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 ChrisFasano@verizon.net to All 
 Question about mount command and locatio 
 01 Mar 07 20:56:26 
 
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From: Chris Fasano 
Subject: Question about mount command and location of files
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What confuses me about the mount command and file storage is this:

If I create a directory under my /home folder which is located on hda1,
and then I mount /dev/hdb1 under that directory I just created,

and then I move files into that directory

are the files physically located on hda or hdb?
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