OTHER INFORMATION

This page deals with aspects that are not so obvious, but still quite important to know.


MISCELLANEOUS DETAILS


NOTES ABOUT THE CENTRALIZED SYSTEM

To make the most of the centralized system and safely use it, it is important to learn how the underlying mechanisms work.

The core concept is that everything is based on softlinks. Before an application is started, its directory/partition is mounted as the SYS: volume and all of the centralized system files and directories are mirrored to SYS: via softlinks (of course, entries already present in SYS: are not touched, although the contents of directories is processed recursively anyway; all softlinks are automatically removed when the last instance of the application quits). This implies that:

Finally, here are some important things to be aware of as regards the mounting/unmouting of the centralized system:


LIMITATIONS

Since UAE is (rightfully) based on an isolated-box model, there are some limitations that just cannot be overcome from the outside; here is a couple of problematic issues:



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