Unrecognisable file format errors running setup.exe

[Paul Loewenstein]

Because I install Cygwin on multiple systems, I initially run setup.exe 
under wine (fedora 11) to download the files into a Samba-accessible 
directory  (Distribution/Cygwin/ on Cambridge), into which I also place 
setup.exe.

On a Vista system (I haven't tried to reproduce on XP), I then run the 
Samba-accessible setup.exe image to install from local directory.  This 
worked flawlessly under Cygwin 1.5.  For 1.7, I get repeated "Cygwin 
Setup" popup windows stating:  "Can't open file 
//\\CAMBRIDGE\Distribution\Cygwin/ for reading:  Unrecogisable file 
format"  (spelling reproduced as displayed).  Clicking OK button allows 
setup to continue.

Apart from this, setup.exe appeared to function correctly except for not 
generating a desktop icon.

Paul


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