> .. the files are already successfully downloaded .. > .. all other times that i have installed cygwin it has been successful ..
Sorry to butt in but this is intriguing. More often than not I install from a local directory and it has worked forever, and is still working. Probably all the following are just fine, apols for asking: Q1. Are you sure the files are downloaded? ie under /release/ there should be, dunno, ~ 1G? (I've got [prev] and [test] as well so hard to tell what just [curr] would come to.) Q2. Have you got setup.ini above /release/? Q3. There's some characteristic of Windows that means the installation is prone to ?/ certain to fail if setup.ini is in C:\ and the installation files in C:\release\. The hierarchy needs to be C:\somedirname\setup.ini with files under C:\somedirname\release\. Q4. Ideally your registry would be cleared of all Cygwin-related mentions and any historical Cygwin mounts. But I don't suppose it matters if it isn't. Q5. Then "Install From Local Directory" with Root Directory = C:\Cygwin (say) and Local Package Directory = C:\somedirname. It should all just fly along. Oh I know you know all that. Sorry for talking down. Your difficulty sounds crazily weird. Fergus -- 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/
