Re: Setup Just Won't Run

[Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>]

--- Peter Nunn <pncomputing@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Hi there,
>   i have been trying to install cygwin here at work
> for most of the morning and am getting nowhere fast.
> 
> I have downloaded setup from about 3 of the mirrors so
> far but each time I try and run it I get an error
> saying "This program cannot be run in DOS mode".
> 
> I am trying to install on a NT4 platform, have looked
> in the FAQ and mail archives with no success and am
> stumped.
> 
> Setup is 435711 in size and the only thing its created
> is a setup.pif file.
> 
> What gives?
> 

How did you download it?  If you're using ftp did you set the "binary" mode
bit?

Regards,

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   Earnie Boyd: <mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
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