Linux Directory Structure - FHS
Linux Directory Structure - FHS
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except nowadays many distro mounts removable media under /run/media instead of /media (for good reason).
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What's the reason?
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/run is a temporary fs, so if the mount, filesystem or even the entire system crashed, all the mounted data will be cleaned up after a reboot.
On the contrary, if the mount crashed, it might leave a folder or data on /media, making subsequent mount problematic.
Here is a well-written comment about the rationale behind this mount point: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/tzo984/comment/i40e2za/
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Probably so that you don't accidentally write to a directory by mistake when it isn't mounted, and then lose access when you mount something over it, all while services are looking for files that are only there sometimes.
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I've had exactly this happen to me. It was my own fault but it took a bit of work figure out.
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Where would you mount non-removable media?
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I think there is no rule, but I like to mount them on
/mnt.A good discussion can be found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/u0ri07/where_do_you_usually_mount_your_internal_drives/
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Wow. Talk about ways to skin a cat.
I mount mine to /media using autofs.
I was, at one point, using /mnt but ran in to some situation that Proxmox didn't like that involved bind mounts (can't remember what) and shifted them all over to /media.
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