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Re: Changing Root (/)
- To: "Sonic Junior" <mphalpin at iag dot net>, "GNU Win 32" <gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: Changing Root (/)
- From: Paul Vincent Elia <elia at itatlanta dot com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 20:06:25 -0400
At 06:37 PM 8/19/97 -0400, 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
You use the "mount" utility to map drives to paths. But I have noticed that
you can't redefine "c:" from the command line. Here's what works -- use
regedit.exe, go to "My Computer\HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Cygnus
Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\" and hunt for the "0<x>" mount
point that corresponds to "c:" and "/". Change the "c:" to
"e:\gnuwin32\unix" and everything should work. You can then run mount from
a command prompt to be sure. Note that if you have multiple logins on the
same PC, you may need to hunt for other "Cygnus Solutions" settings, too.
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