setup.exe crashes on WinXP SP2

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Pranav Peshwe wrote:
> Hello,
>         I'm trying to install cygwin(using the version of setup.exe
> on cygwin homepage) on my Intel P4(Prescott) with Windows XP SP2 and
> 256+512 MB RAM.
>          I've wgetted the entire cygwin release from
> mirrors.kernel.org and stored it on my (USB) hdd.When i select
> 'install from local directory' in setup.exe,it goes till asking where
> the packages should be stored and crashes when i click next. I
> then,have to kill setup using task manager. I have zonealarm
> installed,i tried setup after totally shutting down ZA but still it
> failed.
> Is there a log written by setup ? or some option to be verbose ?
> Should i try using a older version of setup.exe ?
> Any pointers ? suggestions ?
> 
> Thanks in advance.

Try the snapshot?

<http://cygwin.com/setup/snapshots/>


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