Answer / sreedhar

In computers, to mount is to make a group of files in a
file system structure accessible to a user or user group.
In some usages, it means to make a device physically
accessible.

In a UNIX environment, the mount command attaches discs, or
directories logically rather than physically. The Unix
mount command makes a directory accessible by attaching a
root directory of one file system to another directory,
which makes all the file systems usable as if they were
subdirectories of the file system they are attached to.

Unix recognizes devices by their location, as compared to
Windows, which recognizes them by their names (C: drive,
for example).


Command Usage example:
$ mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/temp

Answer / visu_kvg

The process of adding or linking or mapping the formatted
disk space to a folder is called mounting.
Like the boot partition is formatted in ext2/3 filesystem
and then it is mounted to /boot folder.You cannot use any
partition or disk without mounting

Answer / saravanan

mount is used for mounting the devices and filesystem it is
a command utility for mounting devices

Answer / chirag

if you have 2 operating system on one HDD, mean linux and
windows now, if u wants to use the D:\ of windows then u can
use mount command.

after mounting D:\ u can directly put u r data from linux

when u re-boot system and login to windows then u will be
able to use that data.

Answer / satya

mount is a command which is used to copy or to use the
files or folders which are in windows into ur linux.

coomand:
mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/temp

Answer / sangu

mounting a specific file system in linux so that the user
can make use of the file present in the specific mount
point directory.

eg:
mount -t ext2.ko /dev/sda5 /mnt

here ext2.ko is the file system
device partition is /dev/sda5
/mnt is the mount point directory which contains the files
of the specific file system

Answer / varakumar reddy

mount attaches a file system to the file system hierarchy at
the mount_point, which is the pathname of a
directory. If
mount_point has any contents prior to the mount
operation,
these are hidden until the file system is unmounted.

umount unmounts a currently mounted file system,
which may
be specified either as a mount_point or as
special, the
device on which the file system resides.

The table of currently mounted file systems can be
found by
examining the mounted file system information file.
This is
provided by a file system that is usually
mounted on
/etc/mnttab. The mounted file system
information is
described in mnttab(4). Mounting a file system adds an
entry
to the mount table; a umount removes an entry
from the
table.

When invoked with both the special and mount_point
argu-
ments and the -F option, mount validates all
arguments
except for special and invokes the appropriate
FSType-
specific mount module. If invoked with no arguments,
mount
lists all the mounted file systems recorded in the
mount
table, /etc/mnttab. If invoked with a partial
argument list
(with only one of special or mount_point, or
with both
special or mount_point specified but not FSType),
mount
will search /etc/vfstab for an entry that will
supply the
missing arguments. If no entry is found, and the
special
argument starts with "/", the default local file
system
type specified in /etc/default/fs will be used.
Otherwise

Answer / hari

guys for sorting out things :)
In linux everything is a file whether it is hard disk or
sound card or video ,pci. everything everything is a file.
kk
mount is related to Hard disk.
mount = mtab (both command gives all mounted drives of HDD ,
means active ,running partitions of the Hard disk "

to view all these things we have to Mount Know ?

everything is a file in Linux so we have to alter the File
System Tab called "fstab" in /etc

so guys vim /etc/fstab
/dev/hda5 /mnt/hda5file ext3 defaults 0 0, somewhat like this

hda5 means I Created a Partition called hardisk5 , it is
starting from 1 normally. hda means it is IDE harddisk
IDE is the short of Integrated Digital Electronics

after that save the file (wq)
ok
then use
mount -a (means mount all for easiness) or you can use
mount /dev/hda5 or mount -o remount /dev/hda5

please check it

Answer / subbareddy kake

All files accessible in a Unix system are arranged in
one big tree, the file hierarchy, rooted at /. These files
can be spread out over several devices. The mount command
serves to attach the file system found on some device to
the big file tree. Conversely, the umount(8) command will
detach it again.

Answer / lakshmi sreekanth

All files accessible in a Unix system are arranged in
one big tree, the file hierarchy, rooted at /.
These files can be spread out over several devices. The
mount command serves to attach the file system found on some
device to the big file tree. Conversely, the umount will
detach it again.

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