How do I mount a folder from another partition?












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Is there a command to mount a folder from one partition to my main partition?



Example of what I'd like to do, which obviously doesn't work:





mount /media/tc1/folder /home/dvad/home



If not by using a command, is there another way I can do this?






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    Is there a command to mount a folder from one partition to my main partition?



    Example of what I'd like to do, which obviously doesn't work:





    mount /media/tc1/folder /home/dvad/home



    If not by using a command, is there another way I can do this?






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      Is there a command to mount a folder from one partition to my main partition?



      Example of what I'd like to do, which obviously doesn't work:





      mount /media/tc1/folder /home/dvad/home



      If not by using a command, is there another way I can do this?






      command-line bash mount directory partitions







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      Is there a command to mount a folder from one partition to my main partition?



      Example of what I'd like to do, which obviously doesn't work:





      mount /media/tc1/folder /home/dvad/home



      If not by using a command, is there another way I can do this?






      command-line bash mount directory partitions




      command-line bash mount directory partitions






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          Yes but before I go that far, couldn't you just symlink?



          ln -s /media/tc1/folder ~/home


          This link is just a file that is interpreted. It is automatically permanent (until you delete the file).



          Failing that you can use mount as you described but the syntax is slightly different:



          mount --bind /media/tc1/folder /home/dvad/home


          This is not permanent at all, and will be nuked by a restart. If you want it to persist, you'll need something in your /etc/fstab like this:



          /media/tc1/folder    /home/dvad/home    none    bind


          If you're trying a mount and it's not working, you should make sure that the block-level device is mounted. You can't directly mount a subdirectory of a partition without first mounting the partition.






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            yup symlink worked, thanks for the help!
            – user100541
            Oct 24 '12 at 18:16










          • Thanks for the fstab trick. I use mount --bind to "link" folders into a users home folder that I expose to my friends (symlink doesn't play well with chroot) and now I don't have to re-do it or run a script that does it after each reboot. Not sure why I didn't think of using fstab before as I use it for all my media drives. Thanks again!
            – JoshStrange
            Oct 31 '14 at 15:31






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            mount --bind source destination
            – Michel Samia
            Nov 27 '14 at 14:03






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            mount --bind is useful in chroot'ed environment - since symlinks doesn't work there.
            – abyss.7
            Nov 20 '15 at 10:46






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            @GabrielStaples Nope. man fstab will tell you the final two fields Defaults to zero (don't {dump,fsck}) if not present.
            – Oli♦
            Apr 7 '17 at 8:59





















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          An alternative to mount:



          bindfs -n /media/tc1/folder /home/dvad/home


          Requires sudo apt-install bindfs.



          Like with mount, this will be a (non-permanent) actual mount point, i.e. for instance not tracked as only a reference but version-control systems. But like ln -s, it does not require superuser permissions like mount does.



          Unmount with fusermount -u /home/dvad/home (or by restarting).






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            Yes but before I go that far, couldn't you just symlink?



            ln -s /media/tc1/folder ~/home


            This link is just a file that is interpreted. It is automatically permanent (until you delete the file).



            Failing that you can use mount as you described but the syntax is slightly different:



            mount --bind /media/tc1/folder /home/dvad/home


            This is not permanent at all, and will be nuked by a restart. If you want it to persist, you'll need something in your /etc/fstab like this:



            /media/tc1/folder    /home/dvad/home    none    bind


            If you're trying a mount and it's not working, you should make sure that the block-level device is mounted. You can't directly mount a subdirectory of a partition without first mounting the partition.






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            • 1




              yup symlink worked, thanks for the help!
              – user100541
              Oct 24 '12 at 18:16










            • Thanks for the fstab trick. I use mount --bind to "link" folders into a users home folder that I expose to my friends (symlink doesn't play well with chroot) and now I don't have to re-do it or run a script that does it after each reboot. Not sure why I didn't think of using fstab before as I use it for all my media drives. Thanks again!
              – JoshStrange
              Oct 31 '14 at 15:31






            • 2




              mount --bind source destination
              – Michel Samia
              Nov 27 '14 at 14:03






            • 4




              mount --bind is useful in chroot'ed environment - since symlinks doesn't work there.
              – abyss.7
              Nov 20 '15 at 10:46






            • 1




              @GabrielStaples Nope. man fstab will tell you the final two fields Defaults to zero (don't {dump,fsck}) if not present.
              – Oli♦
              Apr 7 '17 at 8:59


















            93














            Yes but before I go that far, couldn't you just symlink?



            ln -s /media/tc1/folder ~/home


            This link is just a file that is interpreted. It is automatically permanent (until you delete the file).



