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Re: Crash during setup
Randall,
I've just tried it once more, and right now 25 minutes have passed
without any progress. I still see this dumb blank page.
BTW: My CPU usage is 100%!
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Sebastian Schuberth
> Sebastian,
>
> Patience is one suggestion. I have a fast machine with fast disks and a
> fast, dual-channel SCSI I/O adaptor (and the install cache and the Cygwin
> working directories are on separate disks and those disks are on separate
> I/O channels) and still it takes a long time for Setup to determine what to
> offer to install. There simply are a lot of separate I/O operations to
> perform to prepare the installation list.
>
> There have been reports that indicate CPU saturation while the
> "intentionally blank [sic]" page is displayed. That's not the case for
> normal operation, of course. Use the "Processes" tab of the "Windows Task
> Manager" to check for this condition. If the CPU utilization is low, then
> Setup is probably still comparing your install cache to your active
> installation.
>
>
> Randall Schulz
> Mountain View, CA USA
>
>
> At 15:11 2002-05-21, Sebastian Schuberth wrote:
> >Hi there,
> >
> >I'm trying to run Cygwin setup 2.218.2.9 on Win2k but it always crashes at
> >the same point: After selecting the mirror and downloading setup.ini a
> >page saying "This space intentionally left blank" appears and the program
> >does not respond to input anymore. The only way to close it is to kill the
> >task. Any hints how to avoid this?
> >
> >--
> >
> >Sebastian Schuberth
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