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Re: /mnt/cdrom or /mnt ?



On Tue, Mar 30, 1999 at 06:26:09PM -0600, Seva wrote:
> > IMHO, both /cdrom and /win should go into the root directory.
> 
> Keep the / as clean as possible,
> 
> Suggestions for /mnt
> 
> /mnt/tmp	temp (what uses to be /mnt)
> /mnt/loop	for loopback devices
> /mnt/cdrom
> /mnt/floppy	(/mnt/jazz, /mnt/zip, etc)
> /mnt/remote	or /mnt/nfs for temp nfs mounts
> /mnt/win	if you have windows partitions

This is, IMHO, way too complicated. I think a /cdrom is justified because
they're so common, and because the /cdrom mount point itself is fairly common.
But how necessary is a floppy mount point today, and for how much longer? And
specifying jazz, zip, dvd, etc. isn't real scalable. Anything beyond that
(e.g., non-*nix partitions or loopbacks) is getting fairly system-specific, and
is probably outside the scope of what FHS should specify. 

Mike Stone


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