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From: "Christopher Jones" <cbjones AT nortelnetworks DOT com>
To: Ross Smith <ross DOT s AT ihug DOT co DOT nz>, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: RE: Inetutils and mount points
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 09:44:08 -0400
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> The problem is that I can't figure out *how* to change all my mount
> points to system. I tried doing it by hand, and ended up screwing up
> my Cygwin system so badly I had to delete and reinstall Cygwin from
> scratch to get it working again. The problem basically seems to be
> that, once you've unmounted the three original mount points
> (/, /usr/bin, and /usr/lib), everything stops working and you can't
> remount them again.

Pretty simple... just make the system mount points before removing the user
mount points.

Brian 

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; The problem is that I can't figure out *how* to change all my mount</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; points to system. I tried doing it by hand, and ended up screwing up</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; my Cygwin system so badly I had to delete and reinstall Cygwin from</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; scratch to get it working again. The problem basically seems to be</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; that, once you've unmounted the three original mount points</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; (/, /usr/bin, and /usr/lib), everything stops working and you can't</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; remount them again.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Pretty simple... just make the system mount points before removing the user mount points.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Brian </FONT>
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