How to mount a file system in Linux using the mount command?

In Linux, the mount command can be used to mount a file system. Below are the basic steps for mounting a file system using the mount command.

  1. the directory named “filesystem”
$ sudo mkdir /mnt/filesystem
  1. Confirm the device name of the file system to be mounted. Use the lsblk or fdisk -l command to view the list of devices. For example, the device to be mounted is /dev/sda1.
  2. Mounting a file system using the mount command.
$ sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/filesystem

You can specify the file system type using the -t option.

$ sudo mount -t ext4 /dev/sda1 /mnt/filesystem
  1. Confirm that the file system is successfully mounted. You can use the command df -h to check the usage of the mounting point. If the file system is successfully mounted, you should be able to see information about it.
  2. To uninstall the file system, you can use the umount command.
$ sudo umount /mnt/filesystem

Note: Sufficient permission is required when using the mount command to mount a file system. Therefore, it is usually necessary to execute these operations as the root user or using the sudo command.

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