From: sobomax@altavista.net (Maxim Sobolev) Subject: Re: Newbie Questions / Win 95 16 Jun 1998 09:44:19 -0700 Message-ID: <35861292.8FF7BD87.cygnus.gnu-win32@altavista.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Dear Mike, Mike Bandy wrote: > 1) What's the use for the "mount" command? Why is it needed? mount command used to map Win32 paths to unix-like paths. It's needed 'cause many of the unix utilities uses standard unix pathnames like "/bin" "/etc" etc. > > > 2) What's the name of the bash file that's executed when you first start up a > bash window? What directory does it go into? I'd like to put in a file with > some aliases, like my Solaris box's ~/.cshrc. Where is the bash FAQ file so > I don't have to ask simple questions again? ~/.bashrc > > > 3) After installing Cygnus my Windows 95 boot sequence hangs for about 30 > seconds just before the user screen appears (i.e. a black screen after the > big splash panel but before the screen with the "Start" button on it). > What's it waiting for? it's waiting for you to install NT ;) Sincerely, Maxim - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".