Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Message-ID: <19991116141403.14837.rocketmail@web119.yahoomail.com> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 06:14:03 -0800 (PST) From: Earnie Boyd Reply-To: earnie_boyd@yahoo.com Subject: Re: How do I UNMOUNT '/' mount point? To: Prakash Dhavali , "'cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com'" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii --- Prakash Dhavali wrote: > Hi Cygwin users, > > I DO NOT want cygwin to mount anything on my NT workstation as /. Currently > when I run mount, it shows me following mount which I just AM NOT ABLE > TO REMOVE IT ( I want to use '/' to refer to the current driver letter > inside > some of my applications) > > C:\CYGWIN\etc>mount > Device Directory Type Flags > C: / user textmode > > C:\CYGWIN\etc> > > I tried using all the following options to REMOVE the above mount from C:, > even > then I could NOT unmount / > > umount --remove-all-mounts > umount --remove-auto-mounts > umount --remove-user-mounts > umount --remove-system-mounts > umount -s / > > PLEASE HELP. I really need to FIX this problem as soon as possible. I do not > have local administrator privileges on my NT machine. > cd && ./umount / && ./mount ':\' / ===== Earnie Boyd Cygwin Newbies, please visit __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com