linux BSD
mount -a [-F][-fnrsvw] [-t fstype]
mount [-fnrsvw] [-o options] [-t fstype] device directory
mount [-fnrsvw] [-o options [,...]] device | directory
mount [-hV]
Temporaily attach the file system which exists on device ,
overlaying directory.
| device is the name of a | block special device, like /dev/sda1, or an NFS* mount like knuth.cwi.nl:/dir |
| -a | All filesystems
set auto in /etc/fstab
[of the given fstypes]
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| -F | Fork a process for each device
and NFS servers in parallel. NFS timeouts will be independent, i.e. if one server or device is unavailable it won't hold up the other mounts. mounts are done in undefined order. do not use this option if you want to mount both /usr and /usr/spool.
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| -r | read-only | ||||||||||||||||
| -w | read/write. | ||||||||||||||||
| -f | fake the actual mount. useful in conjunction with the -v flag to determine what the
mount is trying to do. It can also be used
to add entries for devices that were mounted earlier with -n .
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| -n | no writing to
/etc/mtab.Useful when /etc/fstab is on a read-only file system. -s | sloppy mount options don't cause exit
| the partition specified label.
| -U uuid | the partition that has the specified uuid
| -o | other : |
MSDOS, e2fs, reiserfs, NTFS
| -h | help
| -V | Version
| -v | verbos
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File system specific options
The previous contents, owner and mode of directory are hidden.
It might be a good idea to touch "not mounted" at the mount point.
list all mounted file systems of type fstype
mount [-t fstype]
The proc file system is not associated with a special device, proc can be used instead of a device specification.
df - Report filesystem disk space usage
fdformat - Low-level format a floppy disk
fdisk - Partition table manipulator for Linux
ram - ram_disk
umount- detach/unmount a device