On Feb 15 08:34, Cedric Blancher via Cygwin wrote: > 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,
The User's Guide contains a description and examples explaing how to do that: https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#cygdrive > or just /cygdrive/c > sparse enabled would be helpful Just don't use the cygdrive prefix but create an explicit mount for that. Again this is explained with example in the User's Guide. https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#cygdrive (reading time ca. 5 mins) in conjunction with the chapter explaining the mount table https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table (reading time ca. 15 mins), also containing examples. Corinna -- 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
