Re: Problem installing Git

From: Phil Martel <pomartel@comcast.net>
Date: Nov 27, 2017, 21:12 UTC
Message-ID: <63cb0d32-c866-f249-c636-2e034b48836f@comcast.net>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1.1711252312270.6482@virtualbox>

On 11/25/2017 5:16 PM, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

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> 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