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Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 07:10:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
Subject: Re: setup, default mounts
To: dirk DOT schultheis AT gmx DOT de, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
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--- dirk DOT schultheis AT gmx DOT de wrote:
> Hi!
> The setup in the release dir allways mount /lib and /bin to /usr/lib/ and
> /usr/bin. Is there a special reason for it ? 
> 

Yes. (1)

> Newbies like me have allways the problems with the confusing virtual
> cygwin filesystem on top of the Windows-Filesystem. 
> 

Does this mean you have no UNIX experience?

(1) Lots of utilities expect /usr/bin and /usr/lib to be available.

Cheers,

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   Earnie Boyd: <mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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