From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 21 07:07:40 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 D9F0C16A4CE for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 07:07:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9EA743F93 for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 07:07:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id hALF7WX19199; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 10:07:32 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200311211507.hALF7WX19199@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: murphyf+fhs@f-m.fm (Frank Murphy) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 10:07:31 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20031121144116.A712D7E40E@server2.messagingengine.com> from "Frank Murphy" at Nov 21, 2003 03:41:16 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 15:07:41 -0000 > > ... > > 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 >