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From: Karl M <karlm30 AT hotmail DOT com>
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Subject: RE: "mount -a" has no effect on the cygdrive prefix
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:27:23 -0800
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> Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:10:47 +0100
> From: corinna-cygwin
> Subject: Re: "mount -a" has no effect on the cygdrive prefix
>
> On Dec 23 08:32, Karl M wrote:
>> Hi All...
>>
>> With the last 1.7.0 version and with a clean 1.7.1 install on an XP Pro =
SP3 machine,
>> if I edit my fstab to change my cygdrive prefix and then do a "mount -a"=
, my mounts
>> as shown by the mount command or catting mtab are not updated. I only tr=
ied it with
>> the cygdrive prefix, not with other mounts.
>
> The cygdrive prefix is explicitely ignored when calling mount -a.
> The problem is, I'm not sure anymore *why* I did it that way.
> I added it to my TODO list, at least to figure out the reason...
>
>
> Thanks,
> Corinna
>
Hi Corinna...
=20
Did you figure out the reason?
=20
It seems to me that one could change mount points in a disruptive way as ea=
sily as one
could change the cygdrive prefix. Both would then have a "don't do that to =
a running system"
requirement...restarting Cygwin would be required for either a disruptive p=
refix change
or disruptive mount change.
=20
When you look at it, could you remove the inconsistant posix=3D0 from mount=
 and mount -m
output for the prefix where posix=3D0 is the default.
=20
Thanks,
=20
...Karl=20=09=09=20=09=20=20=20=09=09=20=20
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