            Failing that you can use mount as you described but the syntax is slightly different:



            mount --bind /media/tc1/folder /home/dvad/home


            This is not permanent at all, and will be nuked by a restart. If you want it to persist, you'll need something in your /etc/fstab like this:



            /media/tc1/folder    /home/dvad/home    none    bind


            If you're trying a mount and it's not working, you should make sure that the block-level device is mounted. You can't directly mount a subdirectory of a partition without first mounting the partition.






            share|improve this answer



















            • 1




              yup symlink worked, thanks for the help!
              – user100541
              Oct 24 '12 at 18:16










            • Thanks for the fstab trick. I use mount --bind to "link" folders into a users home folder that I expose to my friends (symlink doesn't play well with chroot) and now I don't have to re-do it or run a script that does it after each reboot. Not sure why I didn't think of using fstab before as I use it for all my media drives. Thanks again!
              – JoshStrange
              Oct 31 '14 at 15:31






            • 2




              mount --bind source destination
              – Michel Samia
              Nov 27 '14 at 14:03






            • 4




              mount --bind is useful in chroot'ed environment - since symlinks doesn't work there.
              – abyss.7
              Nov 20 '15 at 10:46






            • 1




              @GabrielStaples Nope. man fstab will tell you the final two fields Defaults to zero (don't {dump,fsck}) if not present.
              – Oli♦
              Apr 7 '17 at 8:59
















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            Yes but before I go that far, couldn't you just symlink?



            ln -s /media/tc1/folder ~/home


            This link is just a file that is interpreted. It is automatically permanent (until you delete the file).



            Failing that you can use mount as you described but the syntax is slightly different:



            mount --bind /media/tc1/folder /home/dvad/home


            This is not permanent at all, and will be nuked by a restart. If you want it to persist, you'll need something in your /etc/fstab like this:



            /media/tc1/folder    /home/dvad/home    none    bind


            If you're trying a mount and it's not working, you should make sure that the block-level device is mounted. You can't directly mount a subdirectory of a partition without first mounting the partition.






            share|improve this answer














            Yes but before I go that far, couldn't you just symlink?



            ln -s /media/tc1/folder ~/home


            This link is just a file that is interpreted. It is automatically permanent (until you delete the file).



            Failing that you can use mount as you described but the syntax is slightly different:



            mount --bind /media/tc1/folder /home/dvad/home


            This is not permanent at all, and will be nuked by a restart. If you want it to persist, you'll need something in your /etc/fstab like this:



            /media/tc1/folder    /home/dvad/home    none    bind


            If you're trying a mount and it's not working, you should make sure that the block-level device is mounted. You can't directly mount a subdirectory of a partition without first mounting the partition.







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              yup symlink worked, thanks for the help!
              – user100541
              Oct 24 '12 at 18:16










            • Thanks for the fstab trick. I use mount --bind to "link" folders into a users home folder that I expose to my friends (symlink doesn't play well with chroot) and now I don't have to re-do it or run a script that does it after each reboot. Not sure why I didn't think of using fstab before as I use it for all my media drives. Thanks again!
              – JoshStrange
              Oct 31 '14 at 15:31






            • 2




              mount --bind source destination
              – Michel Samia
              Nov 27 '14 at 14:03






            • 4




              mount --bind is useful in chroot'ed environment - since symlinks doesn't work there.
              – abyss.7
              Nov 20 '15 at 10:46






            • 1




              @GabrielStaples Nope. man fstab will tell you the final two fields Defaults to zero (don't {dump,fsck}) if not present.
              – Oli♦
              Apr 7 '17 at 8:59
















            • 1




              yup symlink worked, thanks for the help!
              – user100541
              Oct 24 '12 at 18:16










