Mounting File Systems

File systems can be mounted from the command line by using the mount command. The commands in Table 14.7 are used from the command line to mount and unmount file systems.

Table 14.7. File System Commands
Command Description
mount Mounts specified file systems and remote resources
mountall Mounts all file systems specified in a file system table (vfstab)
umount Unmounts specified file systems and remote resources
umountall Unmounts all file systems specified in a file system table

After you create a file system, you need to make it available. You make file systems available by mounting them. Using the mount command, you attach a file system to the system directory tree at the specified mount point, and it becomes available ...

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