Standard/best location to permanently mount partition/drive
by varaonaid from LinuxQuestions.org on (#55G5A)
Hi,
I've read a number of articles and thread on this subject but none really seems to agree. I've read that Linux tends to use /media or /mnt as the location to temporarily mount external drives or partitions but that if editing fstab, it's best to avoid these so that there isn't any potential overlap to cause issues.
Is there a standard or best practices location that one should put drives that will be permanently automounted to the system? Or does it really not matter? I'm just trying to get things up properly from the start.
Thanks so much in advance! Looking forward to hearing your thoughts. :)
I've read a number of articles and thread on this subject but none really seems to agree. I've read that Linux tends to use /media or /mnt as the location to temporarily mount external drives or partitions but that if editing fstab, it's best to avoid these so that there isn't any potential overlap to cause issues.
Is there a standard or best practices location that one should put drives that will be permanently automounted to the system? Or does it really not matter? I'm just trying to get things up properly from the start.
Thanks so much in advance! Looking forward to hearing your thoughts. :)