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MOUNT_FFS(8)            NetBSD System Manager's Manual            MOUNT_FFS(8)


NAME

     mount_ffs, mount_ufs -- mount a Berkeley Fast File System


SYNOPSIS

     mount_ffs [-o options] special node


DESCRIPTION

     The mount_ffs command attaches the Berkeley Fast File System on the
     special device on to the file system tree at point node.  Both special
     and node are converted to absolute paths before use.

     The mount_ufs form of the command is meant for backward compatibility
     only.  Fast File Systems should no longer be listed as type ``ufs'' in
     fstab(5) and instead should be listed as type ``ffs''.

     This command is normally executed by mount(8) at boot time.  The options
     are as follows:

     -o      Options are specified with a -o flag followed by a comma sepa-
             rated string of options.  See the mount(8) man page for possible
             options and their meanings.


SEE ALSO

     mount(2), unmount(2), fstab(5), mount(8)

     M. McKusick and G. Ganger, "Soft Updates: A Technique for Eliminating
     Most Synchronous Writes in the Fast File System", Proceedings of the
     FREENIX track: 1999 USENIX Annual Technical Conference, pp. 1-17, June
     1999.


HISTORY

     A mount_ffs command appeared in NetBSD 1.1.


BUGS

     It is possible for a corrupted file system to cause a crash.

NetBSD 5.1                      March 27, 1994                      NetBSD 5.1