# cd to a different drive?

**URL:** <https://community.unix.com/t/cd-to-a-different-drive/143024>\
**Category:** UNIX Desktop Questions & Answers\
**Created:** [June 17, 2002, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/cd-to-a-different-drive/143024 "2002-06-17T15:15:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![ctc](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/ctc/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@ctc](https://community.unix.com/u/ctc)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/cd-to-a-different-drive/143024/1 "2002-06-17T15:15:13Z")

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I'm using OSX and am quite new to UNIX. Could someone tell me how to get to the directory on a separate or partitioned drive? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![auswipe](https://community.unix.com/user_avatar/community.unix.com/auswipe/32/44_2.png) [@auswipe](https://community.unix.com/u/auswipe)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/cd-to-a-different-drive/143024/2 "2002-06-17T16:38:31Z")

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You should mount(8) the filesystem. Once you do this, it will appear to be another sub-dir that you can `cd` to that filesystem and have at the files.

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**Author:** ![ctc](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/ctc/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@ctc](https://community.unix.com/u/ctc)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/cd-to-a-different-drive/143024/3 "2002-06-17T16:45:49Z")

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excellent, thanks!