            • Thanks for the fstab trick. I use mount --bind to "link" folders into a users home folder that I expose to my friends (symlink doesn't play well with chroot) and now I don't have to re-do it or run a script that does it after each reboot. Not sure why I didn't think of using fstab before as I use it for all my media drives. Thanks again!
              – JoshStrange
              Oct 31 '14 at 15:31






            • 2




              mount --bind source destination
              – Michel Samia
              Nov 27 '14 at 14:03






            • 4




              mount --bind is useful in chroot'ed environment - since symlinks doesn't work there.
              – abyss.7
              Nov 20 '15 at 10:46






            • 1




              @GabrielStaples Nope. man fstab will tell you the final two fields Defaults to zero (don't {dump,fsck}) if not present.
              – Oli♦
              Apr 7 '17 at 8:59










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            yup symlink worked, thanks for the help!
            – user100541
            Oct 24 '12 at 18:16




            yup symlink worked, thanks for the help!
            – user100541
            Oct 24 '12 at 18:16












            Thanks for the fstab trick. I use mount --bind to "link" folders into a users home folder that I expose to my friends (symlink doesn't play well with chroot) and now I don't have to re-do it or run a script that does it after each reboot. Not sure why I didn't think of using fstab before as I use it for all my media drives. Thanks again!
            – JoshStrange
            Oct 31 '14 at 15:31




            Thanks for the fstab trick. I use mount --bind to "link" folders into a users home folder that I expose to my friends (symlink doesn't play well with chroot) and now I don't have to re-do it or run a script that does it after each reboot. Not sure why I didn't think of using fstab before as I use it for all my media drives. Thanks again!
            – JoshStrange
            Oct 31 '14 at 15:31




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            mount --bind source destination
            – Michel Samia
            Nov 27 '14 at 14:03




            mount --bind source destination
            – Michel Samia
            Nov 27 '14 at 14:03




            4




            4




            mount --bind is useful in chroot'ed environment - since symlinks doesn't work there.
            – abyss.7
            Nov 20 '15 at 10:46




            mount --bind is useful in chroot'ed environment - since symlinks doesn't work there.
            – abyss.7
            Nov 20 '15 at 10:46




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            1




            @GabrielStaples Nope. man fstab will tell you the final two fields Defaults to zero (don't {dump,fsck}) if not present.
            – Oli♦
            Apr 7 '17 at 8:59






            @GabrielStaples Nope. man fstab will tell you the final two fields Defaults to zero (don't {dump,fsck}) if not present.
            – Oli♦
            Apr 7 '17 at 8:59















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            An alternative to mount:



            bindfs -n /media/tc1/folder /home/dvad/home


            Requires sudo apt-install bindfs.



            Like with mount, this will be a (non-permanent) actual mount point, i.e. for instance not tracked as only a reference but version-control systems. But like ln -s, it does not require superuser permissions like mount does.



            Unmount with fusermount -u /home/dvad/home (or by restarting).






            share|improve this answer


























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              An alternative to mount:



              bindfs -n /media/tc1/folder /home/dvad/home


              Requires sudo apt-install bindfs.



              Like with mount, this will be a (non-permanent) actual mount point, i.e. for instance not tracked as only a reference but version-control systems. But like ln -s, it does not require superuser permissions like mount does.



              Unmount with fusermount -u /home/dvad/home (or by restarting).






              share|improve this answer
























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                An alternative to mount:



                bindfs -n /media/tc1/folder /home/dvad/home


                Requires sudo apt-install bindfs.



                Like with mount, this will be a (non-permanent) actual mount point, i.e. for instance not tracked as only a reference but version-control systems. But like ln -s, it does not require superuser permissions like mount does.



                Unmount with fusermount -u /home/dvad/home (or by restarting).






                share|improve this answer












                An alternative to mount:



                bindfs -n /media/tc1/folder /home/dvad/home


                Requires sudo apt-install bindfs.



                Like with mount, this will be a (non-permanent) actual mount point, i.e. for instance not tracked as only a reference but version-control systems. But like ln -s, it does not require superuser permissions like mount does.



                Unmount with fusermount -u /home/dvad/home (or by restarting).







                share|improve this answer












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