From 88cd9e3ffdef666cd02670360f51ee06e7255e28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tactonbishop Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 08:30:04 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Last Sync: 2022-07-22 08:30:04 --- Operating_Systems/Disks.md | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Operating_Systems/Disks.md b/Operating_Systems/Disks.md index 4fa9519..64dec73 100644 --- a/Operating_Systems/Disks.md +++ b/Operating_Systems/Disks.md @@ -136,10 +136,7 @@ Let's take a look at the disk in its current form: $ fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 465.74 GiB, 500079525888 bytes, 976717824 sectors - Disk model: My Passport 071A - Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes - Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes - I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes + Disk model: My Passport 071Aumount /dev/sda2 Disklabel type: gpt Disk identifier: 9993F1BB-626C-485F-8542-3CC73BB40953 @@ -275,13 +272,18 @@ We can now mount our filesystems. Whem we mount, we must specify the following c * The filesystem type (optional) * The **mount point** * This is the place within the existing filesystem where you want to mount the partition. - * This can be anywhere, but in the example we will use the `/mnt' directory * When you mount to a directory, this directory _becomes_ the disk you have mounted, you will not see it as a subdirectory within the the mount point, you will just see the contents of the disk itself ```bash -umount -t /dev/sda1 /mnt +mkdir mountpoint +mount -t ext4 /dev/sda1 /mnt +touch test.txt ``` +Our `sda1` partition is now mounted at `mountpoint`. We can go ahead and create files. If we now look within the graphical file manager when we click on the `sda1` volume, we will see the new file we have created in `mountpoint`. + +![](/img/mount-directory.png) + ## BIOS and UEFI BIOS and UEFI are both firmware that is installed directly on the motherboard of the computer. They are firmware because they are software that is permanent and programmed into read-only memory.