• baseless_discourse@mander.xyz
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      2 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/