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A mount point is a directory where additional file systems can be connected to a parent file system. This is further described in FreeBSD Handbook Section 3.6, [https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/disk-organization.html “Disk Organization”].  
 
A mount point is a directory where additional file systems can be connected to a parent file system. This is further described in FreeBSD Handbook Section 3.6, [https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/disk-organization.html “Disk Organization”].  
  
Standard mount points include
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See also [[Standard Mount Points]].
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: /usr/
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/etc/fstab
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This file is a table of various file systems and mount points and is read by the system. Most of the file systems in
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/etc/fstab
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are mounted automatically at boot time from the script
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[https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-release-ports <pre style="color: green">rc(8)</pre>]
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unless their entry includes ''noauto''. Details can be found in FreeBSD Handbook Section 3.7.1 [https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/mount-unmount.html#disks-fstab “The fstab File”].
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Revision as of 11:37, 27 January 2020

Introduction

The Ghost/FreeBSD directory hierarchy is fundamental to obtaining an overall understanding of the system. The most important directory is root or, “/”. This directory is the first one mounted at boot time and it contains the base system necessary to prepare the operating system for multi-user operation. The root directory also contains mount points for other file systems that are mounted during the transition to multi-user operation. Source: FreeBSD Handbook Chapter: 3.5. Directory Structure

A mount point is a directory where additional file systems can be connected to a parent file system. This is further described in FreeBSD Handbook Section 3.6, “Disk Organization”.

See also Standard Mount Points.