mount option "-F" and "ufs"

dreamlemon · 02-10-2007, 07:11 PM

Hi everybody,
this question is for mount option.

Quote:

mount -F ufs /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /mnt

what is that -F for?
what is that ufs for?
I've looked into my FedoraCore4-in book.
But I found nothing about these 2 options.

wjevans_7d1@yahoo.co · 02-10-2007, 07:36 PM

First, if you're sure that command is exactly as you see it, then I've learned somethign new. Becuase normally you wouldn't see "ufs" in a mount command without the word "-t" before it.

Second, you can learn a lot about the mount command by issuing this command at the command prompt:

Code:

man mount

At least on my system, the man page talks about filesystems of type ufs, and the -t option, and the -F option.

Hope this helps.

dreamlemon · 02-10-2007, 10:59 PM

I did man mount.
I didnt find ufs option.
and i dont get that meaning of "-f"
so i am still in a mess

wildar · 02-11-2007, 04:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreamlemon

I did man mount.
I didnt find ufs option.
and i dont get that meaning of "-f"
so i am still in a mess

'ufs' is not an option, but an argument to the option '-t', which defines the file system type. According to this web page, 'ufs' means Unix File System.

According to 'man mount', -F and -f are used in conjunction with other options to do other fancy stuff that I personally have never used.

jlliagre · 02-11-2007, 05:28 AM

Both the option and the device name show the command is intended to be run on Solaris, not Linux.

wildar · 02-11-2007, 05:39 AM

Your right jlliagre, nice catch.

Here's a man page for mount using Solaris, http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/usail/man/solaris/mount.1.html.

dreamlemon · 02-11-2007, 09:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jlliagre

Both the option and the device name show the command is intended to be run on Solaris, not Linux.

omg
nice catch