I've done a clean install of FC3 and have added a couple directories to the top level, directly under /, the root directory. They are separate mounted partitions. I haven't tested it thoroughly, but on booting everything looks fine.

Is it OK to add directories directly under root?

Is this:

A) No problem.

B) Rarely done but should be no problem.

C) Technically fine, but in questionable taste. Could be used as a bogus excuse by a pseudo-purist to get you fired.

D) Technically possible but not recommended. (Why?)

E) Bad idea that will lead to problems. (Why?)

Thanks,

Steve

Hi,

All your questions are answered by the FHS (Filesystem Hierarchy Standard)

Here's one of the links you could use:

http://www.pathname.com/fhs/

Here's my view:

From a pure technical viewpoint it's no problem.

I've seen it all over (professionally and personally).

The link given will answer most of this question. Beware that FHS is called a standard but isn't (yet).

Most companies (and myself, privately) make 1 (or more) base mountpoints under which others are mounted. I.e.:

/data <= base
/data/Backup
/data/Software
etc

See point C and the FHS document.

Nope, no technical problems, although mount order migth be important. To clarify this take the /data example from point C:

If /data is a fs that is mounted, /data/Software should be mounted after /data is mounted (yep, sound logical but I've seen the opposite happen.....)

Hope this clears things up a bit.

Druuna -

Thanks for a very thorough response. A backup directory is exactly what I had in mind.

Thanks for the FHS link also.

Steve