The configuration file /etc/fstab contains the necessary information to automate the process of mounting partitions.
You would normally have to reboot your Linux system, after editing this file.
There is a simple way which will remount all the partitions from your /etc/fstab
file without restarting the system.
Run the following command as root:
# mount -a
This simple command causes all filesystems mentioned in /etc/fstab
to be remounted, except the partitions with noauto
option.
I was hoping this was possible, thank you!
So if I change what is mounted on /mnt/myshare , and execute mount -a, it will unmount was there, and mount what I changed it to?
it //server/share1 /mnt/share
I change it to //server/share2 /mnt/share
then execute mount -a
//server/share2 will be mounted on /mnt/share ?
mount: /mnt/$PATH_I_CHOSE: bad option; for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might need a /sbin/mount. helper program.
I think this method needs some updating…
which method? “mount -a”? It works flawlessly for me in Debian 10.5 and LMDE 4, so Im not sure if it really needs an update.
In the past, I have gotten the “mount: /mnt/$PATH_I_CHOSE: bad option; for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might need a /sbin/mount. helper program.” error, mainly when I tried to mount an nfs share with no ‘nfs-common’ installed on my client computer.
Doesn’t seem to be working for me on Gentoo. I have a tmpfs mounted @ /var/tmp/portage and wanted to change the size. It doesn’t seem to be happening after running mount -a
mount -o remount /tmp
You are a saint! This is also really useful if you have an NFS mount that timed out at boot, so it did not mount, but is now available.
Thanks!
Excelente, muy secillo y bastente util, Gracias!!
thanks a lot. found it very useful and it saved me lots of time!!.
Hi, is it possible to define an env var in /etc/profile, such as:
export RAMDISK=/home/pi/myvirtualdisk
and have that var be included in fstab as follows?
tmpfs $RAMDISK tmpfs nodev,nosuid,size=1500M 0 0
In this way I can easily change location of my ram disk. Thanks!