I will take your advice. Thanks. Peace... Sridhar
On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 9:50 AM Andrey Repin <anrdae...@yandex.ru> wrote: > Greetings, Sridhar Ayengar! > > > I'm trying to use setup-x86_64.exe to update Cygwin. The directory into > > which Cygwin is installed is C:\cygwin. I am trying to use a network > > shared drive mapped to I: for the download directory, I:\cygwindownload. > > setup-x86_64 shows a dialog box with "Directory I:\cygwindownload does > not > > exist, would you like me to create it?". If I click "Yes", I get a > dialog > > box with "Could not create directory I:\cygwindownload, sorry. (Is drive > > full or read-only?)". I get the same behavior even if I remove > > I:\cygwindownload and have setup-x86_64.exe try to create it. > > Get off the habit of using mapped drives. Use UNC paths directly. > But for your specific issue, the drive mapped in your user session, but you > start setup within administrative session, where the drive is not mapped. > So, back to the previous statement, get off the bad habits. Or map the disk > inside adm session. > > > -- > With best regards, > Andrey Repin > Monday, November 26, 2018 17:36:29 > > Sorry for my terrible english... > > -- 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
