The mount Command
Use the mount command to mount a block device onto the filesystem. You need to specify what device contains the filesystem, what type it is, and where in the directory hierarchy to mount it.
A mount command looks like this:
mount -t type -o options device mount-point
device should either be a block device or if it contains a colon it can be the name of another machine from which to mount a filesystem (see Chapter 16). The mount-point should be an existing directory (or you get an error); the filesystem will appear at this position. (Anything previously in that directory will be hidden.) The filesystem type and options are optional, and the variety and meaning of options depend on the type of filesystem being mounted. If the ...
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