Re: How do I UNMOUNT '/' mount point?

[Earnie Boyd <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>:\' /



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Earnie Boyd <mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
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