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Re: invalid mounts after inst of cygwin1.5.10.3
- From: "Pierre A. Humblet" <pierre dot humblet at ieee dot org>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:39:10 -0400
- Subject: Re: invalid mounts after inst of cygwin1.5.10.3
- References: <20040530025210.GA790537@hpn5170x> <13-741545226.20040614172924@familiehaase.de>
On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 05:29:24PM +0200, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
> Hi Pierre,
>
> you wrote:
> > When you run setup, third screen, where you specify the root
> > directory. Does it have a final \ ? If so, remove it.
> > See also below.
>
> Unfortunately this is not possible if you use H: as root, you cannot
> continue, you must add the backslash. However, I use this always
> without problems since about two years now:
> $ mount
> ...
> H:\\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode)
> H:\\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode)
If you are saying that this still works for you in 1.5.10,
great. Thank MS for its inconsistency.
If it's broken, try a snapshot. The second \ should be gone
from mount.
Pierre
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