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266 Configuring and Using Virtual Media
I cannot locate my Virtual
Floppy/Virtual CD device on a
system running Red Hat
Enterprise Linux or the SUSE
Linux operating system.
My Virtual Media is
attached and I am connected
to my remote floppy.
What should I do?
Some Linux versions do not automount the Virtual
Floppy Drive and the Virtual CD drive in a similar
manner. To mount the Virtual Floppy Drive, locate
the device node that Linux assigns to the Virtual
Floppy Drive. Perform the following steps to
correctly find and mount the Virtual Floppy Drive:
1
Open a Linux command prompt and run the
following command:
grep "Virtual Floppy"
/var/log/messages
2
Locate the last entry to that message and note the
time.
3
At the Linux prompt, run the following command:
grep "hh:mm:ss" /var/log/messages
where:
hh:mm:ss
is the time stamp of the message
returned by grep in step 1.
4
In step 3, read the result of the grep command and
locate the device name that is given to the Dell
Virtual Floppy.
5
Ensure that you are attached and connected to
the Virtual Floppy Drive.
6
At the Linux prompt, run the following command:
mount
/dev/sdx
/mnt/floppy
where:
/dev/sdx
is the device name found in step 4
/mnt/floppy
is the mount point.
Table 14-4. Using Virtual Media: Frequently Asked Questions
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