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minus-squarebaseless_discourse@mander.xyzhexbear5·3 months agoexcept nowadays many distro mounts removable media under /run/media instead of /media (for good reason). linkfedilink
minus-squarebaseless_discourse@mander.xyzhexbear2·edit-23 months ago/run is a temporary fs, so if the mount, filesystem or even the entire system crashed, all the mounted data will be cleaned up after a reboot. On the contrary, if the mount crashed, it might leave a folder or data on /media, making subsequent mount problematic. Here is a well-written comment about the rationale behind this mount point: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/tzo984/comment/i40e2za/ linkfedilink
except nowadays many distro mounts removable media under /run/media instead of /media (for good reason).
What's the reason?
/run is a temporary fs, so if the mount, filesystem or even the entire system crashed, all the mounted data will be cleaned up after a reboot.
On the contrary, if the mount crashed, it might leave a folder or data on /media, making subsequent mount problematic.
Here is a well-written comment about the rationale behind this mount point: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/tzo984/comment/i40e2za/