From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: Ben Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit References: Subject: Re: [9fans] cdrom floppy tape etc, media mount point Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 09:30:46 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: cc10ac80-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > Anything serviced by the mount driver is actually a remote file > system. This includes servers reached through /srv mostly. > The only local file systems are those of the kernel drivers. > I agree, as technically, one should be able to mount HD's and maybe even floppies from other systems, and use them the same as if they were part of the computer the user is sitting at. It would become confusing (and not very Plan 9-like) to have to remember that /n/c: is a remote HD and /mnt/c: is local, etc. It seems that just using union directories, one could bind both a remote and local HD onto /n/c:, and everything is more transparent, to both programs and the user. Not to mention it's just plain easier to remember!