I had the same problem but found the solution here: http://yosanai.com/cygwin-unable-remap-dll-same-address-parent

I had to stop the SSHD service, close all cygwin windows, run the c:\cygwin\bin\ash.exe shell and then execute /bin/rebaseall

$ gitosis-init < id_rsa.pub
2 [main] python 66492 C:\cygwin\bin\python.exe: *** fatal error – unable t
o remap \\?\C:\cygwin\lib\python2.6\lib-dynload\time.dll to same address as pare
nt: 0×360000 != 0×380000
2 [main] python 30908 fork: child 66492 – died waiting for dll loading, er
rno 11
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/gitosis-init", line 8, in
load_entry_point(‘gitosis==0.2′, ‘console_scripts’, ‘gitosis-init’)()
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/gitosis-0.2-py2.6.egg/gitosis/app.py”,
line 24, in run
return app.main()
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/gitosis-0.2-py2.6.egg/gitosis/app.py”,
line 38, in main
self.handle_args(parser, cfg, options, args)
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/gitosis-0.2-py2.6.egg/gitosis/init.py”,
line 136, in handle_args
user=user,
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/gitosis-0.2-py2.6.egg/gitosis/init.py”,
line 75, in init_admin_repository
template=resource_filename(‘gitosis.templates’, ‘admin’)
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/gitosis-0.2-py2.6.egg/gitosis/repositor
y.py”, line 51, in init
close_fds=True,
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/subprocess.py”, line 480, in call
return Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs).wait()
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/subprocess.py”, line 633, in __init__
errread, errwrite)
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/subprocess.py”, line 1049, in _execute_child
self.pid = os.fork()
OSError: [Errno 11] Resource temporarily unavailable

Make sure that you arenot prompted for password, if you are prompted for password, then your public keys are not in place. If you need further help contact me: myself | linuxtechie.net

$ git clone git@TUANHA:gitosis-admin.git
Initialized empty Git repository in d:/temp/gitosis-admin/.git/
git@TUANHA’s password:
fatal: ‘gitosis-admin.git’: fatal: ‘gitosis-admin.git’ does not appear to be a git repository
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

but command
$ git clone git@TUANHA:/home/git/repositories/gitosis-admin.git run well

How to fix it.
Thanks you very much.

…I created using ssh-keygen create the key with a user git@*servername* but *servername* had numerics in it.

Robert,

I got the same “unable to chdir or not a git archive” problem. I solved it by using the path to the repositories folder.

example:
git clone git@domain.com:/home/git/repositories/gitosis-admin.git

The git user you create is on the server.
From the error, it looks like you are unable to authenticate to your git server.

Did you copy your client SSH key to the server’s /tmp folder?

Thanks for the additional information.