1.7 constantly accesses floppy drive

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Lee Maschmeyer wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> Following instructions on the list a couple days ago I installed Cygwin 
> 1.7 on top of my fully updated 1.5 system by running:
> 
> http://www.cygwin.com/setup-1.7.exe
> 
> Since then performance has been abysmal. The reason is that for every 
> command I execute, Cygwin causes the floppy drive to whir around, 
> usually for at least a half minute, almost without cessation. Nothing 
> gets done until this whirring stops.
> 
> This is on Windows XP SP3, fully updated. Cygwin is also fully updated. 
> I always install/update everything whenever I run Setup. My 
> /var/log/setup.log has entries going back to 2004 so there are probably 
> a few barnacles on this system.
> 
> Cygcheck output is attached. I just noticed that according to the path 
> it's looking for Windows on a: but it is, of course, on c:. I have no 
> idea how this happened or, short of massaging PATH every time I start 
> Cygwin, what to do about it.
> 
> I hope this helps,
> 

 From what I can see, the fact that the path is referencing 'a:' is
the problem.  You fix that in Windows in the "System" applet in
the "Control Panel".  Pick the "Advanced" tab and "Environment Variables"
on that page.  Then edit the "PATH" variable to correctly point at 'c:'
again for Windows.


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