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Subject: Re: Changing from textmode to binmode mounting
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From: pdavis AT pageflexinc DOT com (Peter Davis)
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Date: 02 Jul 2002 13:51:14 +0000
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Patrick Eisenacher <eisenacher AT fillmore-labs DOT com> wrote:
> here is how I did it:
> 
> Go to to cygwin\bin directory and run the following command from a
> Windows shell:
> 
>    mount -bs --change-cygdrive-prefix /cygdrive

Thanks, Patrick.  Unfortunately, this only seems to work on some of
the mounts.  I also followed the suggestion of doing 'mount -m',
modifying all those commands to use -b, and issuing the commands.
Again, that switch some of the partitions to binmode, but not all:

C:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type user (binmode)
C:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type user (binmode)
C:\cygwin on / type user (binmode)
c: on /cygdrive/c type user (textmode,noumount)
d: on /cygdrive/d type user (textmode,noumount)
m: on /cygdrive/m type user (textmode,noumount)
q: on /cygdrive/q type user (textmode,noumount)
r: on /cygdrive/r type user (textmode,noumount)


The last five are still textmode.  I think these are mounted by Cygwin
somewhere at the start of time, and I can't find out how to override
or change that mounting.

Any clues, anyone?

Thanks,

-pd



> > David Starks-Browning <starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk> writes:
> > 
> > > On  1 Jul 02, Peter Davis writes:
> > > > 
> > > > For some reason, my Win2000 machine has everything mounted in
> > > > textmode, although my WinNT machine correctly mounts in binmode.  In
> > > > textmode, my fetchmail spool file is unreadable by MH and other mail
> > > > utilities?
> > > > 
> > > > Can someone tell me how to switch from textmode to binmode?  I tried
> > > > the command
> > > > 
> > > >     mount -b --change-cygdrive-prefix cygdrive
> > > > 
> > > > as suggested in the faq, but it seemed to have no effect.  
> > > 
> > > You say "everything" is mounted in textmode, but that command will
> > > only change the cygdrive mounts.  Also user mounts will override
> > > system mounts (or vice versa?).  This can be confusing if you change
> > > the system mount but the user mount hides the change (or vice versa?).
> > 
> > Here's what I have:
> > 
> > $ mount
> > C:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type user (textmode)
> > C:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type user (textmode)
> > C:\cygwin on / type user (textmode)
> > c: on /cygdrive/c type user (textmode,noumount)
> > d: on /cygdrive/d type user (textmode,noumount)
> > m: on /cygdrive/m type user (textmode,noumount)
> > q: on /cygdrive/q type user (textmode,noumount)
> > r: on /cygdrive/r type user (textmode,noumount)
> > 
> > I've tried
> > 
> >     mount -b --change-cygdrive-prefix cygdrive
> >     mount: cygdrive: Invalid argument
> > 
> > I also tried
> > 
> >     mount -b --change-cygdrive-prefix /cygdrive
> >     mount -b --change-cygdrive-prefix /cygwin
> > 
> > 
> > No messages, but nothing changes.  Am I missing something?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > 
> > -pd
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