On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 12:03:16PM +0200, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
Well, let people in the know argue for /media if they want it. So far no one here seems to have understood what it's supposed to win over /mnt.
The FHS actually gives the rationalization: having mount points as subdirectories under /mnt conflicts with an allegedly widespread practice of using /mnt itself as a temporary mountpoint.