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Re: use of mount -b


On 28 Oct 97 at 23:16, Pasa Guglielmo <gpasa@omedia.ch> wrote:

> So my question is why and when should I mount my system as binary ?

Hi!

As far as i know, you should use binary mounts when using binary (Unix) texts.
And non-binary mounts when using non-binary texts.

That's probably a simplistic idea, but in my experience, some programs --
particularly make -- crash when they find a non-binary (DOS) text file in a
mount where it expects binary (Unix) text files.


Regards,
++Hilton
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