/media versus /mnt
James McKenzie
jjmckenzie51 at earthlink.net
Sat Nov 13 15:29:58 UTC 2004
Jelena i Zoran wrote:
> Is there a technical reason for introducing the /media directory
> for mounting various devices instead of continuing with the old
> convention of using the /mnt directory?
> I do not see a justifiable reason and that is why I am posting this
> question.
> My opinion is that unnecessary deviations from the old convention
> only adds to the confusion.
>
/media is File Hierarchy Standard compliant. /mnt is depreciated (means
no longer supported). But you should be able to create /mnt mount
points if you feel more comfortable with them. I have not installed
FC3, yet, but I think that I can get used to using /media vice /mnt.
James McKenzie
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