Questions tagged [mount]

Questions about mounting filesystems, such as those on internal drives or on CDs, DVDs, external hard drives or USB flash drives, or about using the mount command.

At boot time the root filesystem (/) is mounted, meaning the storage device that contains it is connected to the operating system so that it can be used. Other filesystems may then be attached to this root filesystem at mount points, locations on the root filesystem tree. A mount point is always a directory, so it has the usual Linux permission attributes, which can be used to control how the attached filesystem can be used.

In Ubuntu, filesystems to be mounted at boot time are specified in the /etc/fstab file with appropriate mount points and settings. When external storage devices (such as CDs or flash drives) are connected, they are usually automatically mounted. Mount points for removable media and non-Ubuntu partitions should be in /media

To mount, remount (with specific options) or unmount a filesystem, and to view information about currently mounted filesystems, the mount command is used. This command and its opposite umount require root privilege to mount or unmount filesystems. An alternative that does not require elevated permissions is provided by the udisks utility udisksctl

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How to mount an ISO file?

I'm running into trouble trying to mount a large iso: dev@dev-OptiPlex-745:~$ sudo mount -o loop /home/dev/Hämtningar/matlab2011a_64.iso /cdrom mount: warning: /cdrom seems to be mounted read-only. dev@dev-OptiPlex-745:~$ Can you tell me how I…
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Creating a mount point if it does not exist

When using the mount utility, if you specify a directory that does not exist, that is considered an error. Is there any option I can use so that mount points get automatically created if they don't already exist?
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How do I check where devices are mounted?

What is the command that lets me see what and where devices are mounted? I'm having trouble changing songs on my old iPod, and I have a feeling it's because of the mount point.
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Is there a program to mount all of my drives automatically?

Sometimes when I restart my computer, my drives will mount but sometimes they won't (like right now when I'm typing this question out). Is there an easy way, like a program that can mount them for me? Going in the console, making folders, etc, is…
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mount: you must specify the filesystem type

I want to mount a partition to an auxiliary folder via mount to fix a damaged grub. I used the command. sudo mount /dev/sdb2 /home/ubuntu/temp and got as error: mount: you must specify the filesystem type Why?
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What does it mean to mount something?

I hear and read the term all the time, but what does it mean? I just accidentally mounted a shared folder hosted on a remote computer. The only difference I see is the presence of a desktop shortcut. I was able to access the folder before I…
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How to manually mount a partition?

There are many questions on automatically mounting or problems encountered during mounting that I've read here. But none on how to manually mount a partition.
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mmc0: error -110 whilst initialising SD card

I have a problem trying to mount a SD card in Ubuntu 12.04. The message what I get from the system is: mmc0: error -110 whilst initialising SD card I'm on the 3.5.0-24-generic kernel. I check previous kernel 3.5.0-15 and card is on the system. I…
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Device type "loop" in mount command

I was wondering what "loop" mean in this usage of mount: mount -t iso9660 -o loop matlab.iso /media/cdrom0 Is it a type of device? What does this device type "loop" mean? Can I choose other device types for the iso file? Thanks!
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sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory

I am trying to compile ARM code in Ubuntu 12.04. Everything is working fine when I put my code in local directory. But when I put the code in cited mount directory this error happens: sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory sh: 0:…
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How can I get SD cards to mount automatically even when X isn’t running?

I have an old laptop with a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04. The GUI is painfully slow, especially when something is animating, so I followed these instructions to prevent the window manager from starting when my computer starts up. When the window…
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safely remove using command line

I have a external seagate 1TB USB hard disk. Every time I connect it to my computer it gets automatically mounted. While removing it I select safely remove option rather than unmount because I read somewhere that it is recommended. I have two…
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Error mounting NTFS partition after hybrid shutdown with Windows 8

I've got this error and I can't access my files located in a different partition when I'm using Ubuntu, but when I'm using Windows 8 my files are accessible. I'm using Ubuntu as my main OS. I tried shutting down Windows 8 properly but still nothing…
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How to resize /run (to make /run/shm bigger) properly - and where is it's' size set?

On Ubuntu 13.04 /dev/shm is symlink to /run/shm and /run/shm is just subdirectory of /run. /run is some tmpfs which is mounted but ………… I can't find by what and how (surely it is not present in /etc/fstab and I can't grep anything sensible in…
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Unable to mount wd my passport 1 TB hard disk on ubuntu 12.10

I m using WD my passport hard drive in windows 7 . It is password protected which i am able to open in any windows OS but i am unable to unlock and mount the HDD in ubuntu 12.10. How can i access my HDD on Ubuntu 12.10 ?
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