Contemplating drastic change to mount handling

[Christopher Faylor]

On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 01:58:54PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> /etc/fstab would be the same as it is on linux.  /etc/mtab would be a
>> binary (trie) representation of the mount table which could be mapped
>> into cygwin on the fly, eliminating the need to parse any options.
>
>Sorry, what are "tries"?

http://www.google.com/search?q=trie

>> We'd still use the registry as a method for finding /etc but that would
>> be it.
>
>Finding "/" basically?

It can't be / since the /etc mount could be distinct from /.

>> So, basically the "permanent" mounts would be whatever existed in
>> /etc/fstab, maybe with an auto field turned on.
>
>And getting rid of user mounts... :-)

I don't know if we can go that far.  I think that some people still
need them.

cgf