Another update: the quite mode sometimes succeeds. I estimate that the success rate is 30%. It rarely succeeds very first time.
The problem is definitely not new. See, for example, https://github.com/boxcutter/windows/blob/master/floppy/cygwin.bat#L50 The batch start with rather encouraging "Force CYGWIN_ARCH to 32-bit - 64-bit seems to crash a lot" Indeed 32 bits installer sometimes works. On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 8:50 PM, Arkady <lary...@gmail.com> wrote: > Reproduced again with Autounattend.xml > My goal is to prepare a Windows machine with Cygwin installed. I am > trying to script the process. > > I have the following section the Autounattend.xml file > > <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> > <CommandLine>cmd.exe /c > C:\Windows\Temp\setup-x86.exe -q -R C:\cygwin -l C:\Windows\Temp > --packages "wget,zip,screen" -s > http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com</CommandLine> > <Description>Install Cygwin</Description> > <Order>99</Order> > <RequiresUserInput>true</RequiresUserInput> > </SynchronousCommand> > > > The whole file is > https://github.com/larytet/auto-win/blob/master/autounattend/packer-floppy-win10/Autounattend.xml > > The installation fails with the same "setu-x86.exe has stopped > working". I do not see output, but I bet that this is the same > "Changing gid to > Administrators" problem. > I suspect that this is something related to running as an > Administrator or System. > > I will greatly appreciate any tip. > > > On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 7:41 PM, Arkady <lary...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I tried again on the clean Windows VM >> >> setup-x86_64.exe -q -B -R C:\Users\user\Downloads -s >> http://cygwin/mirror/constant.com >> >> After that I tried >> >> >> setup-x86_64.exe -q -B -R C:\Users\user\Downloads -s >> http://cygwin/mirror/constant.com -p wget,screen >> >> Both worked. Looks like my bad >> >> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 7:27 PM, Arkady <lary...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am trying to do: >>> >>> setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v >>> >>> The installation fails with the last line "Changing gid to >>> Administrators" and a small dialog box "setup-x86_64.exe" has stopped >>> working A problem caused the program to stop working correctly..." >>> >>> I tried >>> setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v -B >>> and >>> setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v -B -R C:\Windows\Temp >>> >>> The same result - the setup fails >>> The interactive GUI installation works fine. >>> The quite mode fails to install/update Cygwin on the machin where it >>> is already installed. >>> >>> >>> What am I missing? >>> >>> Thanks. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
