From:	hfernandes AT geocities DOT com (Fernandes, Hilton)
Subject:	Re: use of mount -b
29 Oct 1997 16:42:15 -0800 :
Message-ID:	<199710300003.QAA19522.cygnus.gnu-win32@geocities.com>
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To:	Pasa Guglielmo <gpasa AT omedia DOT ch>, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com
Cc:	"Fernandes, Hilton" <hfernandes AT geocities DOT com>

On 28 Oct 97 at 23:16, Pasa Guglielmo <gpasa AT omedia DOT ch> wrote:

> So my question is why and when should I mount my system as binary ?

Hi!

As far as i know, you should use binary mounts when using binary (Unix) texts.
And non-binary mounts when using non-binary texts.

That's probably a simplistic idea, but in my experience, some programs --
particularly make -- crash when they find a non-binary (DOS) text file in a
mount where it expects binary (Unix) text files.


Regards,
++Hilton
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