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From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 10:24:22 -0400
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Subject: Re: Why not mount / at C: ?
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In-Reply-To: <39AD014D.5A60EA03@home.com>; from superbiskit@home.com on Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 08:42:53AM -0400

On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 08:42:53AM -0400, David A. Cobb wrote:
>David Starks-Browning wrote:
>>On Thursday 24 Aug 00, Jean-Paul Le Fevre writes:
>>>Could you confirm that it is just a simple "recommendation" ?
>>>
>>>The FAQ states : "You are strongly urged not to choose something like
>>>'C:\'."
>>
>>As I recall, there had been genuine bugs with certain things not
>>working when the Cygwin root was C:\.  I believe those are now fixed,
>>so perhaps we don't need to word it so strongly.
>
>They weren't fixed two weeks ago, believe me!

Um.  Details?

As far as I know, they *are* fixed.  Believe me!

cgf

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