Chapter 17. Mounting file systems

Procedure

1. To attach a certain file system, use the mount utility:

   # mount device mount-point

   For example, to mount a local XFS file system identified by UUID:

   # mount UUID=ea74bbec-536d-490c-b8d9-5b40bbd7545b /mnt/data

2. If mount cannot recognize the file system type automatically, specify it using the --types option:

   # mount --types type device mount-point

   For example, to mount a remote NFS file system:

   # mount --types nfs4 host:/remote-export /mnt/nfs

Procedure

1. To change the directory in which a file system is mounted:

   # mount --move old-directory new-directory

   For example, to move the file system mounted in the /mnt/userdirs/ directory to the /home/ mount point:

   # mount --move /mnt/userdirs /home

2. Verify that the file system has been moved as expected:

   $ findmnt

   $ ls old-directory

   $ ls new-directory

Procedure

1. Try unmounting the file system using either of the following commands:

   • By mount point:

     # umount mount-point

   • By device:

     # umount device

   If the command fails with an error similar to the following, it means that the file system is in use because of a process is using resources on it:

   umount: /run/media/user/FlashDrive: target is busy.

2. If the file system is in use, use the fuser utility to determine which processes are accessing it. For example:

   $ fuser --mount /run/media/user/FlashDrive /run/media/user/FlashDrive: 18351

   Afterwards, stop the processes using the file system and try unmounting it again.

Procedure

1. Log in to the RHEL 10 web console.
2. Click the Storage tab.
3. In the Storage table, select a volume from which you want to delete the partition.
4. In the GPT partitions section, click the menu button, ⋮ next to the partition whose file system you want to mount or unmount.
5. Click Mount or Unmount.