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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Probably so that you don't accidentally write to a directory by mistake when it isn't mounted, and then lose access when you mount something over it, all while services are looking for files that are only there sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I've had exactly this happen to me. It was my own fault but it took a bit of work figure out.