From: elia AT itatlanta DOT com (Paul Vincent Elia) Subject: Re: Changing Root (/) 23 Aug 1997 13:54:44 -0700 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19970820200625.006a9148.cygnus.gnu-win32@pop.mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Sender: paulelia AT pop DOT mindspring DOT com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Original-To: "Sonic Junior" , "GNU Win 32" In-Reply-To: <199708192236.SAA15064@iag.net> Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com At 06:37 PM 8/19/97 -0400, Sonic Junior wrote: > > Anybody here happen to know how I would change the root (/) directory? >It's current c:, but I want it to be e:\gnuwin32\unix You use the "mount" utility to map drives to paths. But I have noticed that you can't redefine "c:" from the command line. Here's what works -- use regedit.exe, go to "My Computer\HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\" and hunt for the "0" mount point that corresponds to "c:" and "/". Change the "c:" to "e:\gnuwin32\unix" and everything should work. You can then run mount from a command prompt to be sure. Note that if you have multiple logins on the same PC, you may need to hunt for other "Cygnus Solutions" settings, too. Paul V. Elia President and Senior Consultant IT Atlanta, Inc., Information Technology Consultants 4060 Peachtree Road, Suite D-304, Atlanta, GA 30319-3020 main: (404) 467-8485 fax: (404) 846-9124 Temporary WWW: http://www.mindspring.com/~elia/itatlanta.html Coming Soon: http://www.itatlanta.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".