The forwarded message (below) sounds like something that should be discussed here. A bigger question is whether (and how) setup should clean up after a cancelled install. Right now it simply exits. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow!
"I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 17:13:30 +0200 From: David Balazic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Directory problems after fresh install of v1.3.22-1 > ---------- > From: Igor Pechtchanski > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 5. avgust 2003 17:08 > To: David Balazic > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Directory problems after fresh install of v1.3.22-1 > > On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, David Balazic wrote: > [snip] > > > > > > C: / user textmode > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > > > BINGO! There's your problem. As yourself, cd to "x:\cygwin\bin" and run > > > "umount -u /". Then you should be able to at least run commands. > > > > What caused this ? I just did a plain, normal install. ( I also selected a > > few more app, like less , zip and unzip ... ) > > [snip] > > Does the above command fix the problems you've been having? If so, great. Yes, it all looks OK now. > As to what caused this -- I'm not sure. Perhaps looking for "setup.log" > files on your harddrive would help... At a guess, you've tried to install setup.log has nothing that looks like a problem. > Cygwin as "Just for me" with the root in "c:\" at some point or another. > I did start setup.exe as me, but aborted it at the beginning ( before any net access and package selection ). > You then changed your mind, but the mount stayed around, not affecting > anyone but yourself. > Which looks like a big bug, after all I lost almost an entire day ...