HP 232664-006 manual Virtual Floppy screen, Mounting USB Virtual Media Floppy in Linux

•Red Hat and SLES Linux

Linux supports the use of USB diskette drives. Refer to the "Mounting USB Virtual Floppy in Linux ("Mounting USB Virtual Media Floppy in Linux" on page 49)" section for step-by-step instructions.

Mounting USB Virtual Media Floppy in Linux

1.Access RILOE II through a browser.

2.Select Virtual Media in the Virtual Devices tab.

3.Select a diskette drive or diskette image and click Connect.

4.Load the USB drivers, using the following commands: modprobe usbcore

modprobe usb-storage modprobe usb-ohci

5.Load the SCSI disk driver, using the following command: modprobe sd_mod

6.Mount the floppy drive, using the following command: mount /dev/sda /mnt/floppy –t vfat

NOTE: Use the man mount command for additional file system types.

The floppy device can be used as a Linux file system, if formatted as such, with the mount command. However, 1.44-Mb diskettes are usually accessed utilizing the mtools utilities distributed with both Red Hat and SLES. The default mtools configuration does not recognize a USB-connected floppy. To enable the various m commands to access the Virtual Floppy device, modify the existing /etc/mtools.conf file and add the following line:

drive v: file="/dev/sda" exclusive

This modification enables the mtools suite to access the Virtual Floppy as v. For example:

mcopy /tmp/XXX.dat v:

mdir v:

mcopy v:foo.dat /tmp/XXX

Virtual Floppy screen

The Virtual Floppy screen provides the status of the Virtual Floppy, the ability to load a Virtual Floppy image, and the ability to change Virtual Floppy settings.

Uploading a diskette image to the remote server

The Insert Floppy Image option allows you to send a diskette image file to RILOE II on the remote host server. RILOE II treats the diskette image file as a standard diskette.

The external power of the 16- and 30-pin Remote Insight cables must be installed when booting to a Virtual Floppy, otherwise the image will be lost when the server is reset.

Using the RILOE II 49