Dell IDRAC6 User Manual page 266

Table 14-4. Using Virtual Media: Frequently Asked Questions
Question
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?
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Answer
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:
Open a Linux command prompt and run the
1
following command:
grep "Virtual Floppy"
/var/log/messages
Locate the last entry to that message and note the
2
time.
At the Linux prompt, run the following command:
3
grep "hh:mm:ss" /var/log/messages
where:
hh:mm:ss is the time stamp of the message
returned by grep in step 1.
In step 3, read the result of the grep command and
4
locate the device name that is given to the Dell
Virtual Floppy.
Ensure that you are attached and connected to
5
the Virtual Floppy Drive.
At the Linux prompt, run the following command:
6
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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