From: vrice AT solidrocksystems DOT com (Vince Rice) Subject: Re: suggested mount tables? 21 Nov 1998 16:44:12 -0800 Message-ID: <36570B97.C8A6F34C.cygnus.gnu-win32@solidrocksystems.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Ken Laberteaux , gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Let me say at the outset I'm a Unix user, not administrator. I'm sure there will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth from this, but here's what I did, since I find the standard Cygnus directory structure imcomprehensible . My solution involves moving some directories around, which simplifies the mounting issue. First, I eliminate the cygwin-b20 directory entirely -- I don't plan on keeping multiple versions on my PC (if you do, just keep that directory level; everything else stays the same). All original directories below are relative to cygwin-b20. H-i586 and i586 refer to the looooong directory names that start with those respective strings (since I don't have them anymore, I don't remember what they are ). Original New bin usr/local/bin share usr/local/share i586/bin 1 H-i586/i586/include usr/include H-i586/i586/lib usr/lib H-i586/bin usr/bin H-i586/lib usr/local/lib H-i586/etc usr/etc 2 H-i586/libexec usr/libexec 3 1. I'm not sure where these go on a "standard" Unix box (if there is such a thing ). In AIX, which isn't necessarily what you want to emulate, these programs are in /usr/css/bin. 2. I've heard differing opinions on whether this should be /etc or /usr/etc. I have termcap in both places to cover my bases . 3. Not sure what these programs are or what they're for, so I don't know where to put them. My mount points then become: Device Directory Type Flags G:\temp /tmp native text!=binary C: /c native text!=binary G:\cygnus / native text!=binary If you choose to keep the cygwin-b20 layer, then the / mount point would be g:\cygnus\cygwin-b20. This keeps the mount points to a minumum; by putting the directories in the above places, the entire /usr tree falls naturally into place, without having to have several mount points. It only takes a few seconds in Explorer to do the moves, and from that point forward I haven't had any trouble. Hopefully this will generate lots of discussion, even if it's lambasting my setup -- I have yet to see any documentation on how to map the bizarre Cygnus structure to something approaching Unix normalcy. Vince Ken Laberteaux wrote: > I just downloaded cygnus b20. Any suggestion on mount tables? Should I > make a /usr/local? Which /bin should I use? Any other suggestions are > most welcomed. > > Ken > > - > 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". - 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".