On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 at 15:36, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote: > > On Feb 13 09:02, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote: > > This: > > > > > - Cygwin mount has "sparse" option (mount Y: -o sparse,exec /cygdrive/y) > > > > doesn't work: > > > > $ cat /etc/fstab > > Y: /mnt/y binary,posix=0,sparse 0 0 > > Copy/Paste rulez again. That should have been > > Y: /mnt/y ntfs binary,posix=0,sparse 0 0
1, Could you please make an easy to understand (e.g. we french frog eaters are not that smart) guide how to mount drive E: with sparse enabled? 2. Instructions how to make all /cygdrive/ mounts, or just /cygdrive/c sparse enabled would be helpful Ced -- Cedric Blancher <cedric.blanc...@gmail.com> [https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CedricBlancher/] Institute Pasteur -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
