CDs mount to volume name

[Charles Curley]

On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 01:55:36PM +0100, Karsten Fischer wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, den 08.02.2006, 04:38 -0800 schrieb Antonio Olivares:
> 
> > >  What happens when you
> > > have older installers
> > > that expect something like /mnt/cdrom or
> > > /media/cdrecorder for each of
> > > many discs.
> > >
> > We will have to find a way to deal with that.  
> > > 
> 
> Just out of morbid curiosity (no offence meant :): I do know of just one
> software (for Linux, that is) which consists of several CD's, but then
> the installer asks where it could find the next disc. 
> Just to get the picture, I would like to know how many of these
> aforementioned 'older installers' do really exist? I do lack some
> knowledge there...

One thought that comes to mind is backups made with Bacula, or from
Amanda virtual tapes, which span multiple CDs or DVDs.

In the first case, the volume name is at the mercy of the software
vendor. In the scond, it is at the mercy of the individual
administrator. Either of whom may have given little or no thought to
using volume names in this way.

Have the developers considered that this feature may break programs
that routinely mount DVDs, such as Bacula?

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