Mail Archives: cygwin/2000/11/03/16:52:06
> From: Earnie Boyd [mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com]
>
> Yes that means binary mode. However, if you look at the
> output of cygcheck -s
> -r -v carefully you may see two records. One in HKLM and one
> in HKCU with
> different flag values. HKCU takes precedence over HKLM.
> HKLM keys are used to
> allow for multi-user workstations where more than one user
> uses it. Any
> changes a particular user makes to the mount tables should go
> to the HKCU.
> This allow HKLM to be the default for a new user.
>
I'll check this out and set it straight - thanks for the
explanation.
> > > >
> > > > Good call. This should be a FAQ -- or perhaps setup should set
> > > > cygdrive's mount mode to binary when 'Binary' is
> selected for other
> > > > mounts?
> > > >
> >
> > I vote for FAQ, whether or not setup gets changed, and
> I'm not sure
> > that it should be changed. Consider someone who likes the
/cygdrive
> > naming scheme, uses binary mode for almost everything, and only
uses
> > mount to mount drives in text mode. If setup were to interpret the
> > mode flags, it would interpret incorrectly for such a user,
> who would
> > have to reset the mount structure after every upgrade.
> Also, you might
> > want to include the info on how to interpret the cygdrive
> flags in the
> > FAQ.
> >
>
> If setup had set /cygdrive to binary mode if UNIX files are
> chosen then you
> wouldn't have had this problem and this thread wouldn't
> exist. Besides setup
> doesn't change what is already existing. If it does it is a bug.
For the record, setup didn't get me into this pickle, if I
understand correctly. The problem is there because I installed 1.1.4
over 1.0 (yes, I'm proud to have purchased!), and the defaults for the
two were different.
> As for an entry in the FAQ, IIRC there is already discussion
> of the /cygdrive
> pseudo mount.
I'll look again.
/|/|ike
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