[Discuss] multiple floppy folders in /mnt

[Lloyd Budd]

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?

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.

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