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Re: How do I UNMOUNT '/' mount point?
- To: Prakash Dhavali <PrakashD at ambernetworks dot com>, "'cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com'" <cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: How do I UNMOUNT '/' mount point?
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 06:14:03 -0800 (PST)
- Reply-To: earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com
--- Prakash Dhavali <PrakashD@ambernetworks.com> wrote:
> Hi Cygwin users,
>
> I DO NOT want cygwin to mount anything on my NT workstation as /. Currently
> when I run mount, it shows me following mount which I just AM NOT ABLE
> TO REMOVE IT ( I want to use '/' to refer to the current driver letter
> inside
> some of my applications)
>
> C:\CYGWIN\etc>mount
> Device Directory Type Flags
> C: / user textmode
>
> C:\CYGWIN\etc>
>
> I tried using all the following options to REMOVE the above mount from C:,
> even
> then I could NOT unmount /
>
> umount --remove-all-mounts
> umount --remove-auto-mounts
> umount --remove-user-mounts
> umount --remove-system-mounts
> umount -s /
>
> PLEASE HELP. I really need to FIX this problem as soon as possible. I do not
> have local administrator privileges on my NT machine.
>
cd </path/to/bin/dir> && ./umount / && ./mount '<drive-letter-you-want>:\' /
=====
Earnie Boyd <mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
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