checksum error on install

[Max Bowsher]

Timothy Sullivan <sullivti@engr.orst.edu> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I just picked up a setup.exe for cygwin-1.3.17-1 and did a net
> install. Everything downloads fine from planetmirror.com, but when
> setup starts installing the packages, I get an installation error for
> the file cygwin-1.3.17-1.tar.bz2, which I guess is a pretty important
> file. What should I do to start using cygwin?

Simple way is to delete the corrupted file and try getting it again.

Or, check the length of the file, and try resuming the download - maybe with
a windows version of wget or another downloader.

Max.


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