-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:11:23 +1030 Callan Davies <[email protected]> wrote:
> > May I ask the advantage of putting it in /mnt or /media over > > leaving it in / (in root it doesn't show an icon)? > > Is it 'better' in the sense of 'nix convention or is there another > > advantage? I tend toward /home being better but only if I can > > overcome the icon. > > > > Hi Dave, > > I guess from a functionality perspective, there's not really a lot of > difference > where you put it. > > But from a tradition and correctness perspective, /mnt/something or > more recently, /media/something would be considered better. /media was created for, well, media. (usb/cdrom/flash, etc). It still winds me up with people mount stuff in there - /mnt was intended for short term mounts. (The idea was if its a long term mount, it goes in a useful spot on the filesystem). kk - -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian user / gNewSense contributor http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAklywjsACgkQhIBzgCf88S4yCACfRMDrHw9WyvMn4aWMhS6Ps7Md YNUAnjKBxWJLey7/v1rldH9d64tiwdnF =Gv14 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
