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From: Frank Merenda <fmerenda AT offmail DOT vetexchange DOT com>
To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: FW: mount failed
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 14:55:47 -0400
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good tip from Matt Minnis:

> I always had to mount with 2 backslashes like:
> 
> mount -b C:\\ /
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Matt

Thanks,
Frank Merenda | Senior Software Engineer
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fmerenda AT VetExchange DOT com

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Minnis [mailto:mminnis AT prefres DOT com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 2:35 PM
> To: Frank Merenda
> Subject: RE: mount failed
> 
> 
> I always had to mount with 2 backslashes like:
> 
> mount -b C:\\ /
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Matt
> 
> At 02:29 PM 7/12/2000 -0400, you wrote:
> 
> >I don't know if this will help, but try:
> >
> >mount -b C: /
> >
> >with a capital "C".
> >
> >I have also had problems with this if I didn't use a command 
> prompt from the
> >"start | run" menu, ie if I start a dos prompt from 
> PowerDesk or Object
> >Desktop. I think it might have to do with those programs caching the
> >environment settings. I don't know if that helps at all, but 
> give it a
> >shot.... :)
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Frank Merenda | Senior Software Engineer
> >VetExchange   | http://www.VetExchange.com
> >fmerenda AT VetExchange DOT com
> >
> >"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole."
> >
> >-- Roger Caras
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Noel L Yap [mailto:yap_noel AT jpmorgan DOT com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 2:03 PM
> > > To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
> > > Cc: Cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; Cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
> > > Subject: Re: mount failed
> > >
> > >
> > > No, this didn't work.
> > >
> > > Noel
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > cgf AT cygnus DOT com on 2000.07.12 13:47:12
> > >
> > > Please respond to cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
> > >
> > > To:   cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
> > > cc:   (bcc: Noel L Yap)
> > > Subject:  Re: mount failed
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jul 12, 2000 at 11:20:04AM -0400, Noel L Yap wrote:
> > > >>From both an MSDOS Command Prompt and a bash shell, when I
> > > 'mount -b c: /', I
> > > >get "mount failed: Invalid argument" even if I've previously
> > > umounted the
> > > >directory.  I can't seem to get mount working at this point
> > > although it was
> > > >working fine yesterday.
> > > >
> > > >Can anyone help?
> > >
> > > Use the '-f' option.
> > >
> > > cgf
> > >
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