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Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 15:18:53 -0400
From: DEEPA SIVASANKARANE <aj9035 AT wayne DOT edu>
Subject: Re: Cygwin Net - Compilation
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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Yes, it was a mistake. Now , I went to the DOS
prompt, cd C:\cygwin\bin
Do I  do a

mount "c:\cygwin" "/"

or just mount "/" ?

I did the latter as u suggested, alongwith
mount "/usr/lib" 
mount "/usr/bin"
it did'nt work..

Sorry for the truble :-),pls. help.

thanx,
regards,
Deepa


---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:52:36 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>  
>Subject: Re: Cygwin Net - Compilation  
>To: DEEPA SIVASANKARANE <aj9035 AT wayne DOT edu>
>Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
>
>Deepa,
>
>Now, what in the world possessed you to do *that*?
>Run cmd.exe, cd to your cygwin bin directory (probably 
c:\cygwin\bin), and
>you'll be able to run mount from there.  You will need at 
least three
>mounts: "/", "/usr/bin", and "/usr/lib".
>
>Next time, before "umount"ing, run "mount -m 
>/bin/restore_mounts.bat".
>Then you'll be able to undo your commands by simply "cd 
c:\cygwin\bin ^
>restore_mounts"
>	Igor
>
>On Tue, 13 May 2003, DEEPA SIVASANKARANE wrote:
>
>> Hi Igor,
>>
>>   I did a umount -A, and I ran bash again. Now I'm not
>> able to execute anything, including mount.
>> What do I do ?
>>
>> thanx,
>> Deepa
>>
>> ---- Original message ----
>> >Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:00:41 -0400 (EDT)
>> >From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
>> >Subject: Re: Cygwin Net - Compilation
>> >To: DEEPA SIVASANKARANE <aj9035 AT wayne DOT edu>
>> >Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
>> >
>> >Deepa,
>> >
>> >See <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#SEC54>.  You may also 
be able to
>> >run the old toolset by setting your cygdrive prefix 
to "//" (the
>> >obvious way, "mount -u -c //", won't work, but you can 
circumvent it by
>> >using "mount -u -c '/\'") -- *NOTE that this will make 
you unable to
>> >access any network share from that user account!*
>> >       Igor
>> >P.S. Try passing the -specs=FILE option to umsgcc -- that 
should make
>> >it read the specs from FILE, unless they *really* 
diverged from the gcc
>> >codebase.
>> >
>> >On Tue, 13 May 2003, DEEPA SIVASANKARANE wrote:
>> >
>> >> Thanx, Igor. Shall work on getting the new toolset, with
>> >> configure options changed.
>> >> Unfortunately, umsgcc does'nt read from a "specs" file
>> >> like gcc, but uses "built-in specs".
>> >>
>> >> BTW, the new syntax for drives is just /c 
or /cygdrive/c ?
>> >>
>> >> Thanx again,
>> >> best regards,
>> >> Deepa
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ---- Original message ----
>> >> >Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 16:30:27 -0400 (EDT)
>> >> >From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
>> >> >Subject: Re: Cygwin Net - Compilation
>> >> >To: DEEPA SIVASANKARANE <aj9035 AT wayne DOT edu>
>> >> >Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
>> >> >
>> >> >On Mon, 12 May 2003, DEEPA SIVASANKARANE wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Hi folks,
>> >> >>
>> >> >>   I'm using a certain arch. specific gcc (umsgcc) for
>> >> >> compilation, whose specs are as below. It looks like
>> >> >> "umsgcc" was compiled in a Redhat Cygwin 
environment ?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> This is the one available to me and when I try to
>> >> >> use it on Cygwin Net release, there were some "file
>> >> >> not found" errors,  tho the files were there and I 
had
>> >> >> used "-I" option to include the directory.
>> >> >>  Could anybody pls. help or suggest something ?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thanx in advance,
>> >> >> best regards,
>> >> >> Deepa
>> >> >>
>> >> >> -----------------------------------------------------
---
>> >> >> Using builtin specs.
>> >> >> Configured 
with: //d/sanjiv/proj/tools/redhat/configure --host=i686-pc-
cygwin --target=cra8500-elf --prefix=//f/redhat/cradle --exec-
prefix=//f/redhat/cradle/H-i686-pc-cygwin
>> >> >> UMSGCC version 3.2.042 (with gcc version 2.97-cradle-
011011)
>> >> >
>> >> >Deepa,
>> >> >
>> >> >The configure options above use the old syntax for 
different drives.
>> >> >The newer Cygwin DLLs (starting from 1.3.1, I think)  
interpret the
>> >> >above as, for example, the share "redhat" on 
server "f" (which you
>> >> >most likely don't have, thus the errors).  It probably 
takes quite a
>> >> >bit of time, too.
>> >> >
>> >> >I'm not sure what you mean by "this is the only one 
available" --
>> >> >Cygwin has a "gcc" package...  Unless you 
mean "available for that
>> >> >target architecture".
>> >> >
>> >> >One way to fix this is to recompile the toolchain by 
providing the
>> >> >correct options to configure.  Another is to provide 
your own specs
>> >> >file (which is not mentioned above, BTW, use -
dumpspecs for that).
>> >> >See the gcc info page for the format of the specs file.
>> >> >       Igor
>
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