--- Peter Nunn <pncomputing@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > Hi there, > i have been trying to install cygwin here at work > for most of the morning and am getting nowhere fast. >> I have downloaded setup from about 3 of the mirrors so > far but each time I try and run it I get an error > saying "This program cannot be run in DOS mode". >> I am trying to install on a NT4 platform, have looked > in the FAQ and mail archives with no success and am > stumped. >> Setup is 435711 in size and the only thing its created > is a setup.pif file. >> What gives? > How did you download it? If you're using ftp did you set the "binary" mode bit? Regards, ===== --- Earnie Boyd: < mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com > __Cygwin: POSIX on Windows__ Cygwin Newbies: < http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/gw32/index.html > __Minimalist GNU for Windows__ Mingw32 List: < http://www.egroups.com/group/mingw32/ > Mingw Home: < http://www.mingw.org/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail – Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com