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What is the mount ?

Hello friends,
In recently,I am learning linux and i encountered a word "mount",at first, i think "mount" means that:"create an interface to use hard disk",for example,if i execute the command "mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/test" successfully,that means the folder named "test" under /mnt is an interface of sda1,when i operate "test",in fact is operating the device "sda1",but after i read more documents about the mount,i realized i was wrong,and too many documents make me confused,now i can't distinguish the relationship of mount,partition and hard disk. someone can help?I need your help!!!
Thanks in advance!!!
best wishes!!!!!

What you thought is close enough for day-to-day usage. From a terminal, try this (use q to quit the manpage) for a bit of "official" description

Code:

man mount

In simple words, in order to access some storage device, you need to create a directory and attach it to the storage device so you can utilize the storage. This process of attachment is called mounting and directory that has attached is called a mount or mount point.

For more details, check below links:
http://linux.die.net/man/8/mount
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesy.../html/mnt.html
http://fosswire.com/post/2007/04/uni...-mount-points/

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Originally Posted by syg00 (Post 4938366)

What you thought is close enough for day-to-day usage. From a terminal, try this (use q to quit the manpage) for a bit of "official" description

Code:

man mount

got it,thanks you very much!!!!
best wishes!!!!

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Originally Posted by shivaa (Post 4938388)

Thanks very much for your replied,you make me clearer about the concept of mount,and those site which your suggestion are very helpful!!!
Thanks again!!
best wishes!!

Hi,

Welcome to LQ!

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Originally Posted by newer (Post 4938363)

Look at Linux File System &

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Understanding UNIX/Linux file system:
Part I <- Understanding Linux filesystems
Part II <- Understanding Linux superblock
Part III <- An example of Surviving a Linux Filesystem Failures
Part IV <- Understanding filesystem Inodes
Part V <- Understanding filesystem directories
Part VI <- Understanding UNIX/Linux symbolic (soft) and hard links
Part VII <- Why isn’t it possible to create hard links across file system boundaries?

Rute Tutorial & Exposition is a good guide to help you understand things overall. I suggest that you look at links 2, 3, 7 & 9 below. Other links will help you learn specific topics.

LDP(1) below is a great resource to reference documents for overall learning of Linux specific topics. Learn to rely on this site for specific topics. Basically LDP is a archive of valuable informational Gnu/Linux topics.

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Just a few links to aid you to gaining some understanding;

  1 Linux Documentation Project 
2 Rute Tutorial & Exposition 
3 Linux Command Guide  
4 Bash Beginners Guide 
5 Bash Reference Manual 
6 Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide 
7 Linux Newbie Admin Guide 
8 LinuxSelfHelp 
9 Utimate Linux Newbie Guide
10 Linux Home Networking
11 Virtualization- Top 10

The above links and others can be found at 'Slackware-Links'. More than just Slackware® links!

Hope this helps!

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Originally Posted by onebuck (Post 4938590)

Hi,

Welcome to LQ!

Look at Linux File System & Rute Tutorial & Exposition is a good guide to help you understand things overall. I suggest that you look at links 2, 3, 7 & 9 below. Other links will help you learn specific topics.

LDP(1) below is a great resource to reference documents for overall learning of Linux specific topics. Learn to rely on this site for specific topics. Basically LDP is a archive of valuable informational Gnu/Linux topics.

Hope this helps!

Thank you very much,it's very helpful and useful to a newbie of linux! Thanks again!!
best wishes!!!