Advantage of unmounting the
File system ::-
The unmount command::-
The process of detaching a
file system from a unified
fileSystem is called
unmounting.
Advantages of unmounting the File system::-
The unmount command is
Used for unmounting. This
command works on a single
Argument. This single
argument could be either
the mount point or the
name of the file system to
be detached as shown in
the following example,
# unmount /mgv
# unmount /dev/fdo
In order to unmount a file
System, the user has to be
Present at an higher level
on on the file system
hierachy. Generally file system
are unmount during system
Shutdown. Also a file system
Cannot be unmounted if
Some of its files are open.
The mount command ::-
The process of attaching
A secondary file system to
A main file system is known
As mounting.
Advantages of Mount
command::-
The mount command is used
For mounting file system.
For mounting a file system
to the main file system,
One must have an empty
Directory on the main file
System. If an empty directory
Is not available then it has
to be created. The root
directory of the new file
System is attached at this
empty directory point of
The root file system. The
Point at which the
attachment takes place is
Called mnt on the main
File system. This is a
directory called mnt in the
Root (/) Directory.
This command needs both
The device name and the
Mount point as its argument
For example
The directory / dev / fdo is
attached to the existing
File system at the mount
Point /mnt as shown below.
#mount /dev/fdo / mnt
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