/mnt : Mount point for a temporarily mounted filesystem Purpose This directory is provided so that the system administrator may temporarily mount a filesystem as needed. The content of this directory is a local issue and should not affect the manner in which any program is run. This directory must not be used by installation programs: a suitable temporary directory not in use by the system must be used instead.
/media : Mount point for removeable media Purpose This directory contains subdirectories which are used as mount points for removeable media such as floppy disks, cdroms and zip disks.