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Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 15:36:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: DEEPA SIVASANKARANE <aj9035 AT wayne DOT edu>
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Cygwin Net - Compilation
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Deepa,

No problem, I wasn't chiding you, I was simply wondering...

For complete instructions on using mount, with examples, see
<http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#MOUNT>.
	Igor

On Tue, 13 May 2003, DEEPA SIVASANKARANE wrote:

> 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:
> >> >
> >> >> [snip]
> >> >> BTW, the new syntax for drives is just /c or /cygdrive/c ?

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