Linux 101: How to use the mount command

Jack Wallen introduces new Linux users to the mount command and how to use it to mount an external drive to the internal file system.

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[gooberminthertik]

You lost me at lsblk; where I saw sda1 and sda2 but nowhere was sdb which you mounted.

[yootoobnz]

This is not for "new Linux users", this is for those who already know their way around linux.

[bone]

That lamp reflection in the pupils is trippy

[petermead]

Thank you. Concise, informative and well explained, with examples. Is there a pocket version of you I can just keep with me for when I need more info?

[jakob]

if anyone is having trouble getting the mount command to work, after typing mount, put --bind. It wouldn't work until I did this. Also for me when I'm moving files to my mounted directory, I always use sudo before mv

[simuman]

Hi, hopefully you can explain this for me. If I have a mount point mapped on my server to another computer and I save a file to that location on the other computer where is the file actually stored? On the other computer and shown on the server or does it actually store the file on the server?

[jorgejorge]

Is this really a simple and clear explanation? I found it quite complicated, probably because of all the arguments. You can't use unknown content to explain unknown content.

[Square]

It created the mount point for me, but i can't save anything to it.

[asbeltrion]

Gnome's file explorer refused to mount my external drive automatically when i clicked on it. For a moment, i thought my data was lost. Ty a lot, bro.