From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13807 invoked by alias); 2 Jan 2005 18:44:12 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 13793 invoked from network); 2 Jan 2005 18:44:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp.mho.com) (64.58.4.5) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 2 Jan 2005 18:44:05 -0000 Received: (qmail 38549 invoked by uid 1002); 2 Jan 2005 18:44:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO LisaHall) (64.58.0.134) by smtp.mho.net with SMTP; 2 Jan 2005 18:44:04 -0000 Received: by LisaHall (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 2 Jan 2005 11:45:21 -0700 Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 18:44:00 -0000 From: Tom Hall To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [?@yahoo.com: Found problem of floppy drive acces] Message-ID: <20050102184519.GA400591@mind> Reply-To: tlhall@keepandbeararms.com References: <20041217172257.GB442@fiji.reservoir.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Operating-System: CYGWIN_98-4.10 mind 1.5.12(0.116/4/2) X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2005-01/txt/msg00023.txt.bz2 Since this problem appears to be the result of a bug in Windows, and I don't use my floppy too much, I've come up with a Windows-level hack that makes the problem more tolerable for me on Windows 98 until the proper Cygwin solution is found. This "works" for both find and df. Add this line somewhere above where bash is called in CYGWIN.BAT : subst a: c: When I really want to use the floppy: subst a: /d [use the floppy] subst a: c: This assumes that c:\windows\command is in my path. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/