to mount a filesystem you need to set the /etc/fstab
example of the yeastmine set for benchmarking:
bash-3.2# more /etc/fstab
LABEL=/                 /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
LABEL=/data             /data                   ext3    defaults,data=journal        1 2
LABEL=/db               /db                     ext3    defaults,data=writeback,noatime        1 2
LABEL=/boot             /boot                   ext3    defaults        1 2
tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
sysfs                   /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
proc                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
LABEL=SWAP-sda2         swap                    swap    defaults        0 0

to unmount a partition,
umount /data

to mount back:

#mount -a   this will mount everything in the /etc/fstab

to check what was mounted:

mount  #with no flags
bash-3.2# mount
/dev/sda3 on / type ext3 (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)
/dev/sdb1 on /db type ext3 (rw,noatime,data=writeback) <-------see!
/dev/sdb2 on /data type ext3 (rw,data=journal) <---------------see!


defaults mean rw, suid, dev, exec, auto, nouser, and async.
you can add defaults,noatime,data=writeback and it will see it.
not sure if removing the defaults will still run the defaults

To do an nfs mount:

first set up the server side:
vi /etc/exports
/raid1/www-data/html            pastry(rw) crouton(ro) toast(rw)

adding toast to a served dir.
run /usr/sbin/exportfs

then go to the client side.
vi /etc/auto.master  tell it what files to look at for what.
bash-3.2# more auto.master
#
# $Id: auto.master,v 1.4 2005/01/04 14:36:54 raven Exp $
#
# Sample auto.master file
# This is an automounter map and it has the following format
# key [ -mount-options-separated-by-comma ] location
# For details of the format look at autofs(5).
#
/misc   /etc/auto.misc
#
# NOTE: mounts done from a hosts map will be mounted with the
#       "nosuid" and "nodev" options unless the "suid" and "dev"
#       options are explicitly given.
#
/net    -hosts
#
# Include central master map if it can be found using
# nsswitch sources.
#
/mounts /etc/auto.mounts     <----------SEE /mounts is the mount point

#
# Note that if there are entries for /net or /misc (as
# above) in the included master map any keys that are the
# same will not be seen as the first read key seen takes
# precedence.
#
+auto.master


then vi /etc/auto.mounts
bash-3.2# more auto.mounts
#
# $Id: auto.misc,v 1.2 2003/09/29 08:22:35 raven Exp $
#
# This is an automounter map and it has the following format
# key [ -mount-options-separated-by-comma ] location
# Details may be found in the autofs(5) manpage

ftp     -rw,intr        malt:/data/share/ftp
download        -rw,intr        bun:/share/bun/www-data/html

I set up the download part  important that the bun:directory exists just the way it
is on the server otherwise it can't find it and won't mount.
download is just the mountpoint for that bun dir. so all the files etc in ../html
will look like it's in download/*here

need to add a symlink for download.
ln -s /mounts/download /share/download

##############################
# for simpana software mount of starter
###############################
mount starter:/data/kickstart /mnt
If this hangs try:
sudo mount -o nolock starter:/data/kickstart /mnt

 sudo mount -o loop,ro /mnt/simpana/simpana-linux.iso /simpana

ok there are special steps for solaris mounts.
p[lease follow:

bash-3.00# lofiadm -a /mnt/simpana/simpana-linux.iso

it then returns a mount point:
/dev/lofi/1

now need to mount it properly:
bash-3.00# mount -o ro -F hsfs /dev/lofi/1 /simpana

see it mounted with df -k:
/dev/lofi/1            5170698   5170698         0 100% /simpana

bash-3.00# cd /simpana
bash-3.00# ls
AllTimeStamps_1301431806.txt  eula_100.txt     linux-glibc2.3-ppc64   reducedSP.sh
Readme_DVDrecut.txt           eula_101.txt     linux-glibc2.3-s390    registry
Updates                       eula_102.txt     linux-glibc2.3-x86_64  rr_moved
acsls_utils                   eula_105.txt     linux-glibc2.4         silent_answer_example.xml
aix5.3                        eula_17.txt      linux-glibc2.4-x86_64  silent_install
aix6.1                        freebsd7         linux-glibc2.5         sim
branding                      freebsd7-x86_64  linux-glibc2.5-x86_64  solaris2.10
cvpkgadd                      fw_utils         linux-glibc2.7         solaris2.10-x86_64
cvpkgcheck                    get_glibc_ver    linux-glibc2.7-x86_64  solaris2.8
cvpkgoem                      hp11.11          linux-glibc2.9         solaris2.9
cvpkgrm                       hp11.23          linux-glibc2.9-x86_64  sss
darwin                        hp11.23-ia64     linux-ia64-glibc2.3    support
db2_add_utils                 hp11.31          linux-ia64-glibc2.5    timestamp.txt
detect                        hp11.31-ia64     npkg                   utils
eula.txt                      ksh              osf15.1                version
eula_1.txt                    linux-glibc2.3   pkg.xml                xml
bash-3.00# ./cvpkgadd
Restarting in pdksh-v5.2.14... 
Assigning setup GUID... 9-84-crouton-171.65.77.76-3050

Simpana                       9.0.0 (BUILD84)                        SunOS 5.10
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                DELLEnterprise
                    __  _                                   
                   / _\(_)_ __ ___  _ __   __ _ _ __   __ _ 
                   \ \ | | '_ ` _ \| '_ \ / _` | '_ \ / _` |
                   _\ \| | | | | | | |_) | (_| | | | | (_| |
                   \__/|_|_| |_| |_| .__/ \__,_|_| |_|\__,_|
                                   |_|                      

                                9.0.0(BUILD84)

                     Welcome to CommVault Systems Simpana.

For support please visit http://dell-support.commvault.com, or send an email 
to support@commvault.com, or call US/Canada (Toll Free) (800) 945-DELL (3355);
EMEA Expert Centre: +353 818 365 463.

        This script will install Simpana backup system on this machine.
         Log messages will be sent to /tmp/.gxsetup/cvpkgadd.log.3050.

                          Press  to start ... 


now we need to unmount and detach mount point:
bash-3.00# cd
bash-3.00# umount /simpana
bash-3.00# lofiadm -d /dev/lofi/1

done