Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 10:07:31 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: murphyf+fhs@f-m.fm (Frank Murphy) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD, FHS, and /mnt/cdrom Message-ID: <200311211507.hALF7WX19199@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20031121144116.A712D7E40E@server2.messagingengine.com> from "Frank Murphy" at Nov 21, 2003 03:41:16 PM
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> ...
>
> 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.
>
Ok, Here are my addled thoughts:
Good:
> - All mount points in / (e.g. /cdrom, /camera, /windows/C) <- current
> FreeBSD standard
(Just come up with a nice sounding name for each)
> - Under something like /media/ as in /media/cdrom, etc
(except the name media may become obsolete)
> - Anyplace but /mnt (i.e. what the FHS 2.2 currently specifies)
Except not /var/ or /usr or /home or /tmp
Less Good:
> - All mount points in /mnt (e.g. /mnt/cdrom, /mnt/camera, /mnt/windows/C)
> <- breaks
> FreeBSD standard for an empty /mnt
NOT:
These are too long and cumbersom, may contradict other usage
Especially not /var... as it is something else
and /media/windows... is also too MS specific.
> - 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?)
> Anyplace at all
Now, that is not much of a standard - why bother?
>
> Thanks letting us know how you feel about this,
>
> Frank Murphy
>
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