mount_ext2fs(8)

mount_ext2fs8

Mount an ext2fs file system

Usage

mount_ext2fs [-o options] special node

Overview

The mount_ext2fs command attaches an ext2fs file system special device on to the file system tree at the point node. This command is invoked by mount(8) when using the syntax

mount [options] -t ext2fs special node

The special device must correspond to a partition registered in the disklabel(5).

This command is normally executed by mount(8) at boot time.

The options are as follows:

-o options

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

Releases

61 releases since OpenBSD 2.1; the text changed 9 times.

  1. 2.1–2.4
  2. 2.5
  3. 2.6–2.7
  4. 2.8–2.9
  5. 3.0–3.1
  6. 3.2–3.3
  7. 3.4–4.1
  8. 4.2–4.8
  9. 4.9–6.6
  10. 6.7–8.0

History

The mount_ext2fs function first appeared in FreeBSD 2.2.

From man 8.0-current-20261101 in OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.