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fstab(5)

mount(2)

mtab(5)

mkdisk(8)

MOUNT(8)

NAME

mount, umount − mount and dismount file system

USAGE

(removable file systems only)

/etc/mount [ −ar ] [ dev dir ]

/etc/umount [ −a ] [ dev ]

(remote file systems only)

/etc/mount [ −afrvp ] [ to type options ] [ fsys ] [ dir ]

/etc/umount [ −av ] [ -root ] { fsys | dir }

DESCRIPTION

The mount command mounts removable and remote file systems. 

The umount command unmounts removable and remote file systems. 

When mounting a removable file system located on a diskette, cartridge tape, or magtape, specify the device name for dev and a nonexistent directory for dir. 

When mounting a remote file system (that is, one located on another host), specify the remote host and file system in the form ‘host:fsname’ for fsys and a nonexistent directory for dir.  (The mount command creates a gateway object named dir; the umount command deletes it.) 

The mount and umount commands maintain a table of mounted file systems in /etc/mtab.  If you execute the mount command without arguments, it prints the table.  If you specify only one argument, the command searches /etc/fstab for an entry with the same argument; if the entry exists, the command then uses it to mount the file system. 
 

OPTIONS

The command options can be one or more of the following items separated by a space. 

−a With /etc/mount, try to mount all file systems listed in /etc/fstab.  (This file contains entries added manually by user.) 

With /etc/umount, try to unmount all file systems listed in /etc/mtab.  (This file contains an entry for every remote file system currently mounted by the local host.) 

−f Fake a new /etc/mtab entry without mounting the file system. 

−o options Accept the following arguments, separated by commas, as options.  The defaults are fg, retry=1, timeo=7, and hard:

bg Retry in background if server host’s mountd(8c) doesn’t respond. 

fg Retry in foreground. 

hard Retransmit until server responds. 

port=n Set NFS port number n. 

retry=n Set number of mount retries to n. 

ro Allow read only. 

root Mount in global root directory. 

rsize=n Set read request buffer size to n bytes. 

rw Allow read/write. 

soft Report error if server fails to respond. 

timeo=n Set NFS timeout to n tenths of a second.  When attempting to access mounted file system, NFS waits specified amount of time for response; if no response, NFS multiplies n by 2 and retransmits request. 

wsize=n Set write request buffer size to n bytes. 

−p List the mounted file systems in the same format as entries in /etc/fstab. 

−r Mount the file system as read-only. 

−root Dismount the file system in the global root directory. 

−t type Accept the following argument as the file system type; the recognized types are 4.2 and nfs. 

−v Display a message when mounting the file system. 

FILES

/etc/mtab mount table

/etc/fstab file system table

CAUTIONS

Note that physically write-protected file systems, as well as those on magnetic tape, must be mounted read-only.  If not, errors develop even if no explicit write is attempted. 

Mounting a removable file system containing unreadable or otherwise invalid data can have unpredictable consequences. 

RELATED INFORMATION

fstab(5) mount(2) mtab(5) mkdisk(8)

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