Hello After solving some other computer problems, I followed your instructions exactly below, going to the mirrors.kernel.org ftp site to install. By clicking on "skip" (thanks to whomever said that I should do that), I was able to select the things I wanted.
When I hit "next", it went to the grey "Progress" screen and started to download, then an error box popped up that said: cygwin setup Unable to get setup.ini from <ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/sources.redhat.com/cygwin> I hit the "ok" button, and it took me back to the page where I could choose mirror sites. I selected a different site and it proceeded to download and install correctly. I have attached the cygcheck file for this working install in case it contains any information about the aborted install. I doubt it does, but I thought I'd offer it anyway. I don't need any help at the moment, but I thought you might want to know about the error at the kernel.org site. Thanks, Tasha -----Original Message----- From: Igor Peshansky Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 3:52 PM To: cygwin AT cygwin.com Cc: Natalia (Tasha) Belfiore Subject: RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Igor Peshansky wrote: > [snip] > Huh? You must be talking about something other than Cygwin setup... > Did you get it by clicking on the "Install Now" link at > <http://cygwin.com/>? If so, please start that program; click "Next" > once; choose "Install from Internet" on the next screen and click > "Next"; choose the installation directory (I recommend keeping the > defaults) and click "Next"; choose "Direct Connection" on the next > screen and click "Next"; choose "ftp://mirrors.kernel.org"; as your > download site and click "Next". This should get you to the package > selection screen, "Category" view. Click on the "View" button until > it changes to "Full" (should be once). Now maximize the window. You > should see the list of all packages available as part of Cygwin, > sorted alphabetically. Forgot to add that most of the above information is in the Cygwin User's Guide at <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-net.html>. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "Las! je suis sot... -Mais non, tu ne l'es pas, puisque tu t'en rends compte." "But no -- you are no fool; you call yourself a fool, there's proof enough in that!" -- Rostand, "Cyrano de Bergerac" -- 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/
