On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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
No, this is an FHS issue as opposed to an LSB issue, since it deals with the placement of files/directories. Personally, I would prefer it to be directories under /mnt. The / directory should be kept as clean as possible. If every device that isn't somewhare else in the file system is to be mounted in a subdirectory of /, then / will get real messy really quick. +-----------------------+-----------------------------+--------------------+ | Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | NoDomainName Networks | http://www.nodomainname.net | http://www.ndn.net | +-----------------------+-----------------------------+ whois jkk12 | | Thanks to advances in shortness, I have updated my +--------------------+ | ~/.signature. Note that nodomainname can now be replaced with just ndn. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
