Unable to install Cygwin on Windows XP: the actual messages.

[marco atzeri]

On 12/8/2011 11:40 AM, Helio C. Bortolon wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
>
>
> Pressing 'retry', the window keeps refreshing continuously. Pressing
> 'continue' leads to a hang in the process, and canceling it leads to:
>
> ""Cannot open log file D:\"Documents and
> Settings"\CXZH/var/log/setup.log for writing""
>

do not install in a directory with space in the name like
"Documents and  Settings"

Try using the standard
D:\cygwin

> The directory ...CXZH... is my home the Windows XP, and I do have
> write access to it. I believe this is a problem with '\' and '/', but
> I am not sure and have no idea about how to solve it.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thank you very much in advance.
>
> __________________________________
> Hélio C. Bortolon
>

Regards
Marco


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