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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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
