From: lhall AT rfk DOT com (Larry Hall) Subject: Re: gnu-win32 without registry entries? 17 Oct 1998 05:21:37 -0700 Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19981016103911.00a754e0.cygnus.gnu-win32@pop.ma.ultranet.com> References: <3 DOT 0 DOT 3 DOT 32 DOT 19981014175734 DOT 006a6624 AT mail DOT eskimo DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Enoch Wu , john_r_velman AT mail DOT hac DOT com, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Hard coded locations would be a mistake. Locations that assume certain drive paths (even c:) would also be a mistake in my view. I don't care much for this whole registry concept myself but I prefer it in this case to circumvent the inane drive designations of DOS-based systems. So while I'd prefer a "standard" fstab file like many of you, unless there is a nice way to put it in its "proper" place with the rest of the distribution, I would argue against any such change unless there was an option to choose the rigid, file based approach or the flexible registry approach. If these 2 options were available and were the only two, I would also argue that the registry option should remain the default. Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com RFK Partners, Inc. (781) 239-1053 8 Grove Street (781) 239-1655 - FAX Wellesley, MA 02482-7797 http://www.rfk.com At 05:57 PM 10/14/98 -0700, Enoch Wu wrote: >Hi all, > >I second it! We should be able to use a mount table like linux's fstab on >the C drive's root directory. How do you mount it on c:/root/b19/etc/fstab >for example, assuming the root is at c:/root/b19 ? Perhaps the location of >fstab can be hard-coded like c:/root/etc/fstab. > >Enoch > >At 05:34 PM 10/13/98 -0700, john_r_velman AT mail DOT hac DOT com wrote: >>As far as I can tell, the only thing the registry entries are used for is >>to set up the simulated mounts, with the binary text options. >> >>How much trouble would it be to do this with a mount table as per Linux, >>instead of putting it in the registry? >> >>One reason I ask is that I work for a big company and our IS people want >>everyone to have standard registry entries. It seems to me that everything >>else I really need works without messing with the registry. >> >>Other than that, I'm really quite pleased with cyg-win/gnu-win. >> >>John Velman >>jrvelman AT mail DOT hac DOT com >>- >>For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to >>"gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". >> >> >- >For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to >"gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". > > - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".