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
