whole thing. Nope. The setup program seems to > like following null pointers more than actually installing packages. So, I > have a few empty directories, and nothing whatsoever else. > > In the end, Cygwin is not installed on my system, I have a CD I burned with > 500Mb of useless bz2 files that can't be installed, and I wasted a couple of > hours grabbing those files for the (I guess non-existent) convenience of > using a cd drive that's noticeably faster than my internet connection. > > Has anyone successfully used this setup program to get Cygwin on their > system from a local directory? > > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
