Trying to install on 2008 r2 server

[Peter A. Castro]

On Fri, Feb 09, 2024 at 06:45:25PM -0500, Cygwin List wrote:

Greetings, "Two Bits"  :)

> Seems I just missed the window for this to be easy.  I am trying to install
> cygwin on an
> old sbs server so I can run some stuff to migrate some things off of it.  I
> only have slow rds access.
> 
> I read through the stuff on the cygwin page and it seems to say that
> 
> setup-x86_64.exe -X --allow-unsupported-windows  --site
> http://ctm.crouchingtigerhiddenfruitbat.org/pub/cygwin/circa/64bit/2024/01/30/23121

You seem to be missing a "5" on the end of that URL: "231215" not "23121"
ie:
  http://ctm.crouchingtigerhiddenfruitbat.org/pub/cygwin/circa/64bit/2024/01/30/231215

But if that doesn't work for you, I'll need more info about why it
fails, like the setup.log and/or setup.log.full.

> should work. however all it winds up giving is a pop up that says it is
> unable to get set up from that url.
> 
> How do I get this installed?

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