can't download list of mirrors
Larry Hall
lh-no-personal-replies-please@cygwin.com
Mon Aug 2 15:15:00 GMT 2004
At 11:05 AM 8/2/2004, you wrote:
>I can't access http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/mirrors.lst at all and the
>cygwin installer is failing as a result.
>
>Any idea what I should do?
>
>Here's my cygwin installation log:
>-------------------------------------------------
>2004/08/02 09:57:45 Starting cygwin install, version 2.427
>2004/08/02 09:57:45 Current Directory: C:\bin\cygwin
>2004/08/02 09:57:45 Changing gid to Users
>2004/08/02 09:57:45 Could not open service McShield for query, start and
>stop. McAfee may not be installed, or we don't have access.
>2004/08/02 09:57:48 source: network install
>2004/08/02 10:00:19 root: C:\bin\cygwin text user
>2004/08/02 10:00:26 Selected local directory: C:\bin\cygwin\install
>2004/08/02 10:00:28 net: Direct
>get_url_to_membuf http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/mirrors.lst
>getUrlToStream http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/mirrors.lst
>getUrlToStream failed!
>get_url_to_membuf failed!
>2004/08/02 10:00:30 net: Direct
>get_url_to_membuf http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/mirrors.lst
>getUrlToStream http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/mirrors.lst
>getUrlToStream failed!
>get_url_to_membuf failed!
>2004/08/02 10:00:32 net: Direct
>get_url_to_membuf http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/mirrors.lst
>getUrlToStream http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/mirrors.lst
>getUrlToStream failed!
>get_url_to_membuf failed!
>2004/08/02 10:00:37 net: IE5
>get_url_to_membuf http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/mirrors.lst
>getUrlToStream http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/mirrors.lst
>getUrlToStream failed!
>get_url_to_membuf failed!
>2004/08/02 10:00:44 Ending cygwin install
>-----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>For the curious, here is what I get when I try to wget the file:
>
>--10:01:31-- http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/mirrors.lst
> (try:20) => `mirrors.lst'
>Connecting to sources.redhat.com[0.0.0.0]:80... failed: Bad file
Looks to me like you have some sort of DNS problem, since 'wget' could not
resolve sources.redhat.com to it's IP address. Do you use a proxy to
access the internet with your browser (assuming access to the internet works
with your browser)? If so, you may want to choose the 'IE5 Settings' option
in 'setup.exe'. That might help with the installation.
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