Re: PROPOSAL for FHS revised : Mount points for CDs, floppies and alien OS partitions.]
On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, Johannes Poehlmann wrote:
<snip>
> It is recommended (not required !) that /mounts is structured this way:
>
> /mounts--+
> +-cdrom0
> +-cdrom1
> +-cdrom...
> |
> +-cdburner0
> +-cdburner1
> +-cdburner..
> |
> +-dvd0
> +-dvd1
> +-dvd.....
> |
> +-floppy0
> +-floppy1
> +-floppy...
> |
> +-other removable media.....
> |
> +-dos-+
> | +--c
> | +--d
> | +--etc....
> |
> +--nt-+
> | +--c
> | +--d
> | +--etc....
> |
> +--other classes of alien partitions........
>
> All theses items are optional especially for non existing drives/ partitions.
Hmm... It would seem logical that *permanent* mount points should be
segregated from *temporary* ones...
A physical hard disk can become a working part of the filesystem, in
essence a seamless part of the whole.
A removable drive, whatever the media, is of a different nature, and
exists at points where the file system intersects with the wider
world... iyswim.
I'd have thought real partitions are going to be rarely changed, and
fairly stable - say you dual boot with windows, you're likely to have a
set, stable place where the disk is linked, and it won't change.
Why can't something like:
/mount
|
+-local-+
| +--dos_c or whatever
| +--etc...
|
+-net-+
| +--remote sites - nfs, smb, etc
|
+-removable-+
+-floppy[0-n]
+-cdrom[0-n]
+-dvd[0-n]
and so on?
This way, actual *fixed* mount points get proper names, and floppy drives
are "visibly" external.
--
Charles Cooke, Network Engineer
HighwayOne Corporation Ltd.
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