Need directories in /media?

business_kid · 07-16-2011, 11:49 AM

I have xfce set up here, and I'm wondering if I need the stuff in /media at all.

Code:

bash-4.1$ ls -F /media
README cdrecorder0/ cdrom@ cdrom1/ disk-1/ dvd0/ floppy@ floppy1/  hd0/ memory@ memory1/ zip0/
cdrecorder@ cdrecorder1/ cdrom0/ disk/ dvd@ dvd1/ floppy0/ hd@ hd1/ memory0/ zip@  zip1/

All the links and subdirs are confusing and getting in the way. A new directory is _made_ every time something is mounted. It would be easier to be able to check in /media to see what's mounted, but /media is so full of stuff there's no point. I have no zips, dvd writer is internal, so I don't see the point. But I don't want to take out a pin that's holding something together.

jostber · 07-16-2011, 12:08 PM

From the README file in the /media directory:

The purpose of the /media directory is to provide a consistent place
across different systems for users and applications to mount
removeable media. For example, this might be used by KDE's
Media Manager feature in Konqueror. That will look into /etc/fstab
to determine where to mount a volume, and for now this still defaults
to using /mnt (e.g. /mnt/cdrom as the cdrom mount point), but you
may edit your /etc/fstab if you'd like to follow the FHS
recommendations.

See the /mnt directory also.

sahko · 07-16-2011, 02:05 PM

You dont, especially if you are using thunar as a file manager. The only time these are needed if you are using directly the mount command from a terminal. Those aren't even needed if you're using pmount.
Same for /mnt. I remove all entries after installing aaa_base.

business_kid · 07-17-2011, 03:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sahko

You dont, especially if you are using thunar as a file manager. The only time these are needed if you are using directly the mount command from a terminal. Those aren't even needed if you're using pmount.
Same for /mnt. I remove all entries after installing aaa_base.

Thx. I'm a creature of habit, and mount odd stuff in /mnt. I was just checking in case some system thing relied on them.