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Date:	Wed, 16 Jun 2004 10:52:47 +0200
From:	"Gerrit P. Haase" <freeweb AT nyckelpiga DOT de>
Organization:	Esse keine toten Tiere
Message-ID:	<104-592542181.20040616105247@familiehaase.de>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: invalid mounts after inst of cygwin1.5.10.3
In-Reply-To:	<20040614162854.GA1438@coe.casa.cgf.cx>
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Christopher wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 05:29:24PM +0200, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
>>Hi Pierre,
>>
>>you wrote:
>>> When you run setup, third screen, where you specify the root
>>> directory. Does it have a final \ ? If so, remove it.
>>> See also below.
>>
>>Unfortunately this is not possible if you use H: as root, you cannot
>>continue, you must add the backslash.

> This can't be true.  I have used H: as a root myself without using this
> erroneous setting.

Hmmm, I tried after Pierres information that this backslash is the
culprit (with the latest setup.exe).

>>However, I use this always without problems since about two years now:

> You're lucky then.  That is an invalid entry in the mount table, apparently
> put there by setup.exe.

Wel, at least with cygwin-1.5.9 it seems to work.


Gerrit
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