Mercurial: Problem converting Windows cvs repository to mercurial

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Published on 2009-12-28T11:36:53Z Indexed on 2010/04/06 11:03 UTC
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I’m trying to convert an existing Windows CVS repository to Mercurial and getting the following response and error:

C:\Windows\system32>hg convert c:\users\jeff\webs\shelter-cvs\shelter

assuming destination shelter-hg
initializing destination shelter-hg repository
connecting to :local:c:\cvs
abort: unexpected response from CVS server (expected "Valid-requests", but got 'E cvs [server aborted]: c:\\cvs: no such repository\n')

Here’s the background:

The repository was created with TortoiseCVS so I believe it’s actually cvsnt.
I can properly checkout from the
repository using either the command
line or the TortoiseCVS gui, so I
think it is set up correctly.
I'm trying to convert a working copy, not the repository itself
I’m running Windows 7, 64-bit
I’ve installed TortoiseHG and enabled the convert extension.

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