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It did not seem possible to do a cygcheck -v -r -s > cygcheck.out since the install did not complete. However, the same installation on a Win2k machine yields the attached > -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner at cygwin dot com [mailto:cygwin-owner at cygwin dot com]On Behalf > Of Rick Kane > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 1:30 PM > To: cygwin at cygwin dot com > Subject: Setup, Win98, Install :-( > > > I've tried to read the archives but haven't found anything that seems to > already address the following problem. > > We have a bunch of Win98 machines that have had many versions of Cygwin > placed on them, dating back to pretty much 1998. We have found that we > can't seem to install on them anymore. > > We have tried installing from the net and installing from a local package > (typically downloaded from the net into a package folder using a non-Win98 > machine). > > I've tried setup 2.340.2.5 and 2.249.2.10 > > I'll describe what happened with a local directory install using 2.340.2.5 > because that local package sucessfully installed on a Windows 2k machine. > > 1. On the "choose a download source" screen we select the bottom option > "install from local directory" > > The first hint that things aren't quite correct is that it takes a bit for > the "Select Root Install Directory" screen to appear. By contrast this > screen came up right away on the Win2k machine (which has a slower CPU!) > > 2. On the "Select Root Install Directory" screen we choose c:\ (which we > started using years ago and continue to use for historical purposes) We > choose "Install for All Users" and DOS as the "Default Text File Type" > > 3. We say Yes to the warning about installing at c:\ > > 4. We select the local package directory (c:\dist\cygwin_041403). > > 5. We wait a really long time for the "Select Packages" Screen to come up. > It finally comes up. (By contrast, the Win2k installation brought > this right > up) > > 6. Selecting packages seems to take about 10-15 seconds to update > for every > package one selects. (By contrast it is virtually immediate on the Win2k > install) > > 7. Once all packages have been selected the "Progress" screen > comes up. It > takes it a very long time (several minutes) to show the current disk > utilization (around 43% if one cares). It never shows any progress in the > "Progress" and "Total" lines at all. I even went to lunch and > came back and > it was still hung there. A Win98 ctl-alt-del show the task > dialog with "Not > Responding" next to the Setup app. > > The above steps can be repeated on 3 Win98 machines. They repeat about the > same way with net installs. The result is also the same if I run > regedit to > remove all of the Cynus Solution entries in the registry and remove /bin > /usr/ /etc /var and /lib before running setup. On one of those machines I > upgraded to Win2K and the exact same setup and package installed > immediately. I would rather not upgrade all of these machines though... > > If anyone can offer a suggestion, please do so. > > Note1: Virus checking is off > > > -- > 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/ > >
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