Subject: Re: invalid mounts after inst of cygwin1.5.10.3
From: "Pierre A. Humblet" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Cc: Hans Horn <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 22:52:10 -0400

Hans,

When you run setup, third screen, where you specify the root
directory. Does it have a final \ ? If so, remove it.
See also below.

Pierre

On Sat, May 29, 2004 at 03:34:31PM -0700, Hans Horn wrote:
> Pierre,
> 
> this is what I just did:
> 
> umount /usr/bin
> umount /usr/lib
> 
> cd C:/cygwin/bin
> mount -f "C:\cygwin\bin" /usr/bin
> mount -f "C:\cygwin\lib" /usr/lib
>
> mount
> C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\lib\X11\fonts on /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts type system
> (binmode)
> C:\cywgin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode)
> C:\cywgin\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode)

^^^ cyWGin really?

> C:\cygwin on / type system (binmode)
> c: on /cygdrive/c type user (binmode,noumount)
> d: on /cygdrive/d type user (binmode,noumount)
> e: on /cygdrive/e type user (binmode,noumount)
> 
> 
> [install cygwin1.5.10.3]
> mount
> C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\lib\X11\fonts on /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts type system
> (binmode)
> C:\cygwin\\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode)
> C:\cygwin\\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode)
> C:\cygwin on / type system (binmode)
> c: on /cygdrive/c type user (binmode,noumount)
> d: on /cygdrive/d type user (binmode,noumount)
> e: on /cygdrive/e type user (binmode,noumount)
> 
> Obviously, install screws things up.
> H.
> 
> "Pierre A. Humblet" wrote in message
> news:20040529150552.GA915273@hpn5170x...
> > On Sat, May 29, 2004 at 07:30:17AM -0700, Hans Horn wrote:
> > > subject says it all.
> > > after inst of cygwin1.5.10.3 the default mounts are hosed (contain
> double
> > > slash). cygcheck output attached.
> > > could somebody pls fix that?
> >
> > It looks like the registry values of the mounts contain a backslash
> > followed by a forward slash. I have no idea where that comes from nor
> > why it affects 5.10.3 differently.
> > Perhaps you could reissue the mount commands, using the -f flag to
> overwrite
> > the existing values.
> >
> > Pierre

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