> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mark Post > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: BaseVol/GuestVol server for SLES9 > > > >>> On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 2:59 PM, in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > om>, "McKown, > John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -snip- > > Why do you say that /media is worthless? Perhaps it is on > System z, but > > it is very nice on Intel where it automounts my USB stick > when I plug it > > in. > > Any reason why it couldn't do that under /mnt, instead of > inventing an entirely new place to mount things? > > > Mark Post
Hum, I guess. Except that /mnt has been around vaguely forever and perhaps the architect was concerned with name collisions of some sort. /mnt/media might be a bit better than just /mnt. But, then again, suppose /mnt has something mounted onto it? I use /mnt fairly often for "temporary" mounts. I would be upset if I had mounted, say, a CDROM on /mnt and then inserted a USB stick and had problems. Also /mnt/media has a possible problem if a CDROM is mounted at /mnt, how is the /mnt/media subdirectory dynamically created on a read-only medium? And if a read-write medium is mounted at /mnt, do I want the system to dynamically create /mnt/media on it? (OK, /mnt/media was my thought and it was a poor one at that). -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
