Re: [Hampshire] Disk mounting locations
On Fri, 05 Jun 2009 at 06:16:06PM +0100, Steve Kemp wrote: > On Fri Jun 05, 2009 at 12:09:23 +0100, Leo wrote: > > > options, as I see it, are: > > 1. Mount the disk directly in /home/me/Music. > > 2. Mount the disk in /mnt/Music and link /home/me/Music to it. > > 3. Mount the disk in /mnt/Music and bind /home/me/Music to it. > > > > Is there a standard/prefered way of doing this? > > Conventionally you'd probably mount it to /mnt, or /media > then symlink that to your preferred location. > > I have a similar disk with music, and it is mounted at > /mnt/music. Then I have ~/mp3/ symlinked to /mnt/music/mp3 > and similarly I have ~/ogg/ symlinked to the disk. > Yes there is a standard, which is probably /media for a disk, though on older systems it would have been /mnt. It's easy as a beginner to want to mount things where we feel like not where the standard says we should. However once you get the hang of links it be comes natural to put things where they should go and then link things how you want them to appear from your home directiory as Steve has suggested. A properly run Linux/Unix system should always follow the standard, and you should always be able to lay your own links on top. If you do things the easy/your way - that way leads to the dark side - well normally just chaos... -- Adam Trickett Overton, HANTS, UK Considering the number of wheels Microsoft has found reason to invent, one never ceases to be baffled by the minuscule number whose shape even vaguely resembles a circle. -- anon, on Usenet -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Disk mounting locations
On Fri Jun 05, 2009 at 12:09:23 +0100, Leo wrote: > options, as I see it, are: > 1. Mount the disk directly in /home/me/Music. > 2. Mount the disk in /mnt/Music and link /home/me/Music to it. > 3. Mount the disk in /mnt/Music and bind /home/me/Music to it. > > Is there a standard/prefered way of doing this? Conventionally you'd probably mount it to /mnt, or /media then symlink that to your preferred location. I have a similar disk with music, and it is mounted at /mnt/music. Then I have ~/mp3/ symlinked to /mnt/music/mp3 and similarly I have ~/ogg/ symlinked to the disk. The disk itself is mounted read-only, as I rarely add new music to it. (I've ripped all the albums I own and I rarely buy new ones these days. Sometimes I download new tunes but very very rarely.) If you plan to share the disk(s) via samba it makes sense to mount them somewhere "global" so using "/mnt", or "/home/music" makes sense, but using "~me/music" doesn't. Still at the end of the day you can choose your location yourself.. Steve -- Managed Anti-Spam Service http://mail-scanning.com/ -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Disk mounting locations
2009/6/5 Leo : > I've a general query about where to mount hard disks. I've read various > bits on the web about the general linux structure of /, /usr, /etc... > which I think I understand. However I now seem to have quite a few hard > disks in my desktop and I don't immediately see how they fit with this > structure. > > Anyway after that somewhat rambling start what I was trying to get to is > the following: I started with a disk mounted on /, and one on /home. > I've since acquired some more hard disks that I use to store data > (mainly music) and I'm trying to work out how to mount them. The > options, as I see it, are: > 1. Mount the disk directly in /home/me/Music. > 2. Mount the disk in /mnt/Music and link /home/me/Music to it. > 3. Mount the disk in /mnt/Music and bind /home/me/Music to it. > > Is there a standard/prefered way of doing this? (As an aside, I am the > only user of the computer so I don't have to worry about other users > needing to access the drives.) I also have some samba shares on the > server that I want to use. What is the recommended way of mounting those > on my desktop? This is the point I use LVM - it will merge all those disks into one visible disk. Warning: LVM means that if all your disks are in one LVM group, then a single disk failing can mean ALL your data is corrupted - backup data if using LVM Anton -- Anton Piatek email: an...@piatek.co.uk blog/photos:http://www.strangeparty.com pgp: [0xB307BAEF] (http://www.strangeparty.com/anton.asc) fingerprint: 116A 5F01 1E5F 1ADE 78C6 EDB3 B9B6 E622 B307 BAEF No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Disk mounting locations
I've a general query about where to mount hard disks. I've read various bits on the web about the general linux structure of /, /usr, /etc... which I think I understand. However I now seem to have quite a few hard disks in my desktop and I don't immediately see how they fit with this structure. Anyway after that somewhat rambling start what I was trying to get to is the following: I started with a disk mounted on /, and one on /home. I've since acquired some more hard disks that I use to store data (mainly music) and I'm trying to work out how to mount them. The options, as I see it, are: 1. Mount the disk directly in /home/me/Music. 2. Mount the disk in /mnt/Music and link /home/me/Music to it. 3. Mount the disk in /mnt/Music and bind /home/me/Music to it. Is there a standard/prefered way of doing this? (As an aside, I am the only user of the computer so I don't have to worry about other users needing to access the drives.) I also have some samba shares on the server that I want to use. What is the recommended way of mounting those on my desktop? Thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
