On Fri, 28 May 2004, Marc Schare wrote: > Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin <at> gmail.com> writes: > > Have you read > > > > <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html>? > > > > Particularly the part about "Note that you can't use the mount table > > to map from fixed device name to your own device name." > > I did read the note, but I don't think I'm trying to do that. Again, here is > the result from the mount command:
I think you are. > C:\Documents and Settings\Marc>mount > C:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode) > C:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode) > \device\tape0 on /dev/st0 type system (binmode) /dev/st0 is a virtual device in Cygwin that corresponds to \device\tape0 in Windows NT+. You are trying to remake this association via the mount table. Why? > C:\cygwin on / type system (binmode) > \\.\tape0 on /dev/st1 type system (binmode) What is that for? /dev/st1 is a Cygwin virtual device that corresponds to \device\tape1 in Windows NT+. You are trying to reassociate that via mount. You must not have understood the Users Guide section quoted above at all. > \.tape0 on /dev/tape type system (binmode) Try simply ln -s /dev/st0 /dev/tape > c: on /cygdrive/c type user (binmode,noumount) > d: on /cygdrive/d type user (binmode,noumount) > > Which clearly states that \device\tape0 is mounted on /dev/st0, which > tells me I should be able to use /dev/st0, but when I try, I get this: Only if those mounts don't exist. > C:\Documents and Settings\Marc>mt -f /dev/st0 status > mt: /dev/st0: No such file or directory You have really confused things with the mounts. > For grins, I also tried this: > > C:\Documents and Settings\Marc>mt -f \device\tape0 status > mt: \device\tape0: No such file or directory I assume you properly quoted those '\' or used a cmd shell? Anyway, don't expect POSIX device behavior if you use a Windows device path. > Without success. The ls command can find the drive: > > C:\Documents and Settings\Marc>ls -l /dev/st0 > crw-rw-rw- 1 Marc None 9, 0 May 28 11:57 /dev/st0 > > So.. what am I doing wrong? Don't use mount. -- Brian Ford Senior Realtime Software Engineer VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems FlightSafety International\ the best safety device in any aircraft is a well-trained pilot... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
