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-Make
a FileSystem available for access.
+To make
a FileSystem available for access. Done using mount(8) and undone using umount(8)
.
-Linux does
this by associating the file system
with a directory (
the "
MountPoint") within a currently
mounted FileSystem. The "root" file system is mounted on the root
-"
/"
early in the boot sequence. mount(8) is also the command that does this; umount(8) breaks the association
.
+On Unix systems
this is done
by associating the FileSystem being mounted
with a the MountPoint, ie an actual directory in an already
mounted FileSystem. The "root" file system is mounted on the root directory, __
/__,
early in the boot sequence.
Apparently derived from the physical sense of "mount" meaning "attach", as in "head-mounted display", or "set up", as in "AlwaysMountaScratchMonkey".
+
+See also FileSystemHierarchy.
+
+-----
+CategoryStorage
