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mount a filesystem

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mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/myDriveTo mount a ntfs drive.

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mount -a -t ext2 -O _netdevThe -t and -O options are cumulative in effect; that is, the command mounts all ext2 filesystems with the _netdev option, not all filesystems that are either ext2 or have the _netdev option specified.

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mount /tmp/fdimage /mnt -t msdos -o loop=/dev/loop3,blocksize=1024This will set up the loop device /dev/loop3 to correspond to the file /tmp/fdimage, and then mount this device on /mnt.

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mount -o remount,rw /dirAfter this call mount reads fstab (or mtab) and merges these options with options from command line ( -o ).

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mount --bind olddir newdirSince Linux 2.4.0 it is possible to remount part of the file hierarchy somewhere else. The call is:

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mount --rbind olddir newdirThis call attaches only (part of) a single filesystem, not possible submounts. The entire file hierarchy including submounts is attached a second place using

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mount a cd image as a directorymount -o loop ubuntu-12.04-desktop-amd64.iso /mnt/cdmounts the iso file as a loopback device on /mnt/cd

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mount -o remount,rw /dev/foo /dirAfter this call all old mount options are replaced and arbitrary stuff from fstab is ignored, except the loop=option which is internally generated and maintained by the mount command