Moving Along with Fedora!
Mike Noble
mgnoble at cox.net
Thu Oct 7 20:32:08 UTC 2004
Douglas Furlong wrote:
> Mike Noble wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> Basically, you can say / in Linux is the same as C: in windows.
>> The difference between windows and UNIX/Linux is the use of
>> file systems and the mounting (usage) of those file systems.
>> Windows does not allow you to have a separate file system
>> (hard disk partition) mounted within the existing C: drive.
>
>
> This is actually not even slightly true, since Windows 2000 (and
> possibly NT), one has been able to mount partitions to sub foulders.
> Allowing you to have
>
> C:\My Documets\ -> hda
> C:\Windows -> hdb
> C:\Program Files -> hdc
>
> The above is also incredibly easy to do using the GUI tools (not to say
> it isn't with linux!).
> <snip>
>
>>
>> Windows does not allow you to add another disk as say C:/windows
>> where C: is a completely different partition.
>
>
> Yes it does :)
>
> Looks like it isn't just the Windows croud that spreads fud ;)
>
> Dougie
>
I stand corrected, shows just how much I know and use Windows.
:-)
Mike
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