Cygwin: Cannot read c: drive

If you are getting ls: reading directory /cygdrive/c: No such file or directory it’s probably because you installed Altiris Sofware Virtualization (SVS). The solution is to uninstall Altiris or use ProgramIgnoreList feature of Altiris. Read the following messages to the cygwin mailist list to know more. original message solution Take a look to this altiris forum post also if you need more information about the issue

January 14, 2007

Cygwin problem: Can't access /cygdrive/c

I’ve lost my ability to see my c: drive from cygwin. when I do $ cd c: or $ cd /cygdrive/c all goes ok. But if I do $ ls then it complains ecerulm@rlm-ecb4fe6cda1 /cygdrive/c $ ls ls: reading directory .: No such file or directory I found something at this forum and also here So it seems that I screwed up permission (maybe it related to some automatic windows update). So after checking my username and group are the right on with ...

September 4, 2006