From: mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de (Michael Hirmke) Subject: Re: mount/umount from commandline... 16 May 1998 15:59:04 -0700 Message-ID: <6txSWi04pfB.cygnus.gnu-win32@mike.franken.de> References: <6tpDlCq$pfB AT mike DOT franken DOT de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com [...] C:\>>> umount / C:\>>> mount C:/temp / >>mount failed: Device or resource busy > >Don't know, but this works perfectly for me, even with a bash running in >a second window. No I have to followup my own answer: It didn't work *even* with a bash running in a second window, it worked *because* of this bash. Obviously with this bash the cygwin layer was present in memory. If no cygwin process is running, it is not possible to remount /, as others already have stated and explained. [...] Bye. Michael. -- Michael Hirmke | Telefon +49 (911) 557999 Georg-Strobel-Strasse 81 | FAX +49 (911) 557664 90489 Nuernberg | E-Mail mailto:mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de | WWW http://minimike.franken.de/ - 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".