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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (5 children)

So where am i supposed to mount my permanent other file systems?

I used to mount them to home, after realizing how much headache that was causing i moved them to mnt. Surely that makes the most sense?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I usually put them in /media, so my games drive for example lives in /media/games.

Seems to mostly fit with the usual external media that gets mounted there.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Yup, that's what I do too. Mine are mounted to /media/user/ by default.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

/mnt is reasonable and normal. I have used /mnt, /data, /media for various hardware and software mounted storage. It really doesn’t matter unless you’re dealing with some specific software or organization with esoteric requirements.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You can just make a new folder, I put mine on /data

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Doesn’t even have to be new; I’ve got one at ~/Downloads in my fstab.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Its like the gates of heaven have just opened…

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

You mount them to /proc for extra spiciness

[–] Scoopta 4 points 2 months ago

/mnt or /media usually. I use /mnt for permanent filesystems and /media for removable ones but there are no hard rules. My home folder is a separate filesystem from my rootfs, just depends on how you want things setup.