Using iLO

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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

Creating an iLO Virtual Floppy Image

The iLO Virtual Media feature enables you to create floppy image files within the same applet. You can create image files from diskettes and create diskettes from existing image files. The performance of iLO Virtual Floppy is faster when image files are used.

To create a Virtual Media image file:

1.Click Create Disk Image.

2.Select the drive letter and the image file name. You can use the Browse feature to find and select an existing image file or to change the directory in which the image file will be created.

3.Click Create. The Virtual Media applet begins the process of creating the image file. The process is complete when the progress bar reaches 100 percent.

Disk >> Image changes to Image >> Disk when clicked. Use this button to switch from creating image files from physical diskettes to creating physical floppy diskettes from image files.