sag ( sag@lemm.ee ) to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-22 years agoLinux Directory Structure - FHSlemm.eeimagemessage-square87linkfedilinkarrow-up1719cross-posted to: coolguides@lemmy.ca
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minus-square4am ( 4am@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoI think /mnt is where you manually mount a hard drive or other device if you’re just doing it temporarily, and /media has sub folders for stuff like cdrom drives or thumb drives?
minus-squaresuperkret ( superkret@feddit.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoYeah, but why? You can mount a hard drive anywhere, and why not put all the cdrom and thumbdrive folders in /mnt, too?
minus-squareMagiilaro ( DarkMetatron@feddit.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoIt gets even more complicated nowadays because most DE will mount removable drives somewhere in folders like /run/$USER/
minus-squareDalaryous ( Dalaryous@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years ago/media is for removable drives. If you mount something there, file managers like Gnome will show you the “eject” or “disconnect” button. /mnt drives show up as regular network drives without that “eject” functionality.
I think /mnt is where you manually mount a hard drive or other device if you’re just doing it temporarily, and /media has sub folders for stuff like cdrom drives or thumb drives?
Yeah, but why?
You can mount a hard drive anywhere, and why not put all the cdrom and thumbdrive folders in /mnt, too?
It gets even more complicated nowadays because most DE will mount removable drives somewhere in folders like /run/$USER/
/media is for removable drives. If you mount something there, file managers like Gnome will show you the “eject” or “disconnect” button.
/mnt drives show up as regular network drives without that “eject” functionality.