[1.7] Alternative root directory. Sort of a regression.

[Andy Koppe]

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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