Use of /media instead of /mnt

[Rahul Sundaram]

On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 09:32:56 -0700, Steve Fink <stevef at netvantix.com> wrote:
> Anyone,
> 
> Can anyone explain why the switch to /media instead of /mnt
> 
> In my mind, media is something you put into a device to read or write,
> 
> /mnt contains mount points where devices can be mounted to access media.
> 
> Am I just not getting the logic behind the /media change?

FHS compliance
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#MEDIAMOUNTPOINT

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Regards,
Rahul Sundaram