From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 21 06:41:19 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 964BB16A4CE for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 06:41:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com (out2.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DA6443FDF for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 06:41:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from murphyf+fhs@f-m.fm) Received: from server2.messagingengine.com (server2.internal [10.202.2.133]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0823C438AC1 for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 09:41:17 -0500 (EST) Received: by server2.messagingengine.com (Postfix, from userid 99) id A712D7E40E; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 09:41:16 -0500 (EST) Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME::Lite 1.2 (F2.71; T1.001; A1.51; B2.12; Q2.03) From: "Frank Murphy" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 15:41:16 +0100 X-Sasl-Enc: /m2KGAeSrFWTKSE4c/C4pg 1069425676 Message-Id: <20031121144116.A712D7E40E@server2.messagingengine.com> Subject: FreeBSD, FHS, and /mnt/cdrom X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 14:41:19 -0000 The folks at the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) are discussing (again) where directories for recurring temporary mount points should go. Recurring temporary mount points are for things like cdroms, floppies, and digital cameras as well as HD partitions from other OSes (like MS Windows). Red Hat started putting these in /mnt (e.g. /mnt/cdrom), but that totally breaks compatibility with the BSDs, which have specified /mnt as an empty directory for ad hoc temporary mounts. SuSE has started putting these in /media, and now folks on the FHS list would like to know what people in the BSDs' communities would prefer. I imagine your answer will be something like "We don't care; do what you want," but I would like to present the different ideas, and perhaps you would prefer one. So, please put these in the order of most to least preferred, and say why you like or dislike any of them. - All mount points in / (e.g. /cdrom, /camera, /windows/C) <- current FreeBSD standard - All mount points in /mnt (e.g. /mnt/cdrom, /mnt/camera, /mnt/windows/C) <- breaks FreeBSD standard for an empty /mnt - Anyplace at all - Anyplace but /mnt (i.e. what the FHS 2.2 currently specifies) - Anyplace but / or /mnt (e.g. /vol/cdrom, /var/mnt/camera, /media/windows/C) (some suggestions have been /media, /mounts, /vol, /var/mnt, and /var/tmp/removable. Others?) Thanks letting us know how you feel about this, Frank Murphy --=20 http://www.fastmail.fm - And now for something completely different=85