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Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 10:09:37 -0500
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From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: Installation does not work
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At 03:10 AM 1/4/2002, Roger Simmons wrote:
>What is wrong with the latest version of Cygwin?
>
>I ran setup.exe and saved all files to a local directory
>and then installed from a local directory.
>
>i get a lot of messages about tar, file-utils etc not
>being available during the install.
>
>After the install is complete I click on the
>"cygwin" icon to run a bash shell and I can
>not cd to certain drives like "cd //u"  or
>cd "//a" should take me to the U: and A:
>drive respectively.  I remember this used
>to work.
>
>I have had this problem on two occassions now
>about a month apart.
>
>any help would be appreciated.


Remember, the Cygwin documentation is your friend...

Why doesn't //c (for C:) work anymore?
http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_4.html#SEC33


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