From: vischne AT ibm DOT net (Victor Schneider)
Subject: Getting Midnight Commander to change root under W95
27 Sep 1997 11:56:40 -0700
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To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com, mc AT nuclecu DOT unam DOT mx

The cygnus.com FAQ gives the answer on how to use
Midnight Commander in a Windows 95 environment. If
you want to change to another Dos drive, you have
to mount it first.

So, to get midnight commander to recognize your d:
exetended partition, you type:

	mount d: /dev/hda5

(hda5 is the convention for extended Dos partitions,
and hda2 ought to work for a Linux partition, assuming
ext2fs support.)

Thereafter, typing `cd d:' at the bash$  prompt changes
Midnight Commander to that system.

On the other hand, there is nothing in the FAQ on what
cygwin calls the cdrom drive.  If you have a cdrom
drive, that Microsoft cunningly named s:, typing

	mount s: /dev/cdrom
or
	mount s: /dev/sbpcd (Linux name for my cdrom)

doesn't appear to work.  No doubt, this information
will eventually turn up in the FAQ or other documentation,
and that will make mc.exe fully functional under W95.

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