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Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 15:00:18 -0400
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From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: FW: mount failed
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Funny, mount -b C: / works fine for me with Cygwin 1.1.2 and W2K.  Maybe its 
a 9x thing??

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At 02:55 PM 7/12/2000, Frank Merenda wrote:

>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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