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Stroller wrote: |
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> The only thing that springs to mind is that /mnt was originally used by |
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> system administrators to temporarily mount removable media. I think the |
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> FHS comes into it. But right now this isn't terribly convincing, |
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> particularly as I currently expect to be using one BIG volume, so there |
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> should be no need for more than drive mounted in this way. |
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Mostly it's a matter of taste, as I see it. Acc. to FHS /mnt is for |
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temporarily mounted filesystems while /media is for removable media. But |
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since it's your system you can call it whatever you like. Of course if |
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you are using some kind of automounter you may need to follow what ever |
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restrictions it has... |
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http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html |
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Best regards |
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Peter K |
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