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@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ mount \- mount a filesystem
.SH DESCRIPTION
All files accessible in a Unix system are arranged in one big
tree, the file hierarchy, rooted at
-.BR / .
+.IR / .
These files can be spread out over several devices. The
.B mount
command serves to attach the filesystem found on some device
@@ -143,8 +143,10 @@ unique, especially if you move, share or copy the device. Use
to verify that the UUIDs are really unique in your system.
The recommended setup is to use tags (e.g.\& \fBLABEL=\fIlabel\fR) rather than
-.B /dev/disk/by-{label,uuid,partuuid,partlabel}
-udev symlinks in the /etc/fstab file. Tags are
+.I /dev/disk/by-{label,uuid,partuuid,partlabel}
+udev symlinks in the
+.I /etc/fstab
+file. Tags are
more readable, robust and portable. The
.BR mount (8)
command internally uses udev
@@ -418,7 +420,7 @@ to the other mirror. A slave mount receives propagation from its master, but
not vice versa. A private mount carries no propagation abilities. An
unbindable mount is a private mount which cannot be cloned through a bind
operation. The detailed semantics are documented in
-.B Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt
+.I Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt
file in the kernel source tree.
Supported operations are: