Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com X-Authentication-Warning: slinky.cs.nyu.edu: pechtcha owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 11:36:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Igor Pechtchanski Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com To: Magic Fang cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: how to mount linux partition under cygwin In-Reply-To: <20030906231215.SM01844@magicpc> Message-ID: References: <20030906231215.SM01844@magicpc> Importance: Normal MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Sat, 6 Sep 2003, Magic Fang wrote: > hello, if i can mount linux partition under cygwin use mount command? > thanks a lot. > > Magic Fang "How can I use X to do Y?" -- a classic example of a "Question not to ask" from . The cygwin mount command is not the same as Unix's mount command. Cygwin's mount sets up a mapping between *Windows* paths and POSIX paths, rather than actually providing filesystem access (the exceptions are Cygwin's virtual filesystems, such as /cygdrive, /proc, /dev, etc). You have to find a Windows way of mounting a Linux partition (e.g., using Samba instead of an NFS mount), and then use Cygwin's mount to associate the Windows path (e.g., \\samba\linux_part) with the POSIX mount point (e.g., /mnt/linux). For information on mounting Linux partitions under Windows search Google for something like "mount linux partition windows", or query a Windows forum. Hope this helps, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ igor@watson.ibm.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/