Filesystem Types
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   To mount a volume, Amd must be told the type of filesystem to be
used.  Each filesystem type typically requires additional information
such as the fileserver name for NFS.

   From the point of view of Amd, a "filesystem" is anything that can
resolve an incoming name lookup.  An important feature is support for
multiple filesystem types.  Some of these filesystems are implemented
in the local kernel and some on remote fileservers, whilst the others
are implemented internally by Amd.

   The two common filesystem types are UFS and NFS.  Four other user
accessible filesystems (`link', `program', `auto' and `direct') are
also implemented internally by Amd and these are described below.
There are two additional filesystem types internal to Amd which are not
directly accessible to the user (`inherit' and `error').  Their use is
described since they may still have an effect visible to the user.

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Network Filesystem

A single NFS filesystem.

Network Host Filesystem

NFS mount a host's entire export tree.

Network Filesystem Group

An atomic group of NFS filesystems.

Unix Filesystem

Native disk filesystem.

Program Filesystem

Generic Program mounts.

Symbolic Link Filesystem

Local link referencing existing filesystem.

Symbolic Link Filesystem II

More on referencing existing filesystems.

Automount Filesystem

Direct Automount Filesystem

Union Filesystem

Error Filesystem

Top-level Filesystem

Root Filesystem

Inheritance Filesystem