Re: Re: mkdir: cannot create directory `/cygdrive/u': No such file or directory

[PoWah Wong <wong_powah at yahoo dot ca>]

    * From: Eric Blake <ebb9 at byu dot net>
    * To: cygwin at cygwin dot com, wong_powah at yahoo dot ca
    * Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 10:08:43 -0700
    * Subject: Re: mkdir: cannot create directory `/cygdrive/u': No such file or directory
    * References: <20061117163224.83187.qmail@web56308.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

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According to PoWah Wong on 11/17/2006 9:32 AM:
> After clicking the Cygwin icon on my windows XP desktop, this message appeared:
> 
> mkdir: cannot create directory `/cygdrive/u': No such file or directory

Somehow, cygwin thinks your $HOME should be a network path that you don't
currently have connected.  Follow these directions,

> Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html

and send the output of 'cygcheck -svr' as a text attachment, so that we
can gather more information to help you.  Also look at the contents of
/etc/profile to see how cygwin normally determines your HOME, to see if
you are doing something odd that sets HOME to the unconnected network path.

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Life is short - so eat dessert first!

Eric Blake             ebb9@byu.net
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