installing cygwin: setup.ini missing from http://mirrors.kernel.org

Question

I\'m trying to install cygwin on a windows 2008 server. I managed to get a hold of the cygwin setup.exe version 2.721.
Since cygwin.com is down at the moment, i tried se

Answer 1

The mirror should be the full path http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin

If you get complaints about the .ini being from a newer version of setup, you'll need to find a newer setup.exe somewhere on the net that you trust. (And cygwin guys? Grrr for not including setup.exe in your mirrors and for not signing your exe!)