Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 17:58:25 -0500 (EST)
From: Paul W Brannan <brannanp AT musc DOT edu>
To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
cc: "Jonathan E. Brickman" <brickman AT cjnetworks DOT com>, opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject: Re: [opendos] FSSTND
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> When I mentioned using the Linux FSSTND, I meant as a _basis_ for
> creating a DOS FSSTND, not as a direct copy.  Dir names could
> change, many parts of the heirarchy would be unneeded such as
> /var, /root, /boot, and many others.  Much of the /usr heirarchy
> could also be eliminated.
> 
> I think we could use the *idea* of the Linux FSSTND to make
> OpenDOS's future brighter, and make moving from machine to
> machine in an office easier.  (Or from house to house for that
> matter.  ie: your friend's computer).

What about symlinking these directories to other places on the hd (so that
porting unix progs to dos would be painless), and then making these
symlinks transparent to the user?

Paul