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Date:      Fri, 5 Apr 2002 16:48:47 -0600
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1018478928.4252b1@mired.org>
To:        "Kirk R. Wythers" <kwythers@umn.edu>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: /mnt ?
Message-ID:  <15534.10703.807341.102231@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <1018019821.85728.4.camel@lorax.forestry.umn.edu>
References:  <bulk.74002.20020404100324@hub.freebsd.org> <1018019821.85728.4.camel@lorax.forestry.umn.edu>

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In <1018019821.85728.4.camel@lorax.forestry.umn.edu>, Kirk R. Wythers <kwythers@umn.edu> typed:
> Why does the FreeBSD default place cdrom and floppy under / rather than
> /mnt ? I went ahead and created /zip rather than /mnt/zip to be
> consistent... 
> 
> Just curious 

Because /cdrom is easier to type than /mnt/cdrom.

I'd be interested in knowing the answer to the opposite question: why
do some systems mount cdroms on /mnt/cdrom instead of /cdrom?

	<mike
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