Re: Why /floppy -- why not /mnt/fd or something?

[Sten Anderson <sten@bergsoe.k-net.dk>]

Peter Prohaska <reax@muc.de> writes:

> Hi all!
> 
> Please dont flamme me for that unimportant question.  But I was wondering,
> why `/dev/fd*'s are mounted at /floppy.
>  When reading fsstnd, you would expect them to be mounted in
> /mnt/someting.  Since /floppy is neither one of those un*x shorties nor
> used during installation I can't see why it lives on the root.

As you probably know it is not mandatory to use that mount point - you 
can mount a floppy wherever you like. I think it is a matter of
convenience and tradition. /floppy is also used on many other unix
installations.  

- Sten Anderson


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