From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.2 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2701C20C11 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2017 21:20:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751899AbdK0VUK (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Nov 2017 16:20:10 -0500 Received: from resqmta-ch2-12v.sys.comcast.net ([69.252.207.44]:45070 "EHLO resqmta-ch2-12v.sys.comcast.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751601AbdK0VUJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Nov 2017 16:20:09 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 488 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Mon, 27 Nov 2017 16:20:09 EST Received: from resomta-ch2-20v.sys.comcast.net ([69.252.207.116]) by resqmta-ch2-12v.sys.comcast.net with ESMTP id JQeieBF8VfgCFJQh7eiBml; Mon, 27 Nov 2017 21:12:01 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=comcast.net; s=q20161114; t=1511817121; bh=UiL6fKxjk4y0+mqaicagHEmkig4UoSochtBocqNvHwA=; h=Received:Received:Subject:To:From:Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version: Content-Type; b=CzOYP7l54t5piQjZ59aPPANxhfswkq6wnsd+wtgyOKioUicRPY7d2+1+AyeotGbq2 O4AbgwG3XdFHgt7kMrLbNsNZGspwpUuycdXdRo6Ua0zRBhOxxE6B/JiZj890YxMCfG iFAABUr7rKfVsB1+eZo9f7klq1Y5lGH1PVseaSWNV4ZDItDrakhazq/iOPQ55Oub4D 5W0qft2Utzxb44SBComKAVAzMp0x13bR+ZPpNqN5bEA/+F5fCGY9FBL+QpIaPlXO/K ya57gDUIdLgYm61xnsMYaXvBPRpVbHP7JaRrMSXGpWlJhNpCcMg3C26ygu9NlCEXZ4 WhKk09hvrfVgA== Received: from [192.168.1.100] ([73.149.212.147]) by resomta-ch2-20v.sys.comcast.net with SMTP id JQh6evj7ok7fvJQh6eCZl8; Mon, 27 Nov 2017 21:12:00 +0000 Subject: Re: Problem installing Git To: Johannes Schindelin , Igor Djordjevic Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, git-for-windows@googlegroups.com References: <077942bb-5952-6f4a-8054-b17d3883b901@comcast.net> From: Phil Martel Message-ID: <63cb0d32-c866-f249-c636-2e034b48836f@comcast.net> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 16:12:00 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-US X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfAfEecL5wYEXwCoPsYXTDLxVTbPJIDu/A1B/7UURQgUui04n9ory6kKTXoulFfkilaauV1Atl8CYS+8SBjO/7AArWenVhnZ7DHi64MemQPlThPLn/Mjc Yd8FGq626+JB/jaNiqxYshNizZLCWSUb/b/OR0we2y1k1xDb0CH4oKohr8HYT8KgLH9nPuSCu+x19LWPyZZ1uqpZTBIkRyJa0fU3c0mAdoryHOEthXaFj2IL emA638jtVNW8ZtshJVOaUlKOubkslc24q+gjTvmJiy5xPC5Qw3w8vnkxuoyUZgruA8Bl00td9J6jgVNnxZk5tg== Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On 11/25/2017 5:16 PM, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi Igor, > > On Thu, 23 Nov 2017, Igor Djordjevic wrote: > >> [ +Cc: Git for Windows mailing list ] > I have no idea why it claimed that that group does not exist, the email > address looks correct to me. > >> On 23/11/2017 19:51, Phil Martel wrote: >>> I'm trying to install Git-2.15.0-64-bit.exe onto my Windows 10 >>> machine. When I run this installer program no matter what options I >>> try or whether I run as administrator it ends up with an error box >>> saying "The drive or UNC share you selected does not exist or is not >>> accessible. Please select another". I do not see any way of >>> selecting a drive. Any suggestions? >> From what I could Google around, this seems to be (Inno Setup?) >> installation related issue...? > Indeed. > >> Do you already have "Git for Windows" installed? If so, does it work >> if you try uninstalling it first? > That is a workaround, correct. > >> p.s. Note the existence of "Git for Windows"[1] specific mailing list >> as well, where this issue might belong better. >> >> [1] git-for-windows@googlegroups.com > I think a much better place is the Git for Windows bug tracker (if you > ever wonder where the bug tracker is, or the home page, or the repository > or the FAQ, there are links in the upper left of the release notes -- > which probably nobody reads, even if I really try to make them worth the > while -- and which you can find in C:\Program Files\Git\ReleaseNotes.html > if you closed the tab after installing Git for Windows). > > And indeed, there is already a ticket for this issue: > https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1074 > > The original reporter did not respond to any questions, maybe you can do > better, Phil? My case seems similar although it may be different.  I originally had Git installed on my C: drive.  A hardware upgrade moved that drive to E:.  I was able to link everything back and to run Git Bash (IIRC). A few weeks later, the E: drive got sick.  The repair shop I went to was not able to restore much, but in the course of changes took my DVD drive out of the boot sequence which changed the E: drive to D:.  I was able to restore most of my files from an external herd disk backup, but the backup was from when the disk was C: I could not run Git when I tried, so I downloaded the latest version from git-scm.com.  This failed to install with the  "The drive or UNC share you selected does not exist or is not accessible. Please select another" error.  I was puzzled because the installation code had not asked me to select a drive.  Following Buga's suggestion, I tried uninstalling Git.  I believe Windows said it could not find the uninstall information, but it did remove Git from the list of programs.  I also removed Git from the start menu.  The installation then succeeded. Best wishes, --Phil > > Ciao, > Johannes