From: weiku@UTKUX1.UTK.EDU ("Wei Ku") Subject: Re: Changing the location of the / mount 24 Jul 1997 08:57:35 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199707241444.KAA34427.cygnus.gnu-win32@solid.ssd.ornl.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Original-To: , "Robert Seeger" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1008.3 X-MimeOle: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE Engine V4.71.1008.3 Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com 1. umount / 2. mount //d/cygwin32/Root/ / Sincerely, Wei Ku *************************************** Department of Physics and Astronomy The University of Tennessee 1408 Circle Drive Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1200 weiku@utkux.utcc.utk.edu --------------------------------------- Solid State Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory P.O.Box 2008 Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6032 Phone: (423) 574-5795 Fax: (423) 574-4143 weiku@solid.ssd.ornl.gov *************************************** -----Original Message----- From: Robert Seeger To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Date: Thursday, July 24, 1997 4:09 AM Subject: Changing the location of the / mount >I looked in the FAQ under the section for mounting drives, but I can't >figure out how to change where the root mount points to. For example, I >want to do something like: > >mount d:/cygwin32/Root/ / > >So that the root directory points to d:\cygwin32\Root\ > >Unfortunately, it says: > >mount failed: Device or resource busy. > >This happens both inside and outside of bash. Anyone know how to do this? > > Thanks in advance for any help, > Robert Seeger > >======================================== >Robert Seeger >Network Engineer >Bay Networks > >Telephone: (518)237-2087 >Pager: (800)SKY-8888 Pin#1264792 >Fax: (518)237-4190 >Email: rseeger@baynetworks.com >Address: 224 5th Ave, Apt#2 > Lansingburgh, NY 12182 >======================================== >- >For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to >"gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". > - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".