On 9/24/05, wrote: > I'm setting up Cygwin. I downloaded files to one machine, and I want > to install over the network to another machine (I don't have enough > space for both the pre- and post-install files on the target machine). > However, when I run setup on the other machine, as soon as it starts > copying files, I get this error: > > Fatal Error: Uncaught Exception > Thread: install > Type: St16invalid_argument > Message: URL Scheme not registered! > > I Googled for previous information about this. It seems that I needed > to move the setup.ini file aside. I tried this, but that wipes out the > list of packages when I re-run setup.exe. What gives? Thanks in > advance for any help.
You really haven't provided much information here. What are the options you choose with setup.exe? What does your network path look like (\\server\share\ or X:\)? Is there anything else in setup.log? See http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.setup.html#faq.setup.setup-fails -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/