Partitions in /media/

[Alan McKinnon]

On Monday 03 April 2006 06:38, Karl Goetz wrote:
> hi all
> I was wondering if there is a particular reason for partitions to
> be moved into /media/. Anyone know?
> I remember when /media was made to move the media *away* from the
> partitions, but now it seems to be that the partitions are simply
> moving *back in* - this time in a new directory.

According to FHS, /media provides mount points for removable media 
like memory sticks and cdroms - anything that tends to be mounted and 
unmounted in a session
/mnt is retained as mount points that tend to remain mounted until 
shutdown - like shared data folders etc etc

The reason is for convenience as /mnt can get a bit cluttered

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Alan McKinnon
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