Re: installer crash on post-instal scripts

[Kris Matthews <krism at evilpen dot net>]

What worked for me:

1. Completely wipe out existing cygwin installation
2. Install all of cygwin *except* X.
3. .. Install X stuff, by itself.

Regards,
Kristopher

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Jing Zhou wrote:

> Hi Kris,
>
> I have the same problem of installing full cygwin 1.5.12.1. It froze
> at 93% when installing postinstall in X11 directory. The disk size
> continued growing. It was 2G when I eventally decided to delete it.
> Then my computer crashed.
>
> It seems to me that you found a solution. Could you please post the solution?
>
> My computer is windows xp home.
>
> thanks,
>
> -Jing
>
> Kris's original message is:
>
> installer crash on post-instal scripts
>
> From: Kris Matthews <krism at evilpen dot net>
> To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 11:51:05 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: installer crash on post-instal scripts
>
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>
> When I try to install cygwin on windows xp, the installer hangs at around
> 90%, when it's running the X post install scripts. (From a full install)
>

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