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Mounting and unmounting media for Linux operating systems
The following sections describe how to mount and unmount media using the
Linux operating system for each blade server type.
For BladeCenter units that do not have a diskette drive, you can mount only
optical drive media.
Mounting and unmounting media using Linux
The following section describes how to mount and unmount media using aLinux
operating system.
Note: These procedures are based on a default installation of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux ES 2.1. The file names, structures, and commands might be different for
other versions of Red Hat Linux or other types of Linux operating systems.
Complete the following steps if the medium to be mounted is a CD:
1. Make sure that the /mnt/cdrom directory exists on your server. If this
directory does not exist, type
mkdir /mnt/cdrom and then press Enter.
2. To mount the CD, type
mount /dev/scd0 –t iso9660 –o ro /mnt/cdrom
and
then press Enter.
Complete the following steps if the medium to be mounted is a diskette:
1. Make sure that the /mnt/floppy directory exists on your server. If this
directory does not exist, type
mkdir /mnt/floppy
and then press Enter.
2. To mount the diskette, type
mount /dev/sda –o auto /mnt/floppy
and then press Enter.
Complete the following steps to unmount media:
1.
Type
cd
and then press Enter.
2.
Type one of the following commands:
v
If the medium to be unmounted is a CD, type
umount /mnt/cdrom
and then press Enter.
v
If the medium to be unmounted is a diskette, type
umount /mnt/floppy
and then press Enter.
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