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Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 11:25:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Elfyn McBratney <elfyn-cygwin AT exposure DOT org DOT uk>
cc: cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>,
   =?iso-8859-1?Q?Alain_M=E9rigot?= <am AT ief DOT u-psud DOT fr>
Subject: Re: ls: /: No such file or directory   What can I do?
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On Sun, 27 Apr 2003, Elfyn McBratney wrote:

> > Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > > On Sun, 27 Apr 2003, Alain Mérigot wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>When I do ls /, I get the message
> > >>ls: /: No such file or directory
> > >>(I have the same behavior with /etc).
> > >>Other pathes are OK (including /cygdrive/x/...
> > >>
> > >>I use cygwin for years and never got such a problem. Before it happened,
> I
> > >>do not remember to have done a specifically dangerous action.
> > >>Anyway, as my path is set in autoexec.bat (with windows pathes), most
> > >>utilities are still working. Only the ones that requires an access to
> > >>specific files in /usr, /etc ... are broken (latex for instance). So
> this
> > >>problem may be here for a couple of days.
> > >>
> > >>I have checked the configuration with regedit and it seems correct :
> > >>in /HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/software/Cygnus/cygwin/mounts v2/'/', I have flas
> set
> > >>to 0x0a and native to \cygdrive\e\\cygwin.
> > >>
> > >>So, any idea on waht can be done?
> > >>
> > >>Many thanks in advance,
> > >>Alain Mérigot
> > >
> > >
> > > Alain,
> > >
> > > Checking the mount settings in the registry is non-portable, the mounts
> > > will not be stored there forever.  Please use "cygcheck -svr" to get
> > > system configuration.  Attaching the output to your message, as per
> > > <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>, might also be a good idea.
> > >
> > > Aside from that, looks like you're missing the "/" mount (the output of
> > > "cygcheck -svr" will confirm or deny my guess).  Did you change users?
> > > Did you upgrade any Cygwin packages recently?
> > > Igor
>
> Alain,
>
> If you run the following from Cygwin shell (or cmd.exe/command.com as long
> as D:\Cygwin is in your PATH):
>
> $ mount -f -s -b "D:/Cygwin/bin" "/usr/bin"
> $ mount -f -s -b "D:/Cygwin/lib" "/usr/lib"
> $ mount -f -s -b "D:/Cygwin" "/"
>
> and if you have XFree86* installed you might want to run this, too:
>
> $ mount -f -s -b "D:/Cygwin/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts"
> "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts"
>
> And you should be alright... :-)
>
> Elfyn

Ahem, make that "E:/Cygwin/bin", "E:/Cygwin/lib", and "E:/Cygwin"...

Alain, your problem is that the mount source should be a Win32 path, not a
POSIX path, so the /cygdrive/e/cygwin was confusing the mount mechanism
(it was looking for \cygdrive\e\cygwin on the current drive, and of course
didn't find it).  "man mount" for more details.
	Igor
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