Why updatedb doesn't traverse my external HD?

[Rahul Sundaram]

On 12/25/2011 02:27 AM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 12/24/2011 12:39 PM, T.C. Hollingsworth wrote:
>> /media is on tmpfs simply because it's faster to keep the mountpoints
>> in memory than on disk.
> 
> Thanx!  That explains something I was wondering about.  I'm trying to
> troubleshoot an issue with mounting flash drives on my desktop and found
> myself doing it "by hand."  I'd create a directory, give it the right
> permissions and run the test.  Then, after a reboot, I'd have to create
> that directory again.  Now I know why.

/mnt is better for that purpose

Rahul