Hello Chi and welcome, On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 2:48 PM, chizeng<[email protected]> wrote: > I recently learned about devices, types, and mounting them. What > physically happens when a device is "mounted"? Does it just get a > directory location, or is it somehow "activated?" Also, what role does > a filesystem play in this?
The answer to your questions depends on where you are going with your questions and what you are already famliar with. What level of detail are you looking for? What have you tried so far? Wikipedia offers a nice starting point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_(computing) Regards, - Robert --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
