On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Chris Stafford <> wrote: > All, > > I downloaded and ran setup.exe. I have Windows Vista x64. I get to the part > that wants to pick a download site. None are listed, it should automatically > find the sites for me. Anyways, I go back to your site, find a mirror then > click on it. Example: http://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/cygwin/cygwin/. I then copy > from the address bar and past it into the setup.exe and click add. I am not > typing it. I then click next. I get an error that says "Unable to get > setup.ini from <http://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/cygwin/cygwin/>. I can access the > mirror myself from my web browser. Why can't I get the full download and > download it myself, then install it? This is probably a firewall issue or a > setup glitch. Normally when a program wants access to the internet, my > firewall triggers and asks me if I want to let the program through. This > setup program seems to not even try to get to the internet. Does anyone have > a resolution to this problem. For example, what needs to change on the > firewall to let setup through? > > Chris > > > > --
Are you running setup as Administrator? -Jason -- 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
