[Discuss] multiple floppy folders in /mnt

[Murray Strome]

Lloyd Budd wrote:
> On 3/4/07, Murray Strome <wmstrome at shaw.ca> wrote:
>>
>> When I look at /mnt there are a bunch of folders called "floppy-<NN>"
>> where NN goes from 2 to 55. If I look inside the folders, each has an
>> empty file named ".created-by-hal"
>>
>> Can I safely remove this package, or should I?
>
> Definitely don't remove hal.
>
> Which distribution and version you are running is likely relevant?
I am using Mandriva 2007
>
> My limited understanding is that HAL is an integral part of Linux.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_abstraction_layer
>
> Are those mount points harming anything? I can't like of any reason to
> be concerned. I would tend to just ignore them. Removing those folders
> should also be fine.
>
They were just a nuisance when doing df -k.  Later on they did not show 
up with that. I suspect that when I reboot, they might disappear, from 
what very little I have learned about HAL.

Murray