Questions tagged [mount]
Mount is the process of making available to the computer a new file system device, like a disk drive or a network share.
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Finding the drive letter of the most recently mounted xvhd or vhd file in batch?
I found these handy ways to mount/unmount a xvhd or vhd file in a command prompt / batch file.
However; that still leaves me with one question; assuming I'm specifying the file I want to mount ...
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Mount /mnt/d in bash for Windows 10
I see my drives (c, d, e, g, h) in bash for Windows 10 under /mnt but when I use df -h I don't see them. I'd like to mount these directories to other directories in / and give them specific names so ...
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Linux filesystem: mount point vs folder?
I'd like to request the community's help in understanding the *nix concept of "mount points" versus folders. I've tried to do background reading such as this, this, and this, among others, but the ...
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Can't see/mount SMB (SAMBA 4) shares through terminal in Debian Jessie
I would like to mount a SAMBA share on my computer, where I'm running Debian 8 (Jessie). The SMB share is located at the server of my institute and works as a domain controller (it's a SAMBA 4). All ...
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Why does script in if-up.d not mount my samba share?
I have an entry in /etc/fstab to mount a windows share
//192.168.178.4/files /media/share/d cifs credentials=/home/arnold/.credentials,rw,dir_mode=0777,file_mode=0777 0 0
that is not ...
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Automatic mount in zfsonlinux on Debian jessie
I just upgraded from Debian wheezy (and the old zfsonlinux packages) to Debian jessie (and the new jessie-backports packages). Now on system start, the ZFS pools are neither imported nor mounted. I ...
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How to mount ISO under Windows 10 without 3rd party software?
I heard, that under Windows 10 it is possible to mount DVD image without 3rd party software.
How to do that?
Manuals like below
do not work for me, since I don't have Disc Image Tools / Manage ...
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Why is an /etc/fstab entry not automatically mounted?
I want to mount my QNAP windows shares as a share in Linux mint (18.1). I have created the following entry in /etc/fstab
# Mount share from samba server
//192.168.178.4/files /media/share/d cifs ...
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Recover Data from ext4 Volume (Structure Needs Cleaning, etc.)
tl;dr: How do I recover data from an ext4 volume that is giving errors like "Structure Needs Cleaning?" I've tried lots of things, as described below, but still no success.
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How can I modify a virtual disk (.vmdk) on a remote host (ESXI 5), while the virtual machine is off?
I urgently need help with this one.
I have a server (ESXI 5) running a Windows Server VM. The preallocated virtual disk drive storing the OS ran out of space and the VM is failing to start due to this....
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How to mount Local Disk as C: in Windows XP
I just installed Windows XP, which is nothing new for me - I've done it at least 20 times now, using the same installation disk each time. However, I ran into quite a unique problem this time. The ...
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Is relatime better than noatime on fstab for SSD?
A lot of tutorials says to use noatime on fstab when you have an SSD, but for me seems the relatime will works nicely.
Some quotes:
Add the "noatime" (or "relatime") mount option in /etc/fstab, to ...
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How to stop Mac reconnecting network volume
I have a network volume on my NAS (QNAP) that my Mac keeps remounting (unless I turn off the NAS - which defeats the object).
I did have it at one time in my "Login Items", but it has since been ...
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Upgrading a PC with a dell top mounted PSU case [closed]
I'm building a PC, and I'd like to reuse my current case from a dell insperion, with an EVGA - 80 PLUS 600W ATX. From what I understand only the case dictates whether the PSU can be bottom or top ...
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Detect whether running in VM and mount differently depending on that
Context: I am a second person who had this problem - a dual-boot system with a shared data partition, plus wanting to run one of the OSs in a VM on the other. Thinking on it, I realized that it could ...
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How to check whether the linux system using a large disk space?
I am using VirtualBox. I installed a ubuntu system on it. At the beginning, I set default 8GB disk space. But it's not big enough so I want to add more space on it.
