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Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:23:11 -0400
From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: cygwin not mount / when start bash
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On 8/16/2011 4:14 AM, Nick Urbanik wrote:
> Dear Folks,
>
> I'm running cygwin on Windows XP. I do not have administrator access
> to this machine.
>
> When I start cygwin.bat, the / directory is not mounted, so /bin/sh
> does not exist, so not much works. How do I mount this? Does it
> depend on write access to the Windows registry? My attempts to make
> the mount have failed:
>
> mount -s c:\cygdrive /
> mount: /: Invalid argument
>
> All suggestions welcome. There's not much I can use this corporate
> desktop for without a working cygwin.

When you installed, did you pick "All Users" or "Just Me"?  Also, please
read and follow the problem reporting guidelines outlined at this link:

<http://cygwin.com/problems.html>

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Larry

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