Re: [PORTS] NT Port install - mount problem

----- Original Message -----
From: Richard <blackw@sfu.ca>
To: <pgsql-ports@postgreSQL.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 25, 1999 12:04 AM
Subject: [PORTS] NT Port install - mount problem


> Needing to keep a Postgres database alive while I upgrade my RH Linux
> server, I decided to try installing the NT port and running the database
> there while ugrades were underway.  I am using Kevin Lo's instructions
> (http://www.freebsd.org/~kevlo/postgres/portNT.html) for the
> installation.  After installing FULL.EXE (Cygwin), instruction step 3
> under "Install the Cygwin package" reads:
>
>    3. Run Cygwin, and then run "mount c:/Unix/Root /"
>
> When I do this, I get back the error message:
>
>    mount failed: Device or resource busy
>

Try this:

umount /
c:\unix/root/cygnus/cygwin-b20/H-i586-cygwin32/bin/mount -f c:\Unix\Root /

> I am running NT Server 4.0 SP5 with administrative privileges.  Nothing
> else other than the bash shell is running.
>
> Any ideas as to what might be causing this error?  Could it be because
> the NT paging file is open in C:\?
>
> Any pointers would be appreciated.  Thanks in advance.  (I wish I had
> another box to put Linux on :(
>
> Cheers,
> Richard Blackwell
> Programmer/Analyst
> Dept. of Psychology, Simon Fraser University
> Burnaby, BC Canada
>
> ************

Regards,
Alexei.