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RE: cygwin 1.5.0 and managed mode



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cgf-idd@cygwin.com]
> Sent: Thu, July 10, 2003 3:46 PM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: cygwin 1.5.0 and managed mode
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 04:22:27PM +0200, Pavel Rozenboim wrote:
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Vince Hoffman [mailto:Vince.Hoffman@uk.circle.com]
> >> Sent: Thu, July 10, 2003 3:19 PM
> >> To: 'Pavel Rozenboim'; cygwin@cygwin.com
> >> Subject: RE: cygwin 1.5.0 and managed mode
> >> 
> >> 
> >> mount manipulates the registry entrys for you.
> >Thanks.
> >> > > If 'C:\Cygwin' is mounted as '/' you would do
> >> > > 
> >> > >   mount -o managed C:\\Cygwin /
> >> > > 
> >> > > from a shell. You should look at the output of `mount' first 
> >> > > before changing the
> >> > > mount points.
> >
> >when I try this from the shell I get an error :
> >
> >mount: /: Mount device busy
> 
> Argh.  Don't do this for your whole root directory!  This should not
> be a default setting.  It is only useful for directories that have
> been created from scratch under managed mount mode.
> 

Thanks for the warning. Right now I'm not using my cygwin installation for
critical work, so I can play with it. When I'll need it back, I'll install
the stable package again or reinstall cygwin if needed.

Pavel.


> cgf
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