Peter Prohaska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi all! > > Please dont flamme me for that unimportant question. But I was wondering, > why `/dev/fd*'s are mounted at /floppy. > When reading fsstnd, you would expect them to be mounted in > /mnt/someting. Since /floppy is neither one of those un*x shorties nor > used during installation I can't see why it lives on the root.
As you probably know it is not mandatory to use that mount point - you can mount a floppy wherever you like. I think it is a matter of convenience and tradition. /floppy is also used on many other unix installations. - Sten Anderson -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
