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slug: mount-file-system-on-linux
description: "Do you need to learn how to mount a file system on Linux? Read our guide to learn Linux file system basics. ✓ Click here!"
keywords: ['File Systems', 'Mount Remote File System', 'List Currently Mounted File Systems', 'Unmounting File System']
keywords: ['file system', 'unmount']
license: '[CC BY-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0)'
published: 2022-09-15
modified: 2023-11-14
modified_by:
name: Linode
title: "Mount a File System on Linux"
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nodev autofs
```


1. You can also list the documented file systems using `man filesystems`.

```output
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When, as is customary, the proc filesystem is mounted on /proc, you can find in the file /proc/filesystems which filesystems…
```
Later on in the man page there is a short summary of each file system. It includes notes about when each was added to, and possibly removed from, the Linux kernel. For example, the minix file system was superseded by ext. It in turn was superseded by ext2. ext3 adds journaling to ext2. ext4 is a set of upgrades to ext3 including substantial performance and reliability enhancements, plus large increases in volume, file, and directory size limits.
Later on in the man page, there is a short summary of each file system. It includes notes about when each was added to, and possibly removed from, the Linux kernel. For example, the minix file system was superseded by ext. It in turn was superseded by ext2. ext3 adds journaling to ext2. ext4 is a set of upgrades to ext3 including substantial performance and reliability enhancements, plus large increases in volume, file, and directory size limits.
1. Press <kbd>Q</kbd> to exit `man filesystems`.
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1. The example below assumes that the ISO file is in the `/root` directory and that you are logged in as root.

```command
mkdir /media/iso
mkdir /media/iso
```

1. You can mount ISO image files using the `loop` device, specified as an option to the `mount` command.
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## Conclusion

Mounting a file system on Linux is generally a straightforward two-step process: create a mount point directory, and use the `mount` command to mount the device at the mount point. Unless the file system is in use, unmounting is even simpler, requiring only the `umount` command. File system mounting and unmounting requires you to be logged in as `root`, or use the `sudo` prefix to temporarily take on root privileges.
Mounting a file system on Linux is generally a straightforward two-step process: create a mount point directory, and use the `mount` command to mount the device at the mount point. Unless the file system is in use, unmounting is even simpler, requiring only the `umount` command. File system mounting and unmounting requires you to be logged in as `root`, or use the `sudo` prefix to temporarily take on root privileges.

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