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Table 14-4. Using Virtual Media: Frequently Asked Questions (continued)

QuestionAnswer

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.

3At 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.

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