* Cygwin mounts
@ 1999-07-14 17:04 McCunney, Dennis
1999-07-31 18:34 ` McCunney, Dennis
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From: McCunney, Dennis @ 1999-07-14 17:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Cygwin Mailing list (E-mail)
I'm starting to explore the possibility of using Cygwin's "mount" facility.
It looks like an elegant solution to several problems. But there is one
question I haven't seen discussed here: what happens if you already _have_
an existing directory structure with /bin, /usr/bin, /usr/local, /etc, etc.,
and things in them?
I have a variety of non-Cygwin Unix tools, in a Unix style directory
hierarchy. I'd prefer to keep distributions seperate, but it appears that
blending them will be forced, unless I'm missing something basic.
Thanks in advance for any words of wisdom.
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* Cygwin mounts
1999-07-14 17:04 Cygwin mounts McCunney, Dennis
@ 1999-07-31 18:34 ` McCunney, Dennis
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From: McCunney, Dennis @ 1999-07-31 18:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Cygwin Mailing list (E-mail)
I'm starting to explore the possibility of using Cygwin's "mount" facility.
It looks like an elegant solution to several problems. But there is one
question I haven't seen discussed here: what happens if you already _have_
an existing directory structure with /bin, /usr/bin, /usr/local, /etc, etc.,
and things in them?
I have a variety of non-Cygwin Unix tools, in a Unix style directory
hierarchy. I'd prefer to keep distributions seperate, but it appears that
blending them will be forced, unless I'm missing something basic.
Thanks in advance for any words of wisdom.
_______________
Dennis McCunney
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* Re: Cygwin mounts
1999-07-14 19:10 Earnie Boyd
@ 1999-07-31 18:34 ` Earnie Boyd
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From: Earnie Boyd @ 1999-07-31 18:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: McCunney, Dennis, Cygwin Mailing list (E-mail)
--- "McCunney, Dennis" <DMcCunney@roper.com> wrote:
> I'm starting to explore the possibility of using Cygwin's "mount" facility.
> It looks like an elegant solution to several problems. But there is one
> question I haven't seen discussed here: what happens if you already _have_
> an existing directory structure with /bin, /usr/bin, /usr/local, /etc, etc.,
> and things in them?
>
> I have a variety of non-Cygwin Unix tools, in a Unix style directory
> hierarchy. I'd prefer to keep distributions seperate, but it appears that
> blending them will be forced, unless I'm missing something basic.
>
You've missed something basic. Leave the cygwin related tools in a directory
under cygwin for example and use the umount and mount programs to remount the
root to the cygwin directory. More detail at the link in the sig.
> Thanks in advance for any words of wisdom.
You're welcome,
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* Re: Cygwin mounts
@ 1999-07-14 19:10 Earnie Boyd
1999-07-31 18:34 ` Earnie Boyd
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From: Earnie Boyd @ 1999-07-14 19:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: McCunney, Dennis, Cygwin Mailing list (E-mail)
--- "McCunney, Dennis" <DMcCunney@roper.com> wrote:
> I'm starting to explore the possibility of using Cygwin's "mount" facility.
> It looks like an elegant solution to several problems. But there is one
> question I haven't seen discussed here: what happens if you already _have_
> an existing directory structure with /bin, /usr/bin, /usr/local, /etc, etc.,
> and things in them?
>
> I have a variety of non-Cygwin Unix tools, in a Unix style directory
> hierarchy. I'd prefer to keep distributions seperate, but it appears that
> blending them will be forced, unless I'm missing something basic.
>
You've missed something basic. Leave the cygwin related tools in a directory
under cygwin for example and use the umount and mount programs to remount the
root to the cygwin directory. More detail at the link in the sig.
> Thanks in advance for any words of wisdom.
You're welcome,
===
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