Chapter 18. Taming a Wild Mount

Cowboy up, pilgrims. We’re going to learn how to (sur)mount the twin beasts of fear and uncertainty. At least that’s how many Windows users view the specter of being asked to mount a CD-ROM, or camera, or keydrive, or whatever, when they finally make the move to Linux.

Mount What?

If you don’t understand what file systems are, learning the mount command is not going to be of much use. It would be like learning how to adjust the tilt of the steering wheel when you don’t know how to drive a car.

If you’re new to Linux from some other operating system, like, oh, say, Windows, you’re probably already familiar with a file system, but you may not realize it.

Have you ever seen the C:\ prompt, or looked at a directory listing? ...

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