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RE: Can't update cygwin, won't connect to any ftp server
- From: "Dave Korn" <dk at artimi dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 17:32:33 -0000
- Subject: RE: Can't update cygwin, won't connect to any ftp server
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Tim Partridge
[snip]
> When I try to update my installation, I always receive the
> error "unable to get setup.ini from
> <ftp://ftp.chg.ru/pub/sourceware/cygwin>".
> I performed the following steps:
[snip]
> 6) selected "ftp://ftp.chg.ru" from the download sites list
>
> All that I see is
>
> Downloading...
> setup.bz2
> Connecting...
> Progress 0%
>
> My internet connection works, so that is not the problem.
The problem is presumably at ftp.chg.ru, then. Why not try selecting a
different site in step 6) ? Considering you're in Canada, maybe a more
local site might be faster as well as more reliable, eh?
Cheers,
DaveK
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