setup, default mounts

[Earnie Boyd]

--- dirk.schultheis@gmx.de wrote:
> Hi!
> The setup in the release dir allways mount /lib and /bin to /usr/lib/ and
> /usr/bin. Is there a special reason for it ? 
> 

Yes. (1)

> Newbies like me have allways the problems with the confusing virtual
> cygwin filesystem on top of the Windows-Filesystem. 
> 

Does this mean you have no UNIX experience?

(1) Lots of utilities expect /usr/bin and /usr/lib to be available.

Cheers,

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