CDs mount to volume name

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 10:03 +0100, Karsten Fischer wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, den 08.02.2006, 17:04 -0700 schrieb Michal Jaegermann:
> > On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 12:30:53AM +0100, Karsten Fischer wrote:
> > > Am Mittwoch, den 08.02.2006, 15:22 -0700 schrieb Michal Jaegermann:
> > > 
> > > > I still scratch my head what you are gaining by mounting removable
> > > > media at some pseudo-random locations.  They are effectively random
> > > > as a volume name is not apparent from a shape of some CD.  It may
> > > > even be empty.  As it was noted on a desktop you have a label with
> > > > that volume name anyway.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Ease of use in the end, that is the gain, at least from a certain
> > > perspective.
> > 
> > Specific examples, please.  Or you have to be kidding.
> 
> Easily. I put in a media called "Tax2005" and its is mounted
> on /media/Tax2005, regardless of which drive
> (DVD-ROM,CD-ROM,DVD/CD-Writer, CD-Writer) I use.
> 
> And no, I'm certainly not kidding.
And what would this kind of be useful for?

With all due respect, displaying a directory under a different name than
it's physical file name is annoying enough, but mounting physical media
under different names is mere non-sense, IMNSHO.

Ralf