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Editor to share with you what the meaning of mounting in linux means, I believe most people do not know much about it, so share this article for your reference, I hope you can learn a lot after reading this article, let's go to know it!

In linux, mounting is the process of combining the file directory of the linux itself with the file directory of the hardware device. In the linux system, the hardware device can only be used by mounting. If it is not mounted, the command line in the system can not find the hardware device.

The operating environment of this tutorial: linux7.3 system, Dell G3 computer.

What do you mean by mounting in linux

In the Linux system, everything is a file, and all files are placed in a tree structure with the root directory as the root of the tree. In Linux's view, any hardware device is also a file, each with its own set of file systems (file directory structure).

Therefore, the problem is that when using these hardware devices in the Linux system, the hardware devices can only be used by combining the file directory of the Linux itself with the file directory of the hardware device. The process of merging two into one is called "mounting".

If it is not mounted, the hardware device can be found through the graphical interface system in the Linux system, but it cannot be found on the command line.

Mount refers to connecting the top-level directory in the device file to a directory under the Linux root directory (preferably an empty directory). Accessing this directory is equivalent to accessing the device file.

To correct a misunderstanding, not any directory under the root directory can be used as the mount point, because the mount operation will make the files in the original directory hidden, so the root directory and the original directory of the system should not be used as the mount point. It will cause a system exception or even crash, and the mount point should be a newly-built empty directory.

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