On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Dave Goodall <snip> wrote: > In Sep 2012 we tried installing cygwin with the then latest setup.exe > version 2.573.2.2 on a new Windows 2008 Server (x64) and the > installation hung at 98%. > > Yesterday Feb 12 2013 we downloaded the latest cygwin DLL setup.exe (1.7.17-1) > Prior to running the install on a Windows Server 2008 server we > cleaned the registry of prior cygwin entries and turned off virus > checking. > > The install hangs executing the post-install script > "/etc/postinstall/00ash.sh". > [snipped] > Found: C:\Program Files (x86)\MKS Toolkit\mksnt\awk.exe [snipped]
I would start by removing MKS Toolkit from your path. At least until you complete install. I suspect it may be causing issues. Robert Pendell A perfect world is one of chaos. -- 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
