[ILUG] apt-cdrom q

kevin lyda kevin at suberic.net
Tue Mar 20 16:50:11 GMT 2001


On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 08:34:43AM -0800, Rick Moen wrote:
> begin Paul J Collins quotation:
> > FHS 2.2-beta reiterates that /mnt is a mount-point and adds provision
> > for a /media directory, which is to contains mount-points for
> > removable media: /media/cdrom, /mdeia/dvd and so on.
> Hmpf.  I think Quinlan's on crack.

yep.  the idea of a single "spare" mount mount is silly.  /mnt/tmp if
it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy.  and the scheme for /media only
half solves the problem.  what if i have two dvd drives?  what if i have
multiple partitions on a zip disk?

not well thought out.

kevin

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