Re: git bash does not access drive f:

From: Angelo Borsotti <angelo.borsotti@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 23, 2012, 15:48 UTC
Message-ID: <CAB9Jk9CbwvygUJrvE-G3ZZAc1oE7NOh9eEJKtsxTPabupfNT_A@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20121123153106.GA14509@book.hvoigt.net>

Hi Heiko,

I have changed the external drive and seen that the new one works. The issue is, I guess, that the first drive was named "My Passport", with a space in it, while the second one is "Iomega". Spaces in drive names are not accepted by Linux, which could explain why they are a problem also with git bash (even if bash could access them using what is passed to it, which is a drive letter, and not the drive name).

Thank you -Angelo

On 23 November 2012 16:31, Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net> wrote:

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> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 08:07:55AM +0100, Angelo Borsotti wrote:
>> I have attached an external disc, which appears on Windows as drive f:
>> in Windows Explorer.
>> Right-clicking on it displays a context menu showing (among other
>> items) Git Init Here, Git Gui and
>> Git Bash. The first two work properly on that drive.
>> However, the git bash does not. Not even the one that is run from the icon:
>>
>> $ cd f:
>> sh.exe": cd: f:: No such file or directory
>>
>>
>> Is there any way to make it access drive f?
>
> Try using the environment variable MSYS_WATCH_FSTAB=YesPlease.
>
> We have an optimization in msys that does not update the virtually
> mounted folders and makes msys executable startups faster. I had similar
> issues with mounted disk images.
>
> The other alternative: After having the external disc mounted logout and
> login again that AFAIR that should also help.
>
> Cheers Heiko