From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 21 06:59:46 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 B37C516A4CE for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 06:59:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx02.ca.mci.com (mx02.ca.mci.com [142.77.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0DE043FA3 for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 06:59:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mykroft@mykroft.com) Received: from mykroft.com (unknown [142.77.110.169]) by mx02.ca.mci.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7F8AAE0F2; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 09:59:44 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <3FBE2860.9010200@mykroft.com> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 09:59:44 -0500 From: Mykroft Holmes IV User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Frank Murphy References: <20031121144116.A712D7E40E@server2.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <20031121144116.A712D7E40E@server2.messagingengine.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 14:59:46 -0000 X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 14:59:46 -0000 Frank Murphy wrote: >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 > > > Well, Apple uses /Volumes for all mounts It seems to work pretty well, although the capital letter is an obvious Apple-ism. Adam