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Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:24:35 +0100
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 > I do the exact same thing, much to the consternation of others on the 
list.

 > I ended up with a batch file to start Cygwin that figures out which 
drive its running on and then it writes out a custom /etc/fstab based on 
that drive letter.

 > It's certainly not the most elegant way of doing things, but it works.

Thank you very much. I now do the same (use a batch file to identify the 
driveletter and then write a new /etc/fstab) given that its the solution 
used by at least two other users.

Fergus


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