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. Pressto 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