Re: [newbie] MOUNT POINTS

2000-07-07 Thread Nikola Pizurica
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[newbie] MOUNT POINTS

2000-07-06 Thread Lee LCpl Erik J
I just started using linux, and can come one explain what a mount point is and what each one does. Please. Erik begin 600 winmail.dat M)\^(C`4`0:0"``$```!``$``00!@`(Y`0```#H``$(@`` M$E032Y-:6-R;W-O9G0@36%I;"Y.;W1E`#$(`06``P`.T`'``8`

Re: [newbie] MOUNT POINTS

2000-07-06 Thread bascule
hi eric, hope i deciphered your name correctly out of your email addy! in linux all your files and directorys (folders) are all part of one 'tree' or hierachy, there are no seperate drive letters for each physical hard disk or partition. instead each partition is 'mounted' on a directory of