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Re: [1.7] Alternative root directory. Sort of a regression.
- From: Andy Koppe <andy dot koppe at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:57:33 +0100
- Subject: Re: [1.7] Alternative root directory. Sort of a regression.
- References: <4A6C347D.2010404@shaddybaddah.name>
2009/7/26 Shaddy Baddah:
> This certainly works, but as the method requires correction of the
> root directory post (or during) the parse of /etc/fstab, it is not
> suitable for forcing the location of the /etc/fstab through an
> alternate root directory.
The root directory still is in the registry, at
HKLM/Software/Cywin/setup/rootdir (with added Wow6432Node on 64-bit
Windows). Obviously, hacking around with that is completely
unsupported.
Andy
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