I used this way(add to 20GB):
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How to delete accidental copy of cache file
I have a ubuntu server running that uses a windows share (mounted via /etc/fstab). While trying to copy some data to that newly mounted directory I accidentally copied /var/cache too.
Now the problem ...
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External HDD still mounted even after reboot
I'm running a Windows 10 PC. I have mounted an external HDD. Everything worked as expected. I powered down the Windows 10 PC and removed the HDD only after the power was off. Now that I turn Windows ...
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Remote mount with tunnel
When I log to ServerA with ssh, I have ping to ServerB.
If I had a sudo privilege on ServerA I would able to do this command:
sudo mount ServerB:/pathInServerB localPathServerA
I want to be able to ...
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Mount remote port number
When I use this command:
mount remoteServerA:/pathInServer localpath
Which ports it use?
I don't know the type of the server (I guess it Linux server).
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Cannot mount ISO file in Windows Server 2012
I am using VMware Player to run a Windows 2012 Server Standard Build 9200. I need to mount an ISO image. The server does not seem to recognize that it is an ISO file and wants me to tell it how to ...
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What rights / roles required to mount and shutdown
I have a debian with a MATE desktop.
Since my last update I can't shutdown the computer from the gui anymore (I need to open a shell, become root and issue shutdown then)
Same goes for mounting ...
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Linux can't mount a CIFS share with comma in path using /etc/fstab
I'm having problems mounting a CIFS network drive for use in an application I develop/maintain. The share path has a folder in it named , Employees as in Company/, Employees/Some data (the mapped ...
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How can mounting a VeraCrypt drive be done without root in Linux?
I used TrueCrypt for a long time in Kubuntu, in which I used a keyboard shortcut to automatically mount a drive. Nowadays I use VeraCrypt, but I am always prompted for my sudo password after entering ...
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exportfs does not support NFS export
I have a netapp server that is configured to share a folder via NFSv4.
My goal is to communicate to that NFSv4 share from Windows, Since windows NFS client does not support NFSv4, I mounted that NFSv4 ...
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How can I write a file on a read-only
I am accessing a device via SSH. I would like to change a file on the www directory, but when attempting to do this it says Read-only file system.
mount gives me some info, but I cannot see any ...
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Mount shared SAN storage on one machine as read/write but read-only on others
I am writng a golang web application that will allow users to upload files and later retrieve them.
Application is divided in two parts
Part-1: Web-portal, it will be hosted on multiple linux web-...
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Can one keep their firefox and chrome data on an external hard drive?
I want to keep my chrome and firefox browsing data (filled in forms, history, addons, etc) available on a mounted network drive (Windows 10, mounted as Z:\). Is there a way to keep such data on a ...
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Define how an external drive is mounted at the drive level (Linux)
By editing /etc/fstab I can define how a particular external drive gets mounted on a particular computer. However, suppose that I plugin the drive in a different computer - is there a way of defining ...
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Linux Red Hat 7 Multipath error asking for maintenance mode on boot
I have a Dell server with a Dell storage attached to it with multipath set tup. Dell technicians left the server with Red Hat 7 installed in an internal disk (/dev/sda) and with a mapped drive to the ...
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How to restore an ext4 filesystem
I have a HDD device named /dev/sdc1 which hosts a filesystem other than my root. I boot after a power outage, and I cannot mount it. I wonder if it is possible for the filesystem to be corrupted ...
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What is windows way to do `mount -o loop,rw,offset=X`?
I want to mount with -o loopoffset=70254080 an ./raspbian-jessie-lite.img onto ./mntpt folder. The rw parameter is the key here - I need to edit .iso insides (set wifi login\password) and save it ...
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After mounting partitions still getting Live CD's files
I want to edit my system's /etc/pam.d/common-auth file from live CD (guess why...).
I executed the following commands:
sudo su
cd /mnt
mkdir os
cd os
mkdir dev sys lib lib64 bin etc proc home boot
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Mount Synology NFSv4 export with id mapping
I have a Synology DiskStation (DSM 6.0.2) that exports shared directories via NFSv4. I specified a NFSv4 domain ITET-PHO.
