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Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 11:17:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Changing cygwin directory
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Yes, you're missing the "/" mount.  Please re-read CGF's response
carefully.
	Igor

On Mon, 21 Apr 2003, Pierre Mallard wrote:

> Ok I did it,
> Still when I open cygwin.bat got this prompt :
>
> bash.exe: warning: could not find /tmp, please create!
> bash-2.05b$ ls
> bash: ls: command not found
>
> (/tmp exist at d:/cygwin/)
>
> If I do :
> bash-2.05b$ cd /cygdrive/d/cygwin/bin
> bash-2.05b$ ./mount
> It prompt :
>
> d:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode)
> d:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode)
> c: on /cygdrive/c type user (textmode,noumount)
> d: on /cygdrive/d type user (textmode,noumount)
> f: on /cygdrive/f type user (textmode,noumount)
>
> Do I need sthg more here ?
> Do I need to do sthg else ?
>
> Thanks for your time
> Pierre
>
> --- Christopher Faylor <cgf-rcm AT cygwin DOT com> a crit :
> > On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 04:12:43PM +0200, Pierre> Mallard wrote:
> > >Thanx to u,
> > >I did your command but it didn't help a lot...
> > >The problem is that I'd like to avoid using a setup
> > >again cause there are things I installed wich are not
> > >included in it and I have no more the src...
> > >(Moreover I'm not sure to have the complete cygwin
> > >package here...)
> > >
> > >If I only do ./mount -m it does not output anything
> > at
> > >all.... !!
> > >Means no system mount no ??
> > >Ok I can force it :
> > >Now I have :
> > >mount -f -s -b "/cygdrive/d/cygwin/bin" "/usr/bin"
> > >mount -f -s -b "/cygdrive/d/cygwin/lib" "/usr/lib"
> > >(mounted manually with :
> > >mount /cygdri.../bin /usr/bin
> > >mount /cygdri.../lib /usr/lib
> > >)
> > >
> > >Well this didn't help for the moment....
> >
> > That's because it's incorrect syntax.  The "path on
> > the left" is
> > a dos path:
> >
> > mount -f -b -s d:/cygwin /
> > mount -f -b -s d:/cygwin/bin /usr/bin
> > mount -f -b -s d:/cygwin/lib /usr/lib
> >
> > cgf

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