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diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml index 6f08ba304..9cf55cc1b 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml @@ -113,6 +113,23 @@ and that installing the older version will not help improve Cygwin. </para> </answer></qandaentry> +<qandaentry id="faq.setup.upgrade-mountpoints"> +<question><para>After upgrading from Cygwin 1.5 to Cygwin 1.7 my user mount points disappeared! How can I get them back?</para></question> +<answer> + +<para> +When you upgrade an existing older Cygwin installation to Cygwin 1.7, your old +system mount points (stored in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE branch of your registry) +are read by a script and the /etc/fstab file is generated from these entries. +No such automatism exists for the user mount points formerly stored in the +HKEY_CURRENT_USER branch of the registry. There's a bash script for your +convenience, which creates a user-specific /etc/fstab/${USER} file for you, +called /bin/copy-user-registry-fstab. For more information on the new fstab +files see the User's Guide at +<ulink url="http://cygwin.com/1.7/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table">http://cygwin.com/1.7/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table</ulink> +</para> +</answer></qandaentry> + <qandaentry id="faq.setup.virus"> <question><para>Is Cygwin Setup, or one of the packages, infected with a virus?</para></question> <answer> |