"mount -c /" in 64-bit win7 not persisting

Corinna Vinschen corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com
Wed Apr 9 18:45:00 GMT 2014


On Apr  9 17:43, KARR, DAVID wrote:
> I haven't installed a new Cygwin in quite a while.  I'm doing it this morning on a new 64-bit Win7 box.
> 
> I typically set my cygdrive prefix to "/".  In the past, I believe I would do this once, and it wouldn't have to do it again, as it would persist somewhere.
> 
> Now, it appears as if this goes away as soon as that shell goes away.
> 
> I've checked some of the FAQs and did some searches, but I didn't find anything obvious.
> 
> What am I missing?

The user's guide:

  http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table

Persisent mounting via mount(1) has been given up in favor of the
/etc/fstab file a long time ago (2009).


Corinna

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