Scott Klarr Jr
How to mount and unmount a drive in linux
Posted On Feb 27, 2008 at 5:01 am
How To Mount A Drive In Linux
mount /dev/partitionId /some/mounting/point
The mounting point path must already be created with proper permissions. So a more likely flow of commands would be
mkdir /some/mounting/point
chmod 777 /some/mounting/point
mount /dev/partitionId /some/mounting/point
How To Unmount A Drive In Linux
umount /dev/partitionId
This command is very easy to type wrong. It is NOT unmount. Take another closer look if thats what you saw at first. It is umount -- no n here!
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Rob Mar 13, 2009
This is not working for me. I keep getting "/dev/laura is not a block device". Laura is the name of my hard drive.
Rob Mar 13, 2009
That might be particular to my situation though; I tried mounting it via the GUI and it is complaining about an unclean shutdown.