Re: hang on 'cat /proc/mounts' when one of the network drives is on a 'down' system

2017-01-13 Thread cyg Simple
On 1/12/2017 1:51 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Jan 12 11:47, cyg Simple wrote: >> You may be able to configure the timeout response on the device to >> reduce the wait. > > How so? If it requires changing the registry it's not something > Cygwin can do on the fly without admin consent. Only

Re: hang on 'cat /proc/mounts' when one of the network drives is on a 'down' system

2017-01-12 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jan 12 11:47, cyg Simple wrote: > On 1/12/2017 10:00 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > On Jan 11 19:13, L. A. Walsh wrote: > >> Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >>> I know why this happens but I don't see an easy way around that. > >>> Basically the problem is that Cygwin has no control over the OS

Re: hang on 'cat /proc/mounts' when one of the network drives is on a 'down' system

2017-01-12 Thread cyg Simple
On 1/12/2017 10:00 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Jan 11 19:13, L. A. Walsh wrote: >> Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>> I know why this happens but I don't see an easy way around that. >>> Basically the problem is that Cygwin has no control over the OS mount >>> points (i. e., drive letter mapping and

Re: hang on 'cat /proc/mounts' when one of the network drives is on a 'down' system

2017-01-12 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jan 11 19:13, L. A. Walsh wrote: > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > I know why this happens but I don't see an easy way around that. > > Basically the problem is that Cygwin has no control over the OS mount > > points (i. e., drive letter mapping and volume ireparse points). Given > > that, apart

Re: hang on 'cat /proc/mounts' when one of the network drives is on a 'down' system

2017-01-11 Thread L. A. Walsh
Corinna Vinschen wrote: I know why this happens but I don't see an easy way around that. Basically the problem is that Cygwin has no control over the OS mount points (i. e., drive letter mapping and volume ireparse points). Given that, apart from C: maybe, the drive letter mapping can change

Re: hang on 'cat /proc/mounts' when one of the network drives is on a 'down' system

2017-01-11 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jan 10 20:43, L A Walsh wrote: > I noticed my local terminals were not opening w/a shell prompt, but > would timeout if I waited long enough...(1-2 minutes? maybe?). > > Turns out, one of my mounted net-drives was a down-system, so > if I was trying to access the drive (or content on it), I

hang on 'cat /proc/mounts' when one of the network drives is on a 'down' system

2017-01-10 Thread L A Walsh
I noticed my local terminals were not opening w/a shell prompt, but would timeout if I waited long enough...(1-2 minutes? maybe?). Turns out, one of my mounted net-drives was a down-system, so if I was trying to access the drive (or content on it), I can see it hanging. But what about "cat