---
name: "mount_ext2fs"
section: "8"
platform: "openbsd"
package: "man"
version: "8.0-current-20261101"
release: "OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01)"
platforms: ["openbsd"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mount_ext2fs"
---

# mount\_ext2fs(8)

mount an ext2fs file system

## NAME

**mount\_ext2fs** – mount an ext2fs file system

## SYNOPSIS

**mount\_ext2fs** \[**-o** *options*\] *special* *node*

## DESCRIPTION

The **mount\_ext2fs** command attaches an ext2fs file system *special* device on to the file system tree at the point *node*. This command is invoked by [mount(8)](/mount/8.md) when using the syntax

**mount** \[options\] -t ext2fs *special* *node*

The *special* device must correspond to a partition registered in the [disklabel(5)](/disklabel/5.md).

This command is normally executed by [mount(8)](/mount/8.md) at boot time.

The options are as follows:

- **-o** *options*

  Options are specified with a **-o** flag followed by a comma separated string of options. See the [mount(8)](/mount/8.md) man page for possible options and their meanings.

## SEE ALSO

[mount(2)](/mount/2.md), [disklabel(5)](/disklabel/5.md), [fstab(5)](/fstab/5.md), [disklabel(8)](/disklabel/8.md), [mount(8)](/mount/8.md), [umount(8)](/umount/8.md)

## HISTORY

The **mount\_ext2fs** function first appeared in FreeBSD 2.2.