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Re: Changing Root (/)
- To: "Sonic Junior" <mphalpin at iag dot net>
- Subject: Re: Changing Root (/)
- From: "Mike Williams" <mikew at harlequin dot co dot uk>
- Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 10:16:15 +0100
- CC: "GNU Win 32" <gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com>
- Organization: Harlequin Ltd.
On 19 Aug 97 at 18:37, Sonic Junior wrote:
> Anybody here happen to know how I would change the root (/) directory?
> It's current c:, but I want it to be e:\gnuwin32\unix
> If you know, please contact me! Thanks!
Hi,
I did this just yesterday - I had to edit the registry settings
directly since you can't umount /. The downside is that if you ever
do mount --reset you have to re-edit the registry settings.
Unless there is a better way I don't know yet ...
Mike.
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