From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: New install problems Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 12:37:00 -0000 Message-id: <3846D857.78A66799@vinschen.de> References: <19991202160908.5305.qmail@web109.yahoomail.com> <19991202115637.A1456@cygnus.com> X-SW-Source: 1999-12/msg00062.html Chris Faylor wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 08:09:08AM -0800, Earnie Boyd wrote: > >--- Chris Faylor wrote: > >-8<- > >> > >> In Cygwin v1.0 (only available on CD, currently ) > >> mount has a "-f" option to force a mount, so you can do this, too: > >> > >> mount -f d:\unix / > > > >Would that not have to be `mount -f d:\\unix /' if executed in bash? or > >alternatively `mount -f 'd:\unix' /'? > > Yes, but I would suggest that this not be run under bash. It will probably > work best if you do this standalone. BTW: Forward slash works for the native path as well: mount -f d:/unix / This is nice for native device paths: mount -f //./tape0 /dev/st0 instead of mount -f \\\\.\\tape0 and this works in bash (ash, tcsh, ksh, zsh...), too, if you call mount with correct path. Corinna -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: New install problems Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 13:28:00 -0000 Message-ID: <3846D857.78A66799@vinschen.de> References: <19991202160908.5305.qmail@web109.yahoomail.com> <19991202115637.A1456@cygnus.com> X-SW-Source: 1999-12n/msg00062.html Message-ID: <19991231132800.Vy14bh4CyI2JSDnsNu5J2Bu1D9YZ42u3g_IGK3Ssy7U@z> Chris Faylor wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 08:09:08AM -0800, Earnie Boyd wrote: > >--- Chris Faylor wrote: > >-8<- > >> > >> In Cygwin v1.0 (only available on CD, currently ) > >> mount has a "-f" option to force a mount, so you can do this, too: > >> > >> mount -f d:\unix / > > > >Would that not have to be `mount -f d:\\unix /' if executed in bash? or > >alternatively `mount -f 'd:\unix' /'? > > Yes, but I would suggest that this not be run under bash. It will probably > work best if you do this standalone. BTW: Forward slash works for the native path as well: mount -f d:/unix / This is nice for native device paths: mount -f //./tape0 /dev/st0 instead of mount -f \\\\.\\tape0 and this works in bash (ash, tcsh, ksh, zsh...), too, if you call mount with correct path. Corinna -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com