This term comes from the days when tape media had to be physically mounted at the instruction of an operating system. It is still used in UNIX / Linux environments. When the system is powered on, all hard drives are typically set to mount automatically, but removable media such as CD-ROMs and floppy disks typically have to be manually set to be recognized by the operating system (mounted) after they are inserted into the computer. Some newer GUI UNIX / Linux interfaces will mount media for you automatically and save you the trouble of typing in a mount command.
To make a filesystem available for use by attaching it to a point in the hierarchical filesystem. This is done with either the mount( ADM) command or the mount() system call.
To make a volume available on the local machine.
Adding a volume to a library. Under Pegasus InveStore mounting involves importing and reading a disk in order to makes it available to the operating system.
a file location on a server
All files accessible in a Unix system are arranged in one big tree, the file hierarchy, rooted at /. These files can be spread out over several devices. The mount command serves to attach the file system found on some device to the big file tree. Conversely, the umount(8) command will detach it again. The standard form of the mount command, is mount -t type device dir This tells the kernel to attach the file system found on device (which is of type type) at the directory dir. The previous contents ( if any) and owner and mode of dir become invisible, and as long as this file system remains mounted, the pathname dir refers to the root of the file system on device.[from " man mount"] Keyword(s): filesystem, mounting directories
(n.) The process of accessing a directory from a disk attached to a machine making the mount request or remote disk on a network. See also unmount.
To create a link from a directory name in the root hierarchy to a source of information. Sources of information include hard-disks, CD-ROMs, floppies, and drives on networked computers.
A storage device containing a device can not be accessed by a Linux system until it is mounted. The process of mounting allows the system to make a common ``reference'' to this filesystem. This is done by mounting a filesystem to an empty directory. The filesystem will then be contained within that directory.
The act of making a filesystem accessible to a system's users.
Mount a file system or display information about mounted file systems, see the section called "Mounting a CD".
To mount is to make a file system available for access. When you mount a file system, the file system is attached as a subdirectory to your file system.
To mount is to make a group of files in a file system structure accessible to a user or user group. In some usages, it means to make a device physically accessible.
Mount a file system or display information about mounted file systems, see Section 7.6.5.1.
To place a data medium (such as a tape cartridge) on a drive in a position to operate.
A command that takes a filesystem and maps it to an existing directory in the file tree, called the mount point.
Make a file space (volume) available to an operating system.
To make a volume available for use by applications. The volume can be local or remote (one managed by another system).
To make a file system that is stored on a local or remote disk resource accessible from a specific directory on your workstation.
A system command that creates a more user friendly interface to a device. Mounting a hardrive will allow you see the contents of the drive as files and directories rather than raw binary.
To place a removable tape or disc into a drive. See also: dismount; library; mounted drive
Operation that requests a file system to make a volume useable by the I/O Manager. This is done by filling in the information in a VPB to indicate the serial number and label of the volume, as well as by filling in the pointer to the file system's device object that represents the "volume" mounted on the real device. See VPB.
storage: In the old days, "mounting" meant taking a reel of computer tape and mounting it on the tape drive's spindle so the computer could use it. Nowadays it means making any volume (a floppy disk, SyQuest cartridge, hard drive or even a disk partition) available to the computer. Usually this happens without your having to do anything - when you insert a floppy it's mounted automatically - but sometimes it's necessary to use a software utility such as SCSI Probe. With a cartridge drive it is necessary to insert the cartridge before you can mount the drive.
vb. To make a physical disk or tape accessible to a computer's file system. The term is most commonly used to describe accessing disks in Apple Macintosh and UNIX-based computers.
An NFS process that makes a remote directory available to local users.
Loading a CD or DVD into the appropriate drive on a computer.
Mounting, in computer science, is the process of making a file system ready for use by the operating system, typically by reading certain index data structures from storage into memory ahead of time. The term recalls a period in the history of computing when an operator had to mount a magnetic tape or hard disk on a spindle before using it.