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From: cgf AT cygnus DOT com (Christopher G. Faylor)
Subject: Re: Problem with Win95
30 Jan 1999 07:15:32 GMT :
Message-ID: <78ubik$ca4$1@cronkite.cygnus.com>
References: <326a31e2 DOT 36afc2fe AT aol DOT com> <199901280931 DOT BAA15177 DOT cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT shell4 DOT ba DOT best DOT com>
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In article <199901280931 DOT BAA15177 DOT cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT shell4 DOT ba DOT best DOT com>,
Glenn Spell <glenn AT gs DOT fay DOT nc DOT us> wrote:
>I prefer not to try the current snapshots (which are B21) since
>registry and mount functions seem to be in a such a state of flux.
>For now, I'm a happy camper with B20.1.

Actually, the reason that we are suggesting that people use the
1/15 snapshot is because it *doesn't* have any registry or mount
changes.

>> Maybe it's better to use mounts always.
>
>I don't know. I expect mounts will be required for full functionality
>at some point in the future.

No.  The whole point of the changes that Geoff is making is to *not*
require mounts.
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cgf AT cygnus DOT com
http://www.cygnus.com/

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