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RE: Why not mount / at C: ?
- To: "Nash, John" <Nashj at ott dot nrc dot ca>, 'Cygwin' <cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: RE: Why not mount / at C: ?
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 07:50:51 -0700 (PDT)
--- "Nash, John" <Nashj@ott.nrc.ca> wrote:
> This is related to a question that I would like to ask.
>
> I can understand that using the C: directory for root under Cygwin could
> could problems, especially if NT and Cygwin use a directory of the same name
> for different things.
>
> However, I created a 6 gig partition (called F:) just for Cygwin, and
> mounted root in F:\
>
> Setup complains about that, but I figured since it wasn't C:, I would be OK.
> Am I wrong?
>
You've done nothing wrong. Just be cautious of what else you install in F:\.
Cheers,
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Earnie Boyd: <mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
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