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Re: why not use root as root?
- To: gerrit dot haase at t-online dot de
- Subject: Re: why not use root as root?
- From: Anthony & Yinkwan <hips at mindspring dot com>
- Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 20:37:44 -0800
- CC: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- References: <3A500F6C.31974.15EDFBC2@localhost>
- Reply-To: hips at mindspring dot com
I took it that they ment the root directory of your windows boot
partition (C:) ... I've installed Cygwin in the root directory of a
dedicated NTFS partition (D:) and suffered no dire consequences to date !
"Gerrit P. Haase" wrote:
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> Hi cygwinners,
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> I found this entry in the faq:
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> http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_4.html#SEC52
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> So there is no explanation, what is the problem with that issue.
> I only read, that it is not recommended, but why?
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> 'It is strongly recommended not to make the Cygwin root directory
> the same as your drive's root directory, unless you know what you
> are doing and are prepared to deal with the consequences. '
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> What are the consequences?
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> regards,
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> Gerrit Peter Haase
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