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-t is an optional parameter that specifies the file system for the partition you want
to mount. –o is an optional parameter you can use to specify options for the
device you want to mount. /dev/xxx represents the device you want to mount,
and the mountpoint represents the directory on which you want to mount the
device. The directory you use as the mount point in the command must already
exist and should contain no files. Specifying the file system with the -t option is
usually not necessary, but appears here for completeness. For example:
1.
To mount a FAT32 partition called dev/hda1 at the mount point /mnt, type:
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt
or
mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt
2.
To mount an Ext2 partition called /dev/sdb4 at the mount point
/home/user/mount1, type:
mount /dev/sdb4 /home/user/mount1
or
mount -t ext2 /dev/sdb4 /home/user/mount1
3.
To mount a ReiserFS partition called /dev/hdb2 at the mount point
/home/user/mount2, type:
mount /dev/hdb2 /home/user/mount2
or
mount -t reiserfs /dev/hdb2 /home/user/mount2
4.
To mount an NTFS partition called /dev/sdb2 at the mount point /mnt, type:
ntfs-3g /dev/sdb2 /mnt
Unmounting a Partition or Device
Use the umount command to unmount a partition.
Note: The spelling of this command is umount, and not unmount.
The syntax for umount is
umount dir
or
umount device
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