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Nathaniel Beaver
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@@ -561,8 +561,8 @@ http://getyouriton.blogspot.com/2009/08/serious-gotchas-with-mounted-drives-or.h
Unix, on the other hand,
has a unique root directory
and mounts drives (including removable media)
as directories on the filesystem. [#disk_location]
and mounts drives (including removable media)_
as directories on the filesystem. [#disk_location]_
On Linux, flash drives are mounted under ``/media/``,
are assigned a directory based on their label,
@@ -594,9 +594,12 @@ https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Cc938934.aspx
.. [#disk_location]
Multics appears to be the first operating system with a root directory
Multics, the predecessor to Unix,
appears to be the first operating system with a root directory
and a hierarchical filesystem underneath it.
.. TODO: source
However, the motivations for such a scheme go back further.
One of the most influential time-sharing systems,
CTSS, recognized the need for accessing files independent of their disk location.
@@ -763,10 +766,14 @@ Finally, Linux permits unprivileged users to run their own filesystems via FUSE.
This has many practical benefits,
such as accessing cloud storage as if it were an ordinary directory.
.. TODO: source
There is a project to bring FUSE to Windows,
but it is no longer maintained
and its various forks are not as mature as the Linux implementation.
.. TODO: source
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