Thank you. This sounds as if it is exactly what is wrong. It is W98/SE that goes barf on me; W2k on another machine takes the CD install without a peep. W98/SE also pukes all over quite a few products that run just fine for W95 and W2k... Go figure.
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 2:59 AM Subject: Re: Setup can't install from local drive? > Your description makes it sound very much as though one or both of the > following has occurred: > > You put the file setup.exe and the directory release/ directly under d:/. > For reasons described at > http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-09/msg00689.html > this usually fails. > > Fergus > > > -- > 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/