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UML_MOUNT(1) General Commands Manual UML_MOUNT(1)

NAME

uml_mount — allows to mount UMLFS file system using the fuse libraries

SYNOPSIS

uml_mount [mount-point] [options]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the uml_mount command.

This command uses the FUSE (File system in USErspace) libraries and invokes the FUSE_MOUNT function which expects a mount point and some parameters as arguments.

This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. For a practical example, please refer to the link below.

uml_mount is used to mount UMLFS file system.

ARGUMENTS

This is the mount point where to mount the UMLFS file system with.
[options]
These are the other options accepted by the 'fuse_mount' function.

General options:

The "-h" option prints the help.
The "-V" option prints the version.
The "-o" option allows to provide further mount (only, not un-mount) option(s) to the command line.

FUSE options:

The "-d" option enable the debug output. It implies "-f".
The "-f" option foregrounds the operation.
The "-s" options disable multi-threaded operation.
The "-o allow_other" option allows access to other users.
The "-o allow_root" option allows access to root.
The "-o nonempty" option allows mounts over non-empty file/dir.
The "-o default_permissions" enables permission checking by kernel.
The "-o fsname=NAME" option sets file system name.
The "-o large_read" option issues large read requests (2.4 only).
The "-o max_read=N" option sets the maximum size of read requests.

SEE ALSO

The HostFs (link to URL http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/new/hostfs.html) usage explanation within the User-Mode-Linux Web Site

AUTHOR

uml_mount was written by Jeff Dike.

This manual page was written by Stefano Melchior (stefano.melchior@openlabs.it) for the Debian GNU/Linux system, based on material in the Official User Mode Linux Web Site.