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Re: /cdrom vs. /media/cdrom



Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> writes:

> Paul Johnson wrote:
>> I don't have a /media, and my laptop, which I just installed Debian on,
>> also doesn't have a /media.  ???
>
> Then you didn't install sarge using a current version of the installer.

OK, I just wasn't paying close attention and didn't notice.

>> I believe the LSB puts removable media in /mnt/fd0, /mnt/scd0, etc.
>> Debian puts the same devices in /floppy, /cdrom0, etc.
>
> LSB goes with the FHS locations in this and generally all cases, and
> recent FHS versions require /media. Using /mnt subdirectories has always
> broken stuff and has never been in the LSB or the FHS.

Ah, OK.  You learn something new every day.

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