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35.Dd June 27, 1996
36.Dt MOUNT_EXT2FS 8
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm mount_ext2fs
40.Nd Mount an EXT2FS file system
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm ""
43.Op Fl o Ar options
44.Ar special
45.Ar node
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Nm
49command attaches an EXT2FS file system
50.Ar special
51device on to the file system tree at the point
52.Ar node .
53.Pp
54This command is normally executed by
55.Xr mount 8
56at boot time.
57.Pp
58The options are as follows:
59.Bl -tag -width Ds
60.It Fl o
61Options are specified with a
62.Fl o
63flag followed by a comma-separated string of options.
64See the
65.Xr mount 8
66man page for possible options and their meanings.
67.El
68.Sh SEE ALSO
69.Xr mount 2 ,
70.Xr unmount 2 ,
71.Xr options 4 ,
72.Xr fstab 5 ,
73.Xr mount 8
74.Sh HISTORY
75The
76.Nm
77utility first appeared in
78.Fx 2.2 .
79.Sh BUGS
80Some EXT2FS-specific options, features or file flags are not supported.
81.Pp
82Because of EXT2FS limitations, an EXT2FS file system can't be used with
83any UID or GID greater than 65535.
84