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Re: ls: /: No such file or directory What can I do?
> Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > On Sun, 27 Apr 2003, Alain Mérigot wrote:
> >
> >
> >>When I do ls /, I get the message
> >>ls: /: No such file or directory
> >>(I have the same behavior with /etc).
> >>Other pathes are OK (including /cygdrive/x/...
> >>
> >>I use cygwin for years and never got such a problem. Before it happened,
I
> >>do not remember to have done a specifically dangerous action.
> >>Anyway, as my path is set in autoexec.bat (with windows pathes), most
> >>utilities are still working. Only the ones that requires an access to
> >>specific files in /usr, /etc ... are broken (latex for instance). So
this
> >>problem may be here for a couple of days.
> >>
> >>I have checked the configuration with regedit and it seems correct :
> >>in /HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/software/Cygnus/cygwin/mounts v2/'/', I have flas
set
> >>to 0x0a and native to \cygdrive\e\\cygwin.
> >>
> >>So, any idea on waht can be done?
> >>
> >>Many thanks in advance,
> >>Alain Mérigot
> >
> >
> > Alain,
> >
> > Checking the mount settings in the registry is non-portable, the mounts
> > will not be stored there forever. Please use "cygcheck -svr" to get
> > system configuration. Attaching the output to your message, as per
> > <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>, might also be a good idea.
> >
> > Aside from that, looks like you're missing the "/" mount (the output of
> > "cygcheck -svr" will confirm or deny my guess). Did you change users?
> > Did you upgrade any Cygwin packages recently?
> > Igor
Alain,
If you run the following from Cygwin shell (or cmd.exe/command.com as long
as D:\Cygwin is in your PATH):
$ mount -f -s -b "D:/Cygwin/bin" "/usr/bin"
$ mount -f -s -b "D:/Cygwin/lib" "/usr/lib"
$ mount -f -s -b "D:/Cygwin" "/"
and if you have XFree86* installed you might want to run this, too:
$ mount -f -s -b "D:/Cygwin/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts"
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts"
And you should be alright... :-)
Elfyn
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