First of all, sorry for taking so long to reply. Your message went into moderation, and I just now noticed it.
On 09/16/2014 09:00 PM, Tyler Graf wrote: > So, here's my question, > Why can't all the mount point in root directory changed to > /mnt/temporary & /mnt/removable? > > In the rule, it said that the reason /media & /mnt existed is because > they work differently and that /mnt is a mount point for temporarily > mounted filesystem and /media is a mount point for removable media. The main reason for /media as a separate hierarchy than /mnt is historical. /mnt has existed for many years, and even predates Linux. Many sysadmins are accustomed to "owning" /mnt (meaning they can mount stuff there manually, create subdirectories, etc., all at their own whim). The use case for /media, OTOH, is for it to be managed automatically by software that probably can't understand or anticipate the arbitrary decisions made by sysadmins. Yes, sysadmins could learn differently, but if we can avoid potential problems with a separate hierarchy, why not? It might be more interesting to understand why you want to get rid of /media. Is it causing you problems? -- Jeff Licquia The Linux Foundation +1 (317) 915-7441 [email protected] Linux Foundation Events Schedule: events.linuxfoundation.org Linux Foundation Training Schedule: training.linuxfoundation.org _______________________________________________ fhs-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/fhs-discuss
