Tim wrote:
On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 11:35 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
As far as I can remember, Linux has always used /mnt/<directory>
instead of using /mnt directory for mounting things.
Since the term "traditionally" was used, I was thinking more along the
lines that "traditionally *ix-like systems did this..." as opposed to
"Fedora does that...", seeing as Fedora is so young it's a bit strange
to use the word "traditionally" with it. ;-)
Going back further into the thread. Yes, /mnt *can* be used directly.
But, as always, when you *can* do something, doesn't mean that's the
only way of doing it, and that it *can* affect what else you're doing
with it. *Of* *course* using /mnt directly will usurp anything mounted
onto a sub-directory in it, beforehand. But I thought that was as
obvious as "it'll hurt if I hit my thumb with a hammer"... ;-)
As far back as RHL 5.2 /mnt/<directory> was used to my knowledge. The
technical aspects, other than masking any thing mounted on
/mnt/<directory> if /mnt was used instead was not known by me if it was
possible. I guess traditionally for me is back to RHL 5.2. Since
/media/<directory> is the new standard and /mnt is used less frequently
traditionally probably should not have been selected. Probably stating
"as far back as I remember" or a similar phrase.
Jim
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