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Mounting is the concept of attaching a file system to a computer for access.

A mount is the process of attaching a file system to a computer so that it can be accessed. Depending on the operating system, a mount could be local or remote, via a network, read-only or read-write, or many other options.

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How can I mount a hard drive with read/write permissions for all the users listed on the Linux server?

Two users user1 and user2 are registered on the server, both with sudo access. user1 mounted a hard drive with: $ sudo mount /dev/sda /media/user1/DATA $ ll /media/user1 total 12K drwx------ 19 user1 user1 4.0K 2020-01-25 23:44:42 DATA How can we…
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nfs file sharing mounted, but folder is empty

I'm using Windows Server 2019. I created an NFS file share with anonymous access. nfs file sharing configurations When I try to mount the file share from the same windows server, it looks like the mount is successful, but there are no files found in…
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How to mount a RAID array on a Linux server if it does not appear to be listed?

I am helping to administer two CentOS 5 servers, on the "user" side of things. A RAID 1 array and a separate single hard drive were recently added by IT support. According to the IT support, both of these are ready to be mounted on either of the…
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How to mount a folder as a drive and share on network

i want to mount a folder as a drive and share on network, because we use a network based software which wants whole drive (C: or D: or E: etc.) shared over network for a folder inside it, my approach is to mount that folder as a drive and share that…
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Mount options for a deep-learning workstation

So, my university advisor assigned me to setup a deep-learning workstation in our laboratory to do some research. But it's my first contact with linux and system administration and I'm feeling a bit lost in some aspects of the installation. One of…
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Centos 7 cannot find with fdisk

I can find /dev/vda1 with fdisk but /dev/vdb does not be found. What happened? And how I can resolve it? Thanks [root@tp-gpdb-ku05 master]# fdisk -l Disk /dev/vda: 107.4 GB, 107374182400 bytes, 209715200 sectors Units =…
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What can we do to infer if a currently unmounted directory under / has ever been mounted? Thanks

Is there any way to check whether a directory has once been mounted? Thanks.
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Disable all NFS Client cache on CentOS

I have a netapp server exportting NFS share (NFS3). I am monitoring the fpolicy on the netapp server, this means, I listen to all File read operation of the volume (and share..). From a CentOS machine, I mount that NFS and perform File read (cat)…
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How to mount devtmpfs with mode=777?

I'm trying to use gentoo based thin client to access fusion access huawei cloud, with the following issues: CloudClient when redirecting devices to VDI virtual PC, trying to write directly into devices placed inside /dev.(unsuccesful) How do I mount…
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autofs mounting without passwords

I have an existing autofs Centos-Centos mount. I forgot how I set those up without having to require a password. # /etc/auto.folder folder -fstype=nfs,rw 10.10.10.1:/folder Now, I'm trying to setup another mount but I get access denied. #…
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Sharing internal storage of ESXi host via fiber channel protocol

Imagine a pair of servers with fiber channel adapters. Normally each one can connect to the shared SAN storage using its HBA and fiber cords, Now, eliminating the SAN, is it possible to interconnect these two ESXi servers directly with fiber cord…
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Best and cheapest way of expanding storage on a server

I provide photo editing services, so customers send their photos to me through website, and I send them back through website once edited. I need about 1TB storage when I keep files for 1 month. I'm currently using a dedicated server which costs me…
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How to change volume mount

I have two volumes in my EC2 ubuntu instance: NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT xvdb 202:16 0 40G 0 disk /mnt xvda1 202:1 0 400G 0 disk / I want the 400GB one to be the main one that the server uses. However, this is currently…
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What if mounting point conflicts with local directory?

This might help me hunt down some system configuration bug. Suppose I make a local directory (e.g., "/foo") in one disk partition, and copy some files to it. But later on I forget about it, and configure the same directory as mounting point for…
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Unable to mount cifs in redhat 6

I am relatively new to Linux, and I am trying to mount a CIFS filesystem from an openfiler instance I have on my network in Red Hat. The openfiler instance is authenticating using AD. I am able to connect using samba: smbclient…
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