diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 5506762f4..c6315d32e 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Mon Oct  9 14:07:04 2000  Christopher Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
+
+	* path.cc (mount_info::cygdrive_posix_path): Handle e:foo construction
+	correctly.
+
 Mon Oct  9 16:44:00 2000  Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* fhandler_mem.cc (fhandler_dev_mem::fhandler_dev_mem):
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
index 41a0a7f16..cc339973c 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
@@ -1156,8 +1156,13 @@ mount_info::cygdrive_posix_path (const char *src, char *dst, int trailing_slash_
     dst[len++] = '\000';
   else
     {
+      int n;
       dst[len++] = '/';
-      strcpy (dst + len, src + 3);
+      if (SLASH_P (src[2]))
+	n = 3;
+      else
+	n = 2;
+      strcpy (dst + len, src + n);
     }
   slashify (dst, dst, trailing_slash_p);
 }