Second hard drive mount point

rodaz143 · 2014-03-07 00:05:20

I'm using a computer I was planning on selling as a server for things like Quake 3, Minecraft, an external server for testing web software I'm working on, etc. I just added a second hard drive, and I'm wondering what I should set the mount point to in my fstab. Traditionally, I've always mounted my Windows partition (not on a separate hard drive) in the /media folder. Should I do the same for this?

nomorewindows · 2014-03-07 00:08:36

/media and /mnt are intended to be just as lengthy as needed (subdirectories) to get it all in there. Just as long as you don't mount over something important or being used elsewhere inconsistent with what you are trying to do, it's up to you.

WonderWoofy · 2014-03-07 00:10:03

I don't really think this is a question someone else can answer for you. It either comes down to functionality (what part of the filesystem needs more storage) or just plain old personal preference. So you are the only one who can make those decisions.

rodaz143 · 2014-03-07 00:11:53

I know it doesn't affect anything, I was just wondering what the standard is, or if it really matters.

karol · 2014-03-07 00:57:38

You can mount it in /mnt/foo or in /home/user/something/else/entirely/foo.
Just make sure the mountpoint exists.

jasonwryan · 2014-03-07 01:48:37

Not a GNU/Linux discussion, moving to NC...

stqn · 2014-03-07 03:14:44

You can mount things wherever you want, but as far as I know, /mnt is often used for fstab entries, and /media for automounted stuff.

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Second hard drive mount point

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