How about to make it FUN:
(house image)Homedir
(mountain image)Mountpoints
- (root picture) /
- (house image) /home
- (windows icon) /mnt/win_main
- (gear picture) /usr
and so on....
Using icons based on phonetic similarities (i.e. a mountain image for
Mountpoints) is an I18N and usability problem. If the word "Mountpoints"
translates to something which is totally different than the word to
which "mountain" translates, the meaning of the icon is lost, and the
user will likely be confused. For something like the home directory, a
house image works because its meaning is related to the concept of home,
not the word "home".