Mailing-List: contact cygwin-developers-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-developers-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: <20000301191155.2089.qmail@web110.yahoomail.com> Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 11:11:55 -0800 (PST) From: Earnie Boyd Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com Subject: RE: Setup over a previous installation To: "Parker, Ron" , "'cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii --- "Parker, Ron" wrote: -8<- > > Does this make sense to everyone? > Yep :) > My other concern is that the umount-mount sequence for changing the root > directory only works from bash and not from the Windows command line. When > using the windows command line to issue the (re)mount command, an automount > occurs in cygwin1.dll. My current line of thought is that setup.exe will do > a LoadLibrary on cygwin1.dll followed by an unmount-mount sequence and that > this should suppress the automount that occurs at the Windows command > prompt. > > Could someone more experienced with the workings of cygwin1.dll let me know > if this is off base? > umount isn't necessary. Use the -f switch on mount to force the new root directory. ===== --- Earnie Boyd: __Cygwin: POSIX on Windows__ Cygwin Newbies: __Minimalist GNU for Windows__ Mingw32 List: Mingw Home: (Coming Soon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com