On another Linux machine (Debian Wheezy), I want to mount this export using ...
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Remount a windows/samba share under Linux when windows server (re)starts
The windows share has been mounted by fstab and works but the share is lost when the share-host is rebooted
Is there a way to configure the share to be automounted when the share-host returns?
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Change the way that Dolphin (KDE) mounts a (HFS+) filesystem
Once I click a pendrive formatted with HFS+ filesystem in Dolphin, it mounts it read-only. dmesg says:
hfsplus: write access to a journaled filesystem is not supported, use the force option at your ...
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how to sshfs login as sudo user
I need to mount an external shared resource using sshfs. I have setup SSH authentication between my PC and the server using a local user (non-root) and it works like a charm using the following ...
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linux mount shared over samba
I'm new to the world of linux andI have mounted a hard drive on my linux system as such:
mount /dev/sdb1 /opt/backup
I have my samba share pointing to the folder /opt/backup.
When /dev/sdb1 is not ...
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Linux Block Device FileSystem:Store/Save & Load on reboot
Scenario: Created a Block file system, mounted [mount /dev/sbd0p1 /mnt] and echoe'd[echo Hi > /mnt/file1]
[http://blog.superpat.com/2010/05/04/a-simple-block-driver-for-linux-kernel-2-6-31/comment-...
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Multiboot USB Kali Installation CD-ROM Mount Error
I have installed 6 OS in my USB drive with YUMI.
I boot from USB, can run Kali Linux Live, but can't install.I'm getting Can't mount and detect CD-ROM drives. error.
Unplug & plugging USB gives ...
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cannot chown file as root
After mounting a NTFS or fat32 partition (not as readonly), I try to change it to my user permissions with
sudo chown user: file
However I am then told that the "Operation is not Permitted".
I have ...
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How do I mount a raw disk image with complex partition structure?
I have a raw disk image created by gddrescue. I'm failing on getting it mounted since to it's complex partition structure.
I tried first with losetup portscan option.
# losetup -Pf --show -v silvio-...
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Mounting a shared Google Drive folder
Is it possible to mount a publicly shared Google Drive folder under Linux? I've tried all of the normal tools, such as google-drive-ocamlfuse, grive, and gdrivefs, from what I can tell, they only ...
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Mounting network drive in Windows 10 bash?
In my windows 10 command prompt, when I need to set the drive to some network shared drive I just use
net use V: //192.168.xxx.xxx/folder
I added Bash on Ubuntu on Windows in my Windows 10, and I'd ...
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Mount CD drive in Windows 10 bash
It's not something to explain in detail. It's just simply, how do I mount my CD drive in Windows 10's bash?
I have no idea whether it's even possible or not. HDDs and folders can easily be mounted ...
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Read/Write directly to Linux files from Windows using editor
Is there a way to mount and share a linux directory so Windows can access it?
I would like to read/write directly to files from a text editor for quicker live development with Apache
Running CentOS ...
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connect a usb drive on windows without mounting it and without assigning a letter
To protect my backups from ransomware, I want to use my backup USB drive without never ever assigning a drive letter to it. I know how to do it with network disks, but how do I do it with USB drives?
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Windows 10 can't mount ISO. Says file is corrupted. WIndows 7 OK
After upgrading to Windows 10, I am unable to mount many ISO files I had. It keeps saying "The disk image file is corrupted." I have about 10 of these ISO files and they all come up with the same ...
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How to mount with 'strictatime'
I have tried this:
# mount -o strictatime someip:/fs/share /mnt/mymount
After that, when I run mount or cat /proc/mounts, it doesn't show the strictatime for the mount point. Why?
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Connected hard drive with ubuntu server on windows 10, displays as raw
A 500GB hard drive that has Ubuntu Server installed got connected to another computer that is run by Windows 10 on an SSD. I want to be able to view the hard drive's contents at all times while on ...
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