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31.Dd $Mdocdate: October 14 2010 $
32.Dt MOUNT_EXT2FS 8
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm mount_ext2fs
36.Nd mount an ext2fs file system
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Nm mount_ext2fs
39.Op Fl o Ar options
40.Ar special
41.Ar node
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Nm
45command attaches an ext2fs file system
46.Ar special
47device on to the file system tree at the point
48.Ar node .
49This command is invoked by
50.Xr mount 8
51when using the syntax
52.Bd -ragged -offset 4n
53.Nm mount Op options
54-t ext2fs
55.Ar special Ar node
56.Ed
57.Pp
58The
59.Ar special
60device must correspond to a partition registered in the
61.Xr disklabel 5 .
62.Pp
63This command is normally executed by
64.Xr mount 8
65at boot time.
66.Pp
67The options are as follows:
68.Bl -tag -width Ds
69.It Fl o Ar options
70Options are specified with a
71.Fl o
72flag followed by a comma separated string of options.
73See the
74.Xr mount 8
75man page for possible options and their meanings.
76.El
77.Sh SEE ALSO
78.Xr mount 2 ,
79.Xr disklabel 5 ,
80.Xr fstab 5 ,
81.Xr disklabel 8 ,
82.Xr mount 8 ,
83.Xr umount 8
84.Sh HISTORY
85The
86.Nm
87function first appeared in
88.Fx 2.2 .
89