RE: [MiNT] MiNTLib 0.52.3b

[joska@nuts.edu (Jo Even Skarstein)]

On Wed, 8 Sep 1999 22:34:30 +0300, Martin-Eric Racine wrote:

> > > The key part was that since each drive can be scanned and returns
> > > which kind of filesystem is installed, then we could use that call
> > > and not have to rely upon /etc/fstab anymore.
> >
> > Now you're getting it ;-)
> > I think this is what has been said on this list for over a year now.
>
> However, it still doesn't replace fstab's purpose to mount fixed
> directory hierarchies, an ability which was removed since the new
> Minix.xfs, afaik.

This was a hack in this particular filesystem, MiNT has never been able
to do this.

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