X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4AC03276.8010308@cygwin.com> Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:50:14 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Cygwin portable bash References: <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A20871AB9598@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> <4AC024B8.1090303@djandyj.com> In-Reply-To: <4AC024B8.1090303@djandyj.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Reformatted. On 09/27/2009 10:51 PM, Andy Holt wrote: > Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: >> I'm not aware that this has been mentioned before in this thread, but >> I'd worry that there is no mount table. (I assume that this is cygwin >> 1.5.) See the documentation on mount (hint: the -m option might be >> especially useful) or just run setup, clicking through it, on the >> derivative machines. > Well, I'm not so sure that that is really a problem... I looked for > fstab but couldn't even find one so I'm not sure where the mount table > is specified. BUT I don't think that has anything to do with my current > problem. I need to 'log in' to bash first. then I'll worry about the > cygdrive mount points later. As far as the bin, lib, and root directory > / 'mount points' or whatever, the directory structure is the same across > all of the windows computers (all running vista). So the bin is always > C:\Users\Andy\My Dropbox\cygwin\bin, ..\lib ..\ etc. You get the point. > So yea. > > No progress thus far. :( I think you'd be enlightened if you looked at the User's Guide like Barry suggested. Without the proper mounts set, Cygwin is going to have allot of trouble finding your "installation". Reading up on 'mount' will help you understand how to make the mount points the same across all systems you work on, which will likely help you allot. Also note that there is no 'fstab' file in Cygwin 1.5 (though there is in 1.7). So that's another reason why you want to know about 'mount' and not waste any time with 'fstab' (on Cygwin 1.5). -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple