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Re: Setup Just Won't Run
- To: Peter Nunn <pncomputing at yahoo dot com dot au>, cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: Setup Just Won't Run
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 21:12:48 -0700 (PDT)
- Reply-To: 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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