Re: PROPOSAL for FHS revised : Mount points for CDs, floppies and a lien OS partitions.]

[tb@MIT.EDU (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)]

Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net> writes:

> On 28 Jun 2000, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> 
> > 
> > /misc has the disadvantage of having nothing to do with what any
> > existing system uses.
> > 
> > All of the ones I know either directly mount on subdirs of /, or mount
> > on subdirs of /mnt.
> > 
> Debian uses /floppy and /cdrom, so /mnt is left alone. I have used it for
> several years, placing subdirectories within /mnt on which I mount the
> other partitions I add to root. These are permanent mounts set up in
> fstab, and I have never had any other software try to remount them, or
> overmount something on /mnt.

Yes.  This contradict what I said.  Debian uses subdirectories of /.
Red Hat and Solaris and Irix use subdirectories of /mnt.  I have no
particular preference, and I think specifying it at all in fsstnd is a
horrible idea.

But if it's going to be specified, don't make up something new.  The
job of fsstnd is not to order around developers and decide for them
what they ought to do, or engage in OS design.