Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com From: To: Subject: RE: Why not mount / at C: ? Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 16:00:58 -0700 Message-ID: <001201c00e1f$2ac67c80$5c8e42d8@raptor> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-reply-to: <200008240853.KAA09772@dphdse.saclay.cea.fr> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Importance: Normal > It's likely a FAQ, but since I still don't understand : > Why is it discouraged to mount '/' at 'C:' ? In general, under Windows, mounting things in C:\ is just a bad idea. for one thing, some proprietary software already install things as \bin and others. Some ISP installations do this, and some computer outlets install things there. Do you really want to have Cygwin wiped because you install a new ISP? Also, though most of the people on a developers list might handle things in root well, average users do not. I have seen users with over 100 files (docs, etc) in their root. ~Neil -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com