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Re: Changing the location of the / mount


1.  umount /
2. mount //d/cygwin32/Root/  /

Sincerely,
Wei Ku

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-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Seeger <Robert_Seeger@baynetworks.com>
To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com <gnu-win32@cygnus.com>
Date: Thursday, July 24, 1997 4:09 AM
Subject: Changing the location of the / mount



>I looked in the FAQ under the section for mounting drives, but I can't
>figure out how to change where the root mount points to. For example, I
>want to do something like:
>
>mount d:/cygwin32/Root/ /
>
>So that the root directory points to d:\cygwin32\Root\
>
>Unfortunately, it says:
>
>mount failed: Device or resource busy.
>
>This happens both inside and outside of bash. Anyone know how to do this?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help,
> Robert Seeger
>
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