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Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 13:13:51 +0100 (BST)
From: Elfyn McBratney <elfyn AT ubertales DOT co DOT uk>
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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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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

Slightly wrong. :-) Try

mount -f -s -b C:/Cygwin /
mount -f -s -b C:/Cygwin/bin /usr/bin
mount -f -s -b C:/Cygwin/lib /usr/lib

which should work(tm).

Elfyn

> >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
> >
> >-- 
> >				http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/
> >      |\      _,,,---,,_		pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu
> >ZZZzz /,`.-'`'    -.  ;-;;,_		igor AT watson DOT ibm DOT com
> >     |,4-  ) )-,_. ,\ (  `'-'		Igor Pechtchanski
> >    '---''(_/--'  `-'\_) fL	a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-.  
> Meow!
> >
> >Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of 
> uncertainty.
> >  -- Leto II
> >
> 
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