Adding a File System to a Volume

This procedure places a file system on an existing volume and mounts the file system. This also updates the file system table file, if necessary.

Select the volume to contain the file system.
Choose Volumes > File System > New (Selected menu) or Volume Add File System (Command Launcher).

Complete the New File System dialog box as follows:

Volume Name:	If the correct volume name is not already displayed in this field, type the volume's name or click Browse to select the volume.
Mount Point:	Type the mount point for the file system.
FS Type:	Select the file system type.
Options	To mount the file system automatically at system startup, select Mount at Boot. If this is selected, the file system table file will also be updated at system startup. To specify `mount` options, click Mount Details and specify the appropriate options in the Mount Details dialog box. To specify `mkfs` command options, click New File System Details and specify the appropriate options in the New File System Details dialog box.

When you have provided all necessary information in the dialog box, click OK.

Notes:
This task requires a volume name and a file system type. If Mount at Boot is selected, a file system mount point is also required. When the file system is mounted, the file system table file is automatically updated. If the path specified for the mount point does not already exist, it is created. The mount point must be an absolute pathname (that is, it must begin with `/`).

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