From: mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de (Michael Hirmke) Subject: Re: Another newbie onboard... 24 May 1998 16:59:15 -0700 Message-ID: <6uTLry0$pfB.cygnus.gnu-win32@mike.franken.de> References: <000101bd85ad$211172f0$6270f4cd AT thigh2 DOT smatnet DOT net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Troy High [thigh AT smatnet DOT net] wrote: [...] >Firstly, concerning mounting stuff in binary/text mixed mode or not, I seem >to be really confused. I have tried to unmount and mount these things >however I invariably end up with the same mounts when I restart the machine. >Are there command-line switches or registry hacks I am missing here or what? You can either start bash and enter umount / && mount -b / which remounts your root directoy only in binary mode or run regedit, search for HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Cygnus Solutions/CYGWIN.DLL setup/b15.0/mounts and change [0-9][0-9]/fbinary from 0 to 1 > >Secondly, environment variables. Every other post I see regards someone >suggesting that someone else add environment variables or adjust them. Can >someone please clarify it all to me by sending or pointing me to some useful >.bash_profile and .bashrc files? Just have a look at /cygnus.bat - it contains everything you may need ! If you want, you can put these env vars to your user environment, so you don't have to always run cygnus.bat. > >Thirdly and a rabbit trail, I have been attempting to get SSH up and running >however I never get entering my password before it bombs out; some how I >feel this is related to the binary mounts thoughà This is related to non binary mounts and to the CYGWIN32 env var, which should contain at least "tty" ! > >I guess what I really need or desire is to see what a real world running >install LOOKS like. I mean the whole nine yards. That way I can have >something to compare myself to. Anyone have a sacrificial machine lying >around they can stick out there and let a few newbies telnet in and look at? >This could save me an enormous amount of time asking questions, >experimenting, etc. I can send you a bunch of files, but I'm afraid that my setup is way too complicated for a beginner. My .bashrc only has about 1000 lines :) > >Thanks in Advance for your help, > >Troy High >Thigh AT bigfoot DOT com 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".