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Re: Why not mount / at C: ?
- To: earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com
- Subject: Re: Why not mount / at C: ?
- From: Jean-Paul Le Fevre <J-P dot LeFevre at cea dot fr>
- Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 14:43:23 +0200 (MET DST)
- CC: J-P dot LeFevre at cea dot fr, cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <20000824115435.26205.qmail@web108.yahoomail.com>
Could you confirm that it is just a simple "recommendation" ?
The FAQ states :
"You are strongly urged not to choose something like 'C:\'."
I'm worrying about something which could be dangerous, or
which could screw up my registries or make my PC unusable.
I'm kinda newbie in Windows, so ...
In my (humble) opinion : I want to have a Windows box as similar
as possible as a Linux box. It is very convenient to have a
file hierarchy under Windows looking like a Unix tree : sharing
environment, settings, etc. between both worlds is easier.
Anyway, the risk of confusion, that you mention, between packages
seems very low : it's very unlikely to find c:/bin, c:/lib,
c:/home ... in a pure Windows installation. Usually Win stuff
goes into C:\Program Files, or c:\WINNT. Moreover, being an
experienced Unixian, I ( generally ;) realize what are the
files I'm manipulating !
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Jean-Paul Le Fèvre - CEA Saclay DAPNIA/SEI - Mail : Jean-Paul.LeFevre@cea.fr
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