Re: fatal IO error 104 on start

[Harold L Hunt II <huntharo at msu dot edu>]

Jim,

Jim Scheef wrote:
> Harold,
>
> I had this same problem. Your suggestions resolved the font problem. The
> first umount returned no messages, the second gave a "file not found" error.
> Does this problem indicate trouble in the setup scripts? 
>
> Best of all, I can type into xterm for the first time in months.
>
> Is there someplace I can find more about the problems caused by installing
> Microsoft Services for UNIX along with Cygwin Xfree86?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
> MSU '68

Well, since you are an MSU grad, I will answer your questions :)  I'm 
about to be a two time grad in May.  Wish me luck...

There is not really a "problem" with the setup scripts, so much as there 
is a problem with installing Cygwin/X to a drive other than your C 
drive, removing that drive from the computer without uninstalling 
Cygwin/X, then trying to install Cygwin/X to your C drive.  In that case 
a mount is left in your registry that points to your D drive, setup.exe 
tries to unpack the files on the D drive, but fails because it cannot 
find that drive anymore.  We would need a "preinstall" script that iced 
the mounts, then recreated them... but setup.exe does not support such a 
script (I don't believe it does).  Keep in mind that this is just and 
example; there are a plethora of reasons that you might end up in a 
similar situation.

Yes, there is more info about Services for UNIX:

http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-xfree-faq.html#microsoft-services-for-unix

Have fun with Cygwin/X,

Harold