Re: I need some help using Cygwin.

From: Peter Ajamian (peter@pajamian.dhs.org)
Date: 03/12/01


KILLER APS wrote:
>
> 2) Again, if you haven't already done so, mount the directory containing the
> bulk of the executable Cygwin programs, C:\Cygnus\B20\H-i586-cygwin\bin by
> default, as /bin, by typing
>
>           mount C:\Cygnus\B20\H-i586-cygwin\bin /bin
>
> from a DOS prompt (NOT the bash shell).  You can check this by running
> "mount" without any parameters, and checking for an entry for /bin.  Also,
> make certain that the DOS path contains all of the correct backslashes.
>
> I went to my DOS Prompt and I typed this on my C:\WINDOWS prompt:
>
>           mount C:\Cygnus\B20\H-i586-cygwin\bin /bin
>
> But it just said bad command or filename,

You need to add C:\Cygnus\B20\H-i586-cygwin\bin to your path.  You do
this by modifying your autoexec.bat file and rebooting.

Regards, Peter

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