Re: PROPOSAL for FHS revised : Mount points for CDs, floppies andalien OS partitions.]
>For instance an administrator mounts /dev/hdd to /mnt so that he can
>back up a partition to it. The next day he mounts a USB zip disk that
>usually is not attached to the system to do something else.
I use "/mnt/tmp" for that. :-)
> /mnt - temporary mount point for sysadmin use.
> /mnt/* - mount points for sysadmin use.
> /mounts/* - transient mount points for user use.
If the sysadmin uses "/mnt" for a temporary mount point, then all of the
"/mnt/*" mount points will be hidden.
I've observed that a lot of people and a few distributions use mount points
like /mnt/cdrom and /mnt/floppy and their /etc/fstab is configured for
automounting them. Others use mount points in the root filesystem, which
I think we are trying to avoid.
I understand the merits of using "/mounts", but I would prefer taking the
path of least disruption to current practices. Adding "/mnt/net/*" and
"/mnt/local/*" seemed to be a reasonable extension.
George (gk4)
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