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Re: /mnt/cdrom or /mnt ?



On Tue, Mar 30, 1999 at 01:30:25PM +0200, Jochem Huhmann wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> there seems to be some confusion right now if temporary mounts (of
> changable media like CD's) should use /mnt/something or /something.
> 
> Debian uses /cdrom, which is also hardcoded in apt-get. Solaris also
> uses /cdrom. Redhat uses /mnt/cdrom. I've always had the impression that
> /mnt is the right place for such mounts, since cluttering / with this
> (think of /cdrom, /cdrw, /floppy, /jazz, /zip, /dvd ...) is ugly at
> least.
> 
> Should the LSB take care of this? The FHS seems to be quite sloppy on 
> this item.

I think this is a question for LSB. Also I think naming of Windows
partitions should be an issue for LSB. This is one of the main
obstacles for new Linux users - when installing Linux. 

IMHO, both /cdrom and /win should go into the root directory.

Keld


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