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From: Robert R Schneck <schneck AT math DOT berkeley DOT edu>
Subject: Re: File format - UNIX/DOS while installing cygwin ?
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 17:02:48 +0000 (UTC)
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Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Sep 2004, Ramneek Singh wrote:
> > Hi,
> > While installing cygwin, it asks in the wizard whether file format is
> > unix or dos.
> > What is this for ?
>
[explanation]
> In other words, experiment -- find out what works for you.

But the long and short of it is, use "unix" (binary mounts).

Then if you find you really need text mounts, change it later.

Robert


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