From: ray@mgi.com (Dave Ray) Subject: Re: mount woes 12 May 1997 16:50:02 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <337735DF.25E0.cygnus.gnu-win32@mgi.com> References: <3.0.32.19970511074920.00a0fcc8@pop.ni.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (WinNT; I) Original-To: Jeff Deifik Original-CC: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com Jeff Deifik wrote: > > I have a computer running windows nt 4.0 server, sp2. > I installed beta-18. > I wish to mount d: / since my NT partition is there, and I > installed beta-18 there. > I have read the readme.txt, which refers me to faq.txt. > I have read the faq.txt, which says: > > >Where did my mount points go? > >============================= > > > > Earlier releases stored mount points in the registry under "Cygnus > >Support". This changed to "Cygnus Solutions" starting with beta 18. > >Either use a registry editor (regedit under NT) to rename the old entry > >or just redo your mount points and the cygwin.dll will automatically > >create the new one for you. > > So I tried to redo my mount points. > I typed 'mount --reset', which produced no errors. > I typed 'mount d: /', and I got the message > mount failed: Device or resource busy > > I thrashed around a bit, without being able to mount d: as / > > When I type mount, I get what I assume the defaults are, which are: > Device Directory Type Flags > \\.\tape1: /dev/st1 native no-mixed,text!=binary > \\.\tape0: /dev/st0 native no-mixed,text!=binary > \\.\b: /dev/fd1 native no-mixed,text!=binary > \\.\a: /dev/fd0 native no-mixed,text!=binary > c: / native no-mixed,text!=binary > > I would prefer not using the registry editor if possible to fix this. > > Any ideas? > > Jeff Deifik jdeifik@weasel.com > > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". You need to do a 'umount /' first to free the mount point, then the 'mount d: /' command should work. -Dave Ray ray@mgi.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".