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Re: Setup and UNC names
- To: cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: Setup and UNC names
- From: Chris Faylor <cgf at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 15:51:45 -0400
- References: <20000822191332.38545.qmail@web9007.mail.yahoo.com>
- Reply-To: cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com
On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 09:13:32PM +0200, Gunnar Norling wrote:
>
> --- "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall@rfk.com>
>skrev: > At 02:57 PM 8/22/2000, DJ Delorie wrote:
>>
>> >It is for setup, because it sets up the initial
>> mount table, which
>> >really needs drive letters. I'm pretty sure setup
>> won't like UNC
>> >paths; I don't know if you can use them in the
>> mount table.
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, you can use UNC paths in the mount table.
>
>Yes :-) I tried it as well. I first installed Cygwin
>using a mapped disk (F:). Then I manually altered the
>mount table in the registry to the UNC name I want to
>use.
There is no reason to edit the registry by hand. Cygwin's mount program
understands UNC paths. I rely on this quite heavily.
cgf
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