Where should I mount my internal drive partitions?
As far as I searched on the internet, I came to know that
/Media = mount point for removable media that system do it itself ( usb drive , CD )
/Mnt = temporarily mounting anything manually
I can most probably mount anything wherever I want, but if that’s the case what’s the point of /mnt? Just to be organised I suppose.
TLDR
If /mnt is for temporary and /media is for removable where should permanent non-removable devices/partitions be mounted. i.e. an internal HDD which is formatted as NTFS but needs to be automounted at startup?
Asking with the sole reason to know that, what’s the practice of user who know Linux well, unlike me.
I know this is a silly question but I asked anyway.
that is what the /srv mount point is for. I mount all my external HDDs from there.
/srvcontains site-specific data which is served by this system.
https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs-3.0.html#srvDataForServicesProvidedBySystem
I myself have separate /Disks folder where I mount all my internal disks on boot. Not sure how “standard” such setup is, but it helped me keep my NTFS and Linux disks tidy and out of my way. For what I know you can mount your drives anywhere you like
Even if I switch my drives or folder names
You don’t mean changing name of ‘Videos’ right?
entire drive is mounted to /media first, and then all subdirectories are mounted where I need them.
So you mount directories accordind to your need not drives and partitions? Seems flexible.
then your cannot boot into your system anymore.
Why? Are you talking about removing the drive that contains /?
Oh, I deleted my reply a while ago. But you seem to be able to see it still.
The Videos name change is meant, if I mount the folder on my drive to /home/name/Videos, then next time I mount anything to that place when replacing the drive, then /home/name/Videos will stay the same. That means any application using that path won’t change. That’s the majority how I use my multiple internal drives. I just mount them to fixed positions I use for decades, like in my home.
I prefer directories over partitions, because I can easily rename directories and place them to other places without ever partitioning or resizing again.
Why? Are you talking about removing the drive that contains /?
About the not being able to boot, no I don’t mean the drive that contains the root /. When I mount drives with the /etc/fstab file, then the system tries to mount them on boot time. If the directory that is mounted or the drive is no longer available or I unplug it (lets say when I replace my Documents drive), then at boot time the system tries to mount something that does no longer exist in their view, according to the fstab file.
By default (at least on my current system EndevaourOS, based on Arch) the system stops booting. It gives me the option to ignore that mount entry, so I can boot again. But if I had not this option to ignore, then one has to edit the /etc/fstab file to outcomment those sections; in example with a boot cd or usb drive. Normally not a problem, but just telling it here, so in case you know what to do (if you ever go that route).
Adding the nofail option to the fstab entry will continue boot if the drive isn’t present.
Thank You.
for some reason Photon UI still shows the deleted comment with just trash can symbol.
If I remember correctly mnt is for static media that you expect to always be present and media is for removable media which may come and go.
My Files, which are inside the partition mounted in /mnt/something has root as Owner. So When I try to move something to Trash, it’s not allowing me to do, Only perma delete. When saw properties it said owner is root.
Is it because mounted at /mnt?
Files under /media seems fine. and says it’s owner is ‘me’
Not a pro by any means, but I mount my internal drives at /mnt. Its also where I mount my NAS
AFAIK mount point doesn’t matter
