From: ryl AT innovix DOT com (Raymond Y. Lillard) Subject: mount -b option question 13 Nov 1997 12:52:55 -0800 Message-ID: Reply-To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Content-Type: text To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Hi all, I am new to Cygwin (just an old dog struggling with a new trick called NT) just having a few days experience with it. My first attempt at mounting disks in the "/" (my C: drive) was chaotic because after reading the FAQ it seemed that the proper thing to do was mount the volumes with the test = binary mode. I used (mount -b D: /volD). Doing this broke virtually everything. My best clue to the problem was that after each command my cursor was positioned at the left edge of the window. Further investigation with: echo :$PS1: | od -xc yielded: 0000000 5c3a 4075 685c 203a 0a3a : \ u @ \ h : \r : \n Note the character tacked on end of the prompt. I remounted my volumes sans the '-b' option and my world was restored. Question: When would it be appropriate to us he '-b' option to the mount command? Thank to all Ray - 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".