diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 7faa5b6..207d063 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -559,9 +559,23 @@ for example, the recycle bin doesn't work as expected. http://getyouriton.blogspot.com/2009/08/serious-gotchas-with-mounted-drives-or.html -http://flippingbits.typepad.com/blog/2011/09/best-practices-for-windows-mounts-points.html +Unix, on the other hand, +has a unique root directory +and mounts drives (including removable media) +as directories on the filesystem. [#disk_location] + +On Linux, flash drives are mounted under ``/media/``, +are assigned a directory based on their label, +and the assigned directory won't change unless the partition label changes +or the drives are manually mounted somewhere else. +For graphical file managers, +each flash drive has its own trash folders, +one per user. + +https://superuser.com/questions/169980/what-is-trash-and-trash-1000 + +https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/93960/why-is-linuxs-filesystem-designed-as-a-single-directory-tree -.. http://support.2brightsparks.com/knowledgebase/articles/211485-assigning-a-drive-letter-to-external-usb .. http://www.tmsbackup.com/cms/index.php?id=652 .. http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/the-enterprise-cloud/use-mount-points-if-you-run-out-of-windows-drive-letters/ .. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4652545/windows-what-happens-if-i-finish-drive-letters-they-are-26