How to Mount a UFS File System (mount Command)

1. Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.

2. Create a mount point for the file system to be mounted, if necessary.

   # mkdir /mount-point

   There must be a mount point on the local system to mount a file system. A mount point is a directory to which the mounted file system is attached.

3. Mount the UFS file system.

   # mount [-o mount-options] /dev/dsk/device-name /mount-point

   -o mount-options	Specifies mount options that you can use to mount a UFS file system. For a list of options, see Table 40–2 or mount_ufs(1M).
   /dev/dsk/device-name	Specifies the disk device name for the slice that contains the file system (for example, /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s7). To get slice information for a disk, see How to Display Disk Slice Information.
   /mount-point	Specifies the directory on which to mount the file system.

Example—Mounting a UFS File System (mount Command)

The following example shows how to mount /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s7 on the /files1 directory.

# mount /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s7 /files1

Example—Mounting a UFS File System With Logging Enabled (mount Command)

UFS logging eliminates file system inconsistency, which can significantly reduce the time of system reboots. The following example shows how to mount /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s7 on the /files1 directory with logging enabled.

# mount -o logging /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s7 /files1