[root@ivanovpc tmp]# mount -tunionfs -o dirs=/tmp/1/test1=ro:/tmp/2/test2=ro unionfs /tmp/3 mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on unionfs, missing codepage or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so [root@ivanovpc tmp]# dmesg | tail unionfs_read_super: error while parsing options (err = -22)