mount

Get access to an entire filesystem in one directory. More information: https://manned.org/mount.8.

  • Show all mounted filesystems:

mount

  • Mount a device to a directory:

mount -t filesystem_type path/to/device_file path/to/target_directory

  • Create a specific directory if it does not exist and mount a device to it:

mount --mkdir path/to/device_file path/to/target_directory

  • Mount a device to a directory for a specific user:

mount -o uid=user_id,gid=group_id path/to/device_file path/to/target_directory

  • Mount a CD-ROM device (with the filetype ISO9660) to /cdrom (readonly):

mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/cdrom /cdrom

  • Mount all the filesystem defined in /etc/fstab:

mount -a

  • Mount a specific filesystem described in /etc/fstab (e.g. /dev/sda1 /my_drive ext2 defaults 0 2):

mount /my_drive

  • Mount a directory to another directory:

mount --bind path/to/old_dir path/to/new_dir