John, First, try selecting a different mirror. Setup will not re-download the packages you already have in the cache, even if the mirror is no longer accessible.
If you get that problem with all the mirrors, try accessing <http://cygwin.com/mirrors.txt> and <http://mirrors.kernel.org/sources.redhat.com/cygwin/setup.ini> from your web browser. If you succeed, try to download the packages again after setting the "Connection" selector to "Use IE5 Settings" in setup. Igor On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, John Sellers wrote: > A while back, setup stopped working when downloading, although I could > still install, and uninstall locally. What is the best route to fixing > this without modifying a substantual installed base? > > How can I fix this? > > Here is the cygwin log: > > 2004/03/18 22:06:08 Starting cygwin install, version 2.416 > 2004/03/18 22:06:08 Current Directory: F:\install\cygwin > 2004/03/18 22:06:08 Changing gid to Users > 2004/03/18 22:06:08 Could not open service McShield for query, start and stop. > McAfee may not be installed, or we don't have access. > 2004/03/18 22:06:10 source: download > 2004/03/18 22:06:11 Selected local directory: F:\install\cygwin > 2004/03/18 22:06:12 net: Direct > 2004/03/18 22:06:18 site: rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/sources.redhat.com/cygwin > 2004/03/18 22:06:18 mbox note: Can't open /sources.redhat.com/cygwin/setup.bz2 for > reading: No such file or directory > 2004/03/18 22:06:20 mbox note: Can't open /sources.redhat.com/cygwin/setup.ini for > reading: No such file or directory > 2004/03/18 22:06:21 mbox note: Unable to get setup.ini from > <rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/sources.redhat.com/cygwin> > 2004/03/18 22:06:24 site: rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/sources.redhat.com/cygwin > 2004/03/18 22:06:24 mbox note: Can't open /sources.redhat.com/cygwin/setup.bz2 for > reading: No such file or directory > 2004/03/18 22:06:32 mbox note: Can't open /sources.redhat.com/cygwin/setup.ini for > reading: No such file or directory > 2004/03/18 22:06:34 mbox note: Unable to get setup.ini from > <rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/sources.redhat.com/cygwin> > 2004/03/18 22:06:37 Ending cygwin install -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
