RE: [ECOS] configtool annoyance (cygwin)

["Richardson, Anthony" <ar63 at evansville dot edu>]

Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 07:49:50AM -0600, Richardson, Anthony wrote:
> > When I run configtool in cygwin it adds a mount for the
> > c: drive as /ecos-c.  As far as I can tell this doesn't
> > cause any problems,  I can still access the drive as
> > /cygdrive/c even though this no longer shows up in the
> > list of mounted filesystems.
> > 
> > Is there anyway to let the configtool know that it should
> > use /cygdrive/c instead of creating a new mount point?
> 
> This new mount is done because many users don't read the manual and so
> mount the filesystem with the wrong properties and than get into
> problems and ask FAQ like questions. By making the configtool do the
> mounting we ensure the correct flags are used when mounting the file
> system and so avoid the problems and the questions.
> 
> So, before you try to use /cygdrive/c instead of /ecos-c, have you got
> it mounted correctly?

Ermmm, I guess not.  I prefer to keep /cygdrive/c mounted in binary
mode.
It appears /ecos-c wants to use a text mode mount.  I guess I was hoping
that
there was someway for configtool to work without creating any new mount
points.  Since it is not causing me any problems, I'll shut up.

Thanks,
Tony

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