On Monday 21 January 2002 02:08 am, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> [2002.01.21.0229 +0100]: > > This directory is provided so that the system administrator may > > temporarily mount a filesystem as needed. THE CONTENT OF THIS > > DIRECTORY IS A LOCAL ISSUE AND SHOULD NOT AFFECT THE MANNER IN WHICH > > ANY PROGRAM IS RUN. > > granted, i did not even see this clause. nevertheless, it is precisely > the sentence you emphasized which speaks against having /mnt/floppy and > /mnt/cdrom created/installed/used by Debian. > > > Note too, from a system management perspective, use of /mnt gives a > > single point of control for issues such as backups, which one presumably > > would not make of temporarially mounted, removeable, storage. > > yes. i'll get to that. > > > Note three, that the FHS _doesn't_ proscribe inclusion of additional > > mount points, directories, etc., at root (/). It merely speaks to those > > directories which are required or optional. > > section 3.1: > > Software must never create or require special files or > subdirectories in the root directory. Other locations in the FHS > hierarchy provide more than enough flexibility for any package. > > enough? > > to address your point about having 100 CDRs, i think it is commonly > accepted that we *need* a subdirectory for mountable media, but using > /mnt for that is overusing /mnt and it's strikes me as a convenience > fix, as a quick 'n' dirty method. > > instead, i really think that we need a /media hierarchy. and from what i > can tell, that's the current state on the fhs-discuss mailing list. > /media for all kinds of removable media, a subdirectory for each > therein, and /mnt as a temporary mount point, and nothing more!
i agree, and thanks for returning the focus to the original issue, that /mnt should be available only for temporary use. regardless of how "microsoft" it may sound to karten, in my particular case, my needs are amply served by /floppy, /cdrom, and /cdrom1 on the root filesystem. in the event i might develop a need to cater to 100 cdr's--and given that such need would unlikely be temporary--i would certainly be looking for a /media directory subsystem as a solution, and not /mnt.