Take the 2-minute tour ×  It seems to me that having both /mnt
and /media is a little redundant. Is there any tangible
difference between the two that I'm not aware of?  Is there a
standard that most people follow for where to mount things, e.g.
use one for certain types of devices, or is this completely
subjective?  share|improve this question add comment  4 Answers
up vote 35 down vote accepted  The new standard is that /media
is where the system mounts removable media, and /mnt is for you
to mount things manually.  See the filesystem hierarchy standard
(FHS) for details.  share|improve this answer By the way, that
website link is unclear about the purpose of /mnt in this
context. –  djangofan Dec 1 '11 at 16:01 It says /mnt is for the
system administrator. This implies that /mnt should not be used
by the system itself. So if your computer automatically mounts a
CD or DVD, it should mount it in /media, not /mnt. –  Mikel Jan
26 '12 at 1:23 I certainly agree with that (with you), but the
article didn't expl