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AIX Version 4.3 System Management Guide: Operating System and Devices

Mounting or Unmounting a File System

This procedure describes how to mount and unmount remote and local file systems.

Mounting makes file systems, files, directories, devices, and special files available for use at a particular location in the file tree. It is the only way a file system is made accessible to users.

Prerequisites

Check the file systems before mounting by using the procedure "Verifying File Systems" or running the fsck command.

Mounting or Unmounting a File System Tasks
Web-based System Manager:    wsm fs fast path
(File Systems application)

-OR-
Task SMIT Fast Path
Mount a Journaled File System (JFS) smit mountfs
Unmount a File System on a Fixed Disk smit umountfs
Unmount a File System on a Removeable Disk smit umntdsk

Note: If an unmount fails, it might be because a user or process has an opened file in the file system being unmounted. The fuser command lets you know which user or process might be causing the failure.


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