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Re: Cannot install cygwin on Win XP on VirtualBox


On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Ralph Hempel <rhempel@bmts.com> wrote:
> Erez Zilber wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm running Win XP on VirtualBox on an Ubuntu machine. I'm trying to
>> install the latest cygwin version (http://cygwin.com/setup.exe). I
>> started the installation and selected 'Install from Internet'. Then, I
>> expected to see a list of mirrors but it was empty. If I try the exact
>> same thing from a real Windows XP machine, everything works fine.
>
> Two questions...
>
> 1. Can you ping anything on the internet off your XP under VirtualBox?

It looks like I had a configuration problem in VirtualBox. I was using
NAT. Changing that seems to solve the problem. The cygwin installer is
downloading the packages now.

Thanks,
Erez

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