[ale] [OT] Cygwin and mounted drives

[Jeff Layton]

Jeff,

Can you talk about how you use X11 on Windows? I'm
interested in that.

BTW - I'll also try sshfs from cygwin at some point (good
idea). I also like the nfs idea (I will try that too). I did get
things working (see other email) but I'm not sure why
(I'll call it a "Windows thing").

Thanks!

Jeff

> I do use Cygwin but mainly for its X11 for X-Windows from UNIX/Linux back to my Windows 7 laptop and haven't used sshfs with it.
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> Since Cygwin is nearly the same as a full distro with many packages available it may actually include sshfs in its repository.   If you run the "setup.exe" that came with your Cygwin install you can expand the various areas it has to see what is available for install.  If so you might be able to mount the sshfs directly under Cygwin.
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> Another idea would be to use nfs unless you're married to the idea of sshfs (which you might be due it being more secure).
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> What does "df -hP" show when you're in the Cygwin terminal?
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