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System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems     Oracle Solaris 11 Express 11/10
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Preface

1.  Managing Removable Media (Overview)

What's New in Removable Media?

Changes and Improvements to Removable Media Management

Backward Compatibility

Mounting and Unmounting Removable Media

Mounting and Unmounting Diskettes

Ejecting Removable Media

Customizing Removable Media Management

Disabling Removable Media Features

vold is Managed by the Service Management Facility (SMF)

Where to Find Managing Removable Media Tasks

Removable Media Features and Benefits

Comparison of Manual and Automatic Mounting

Overview of Accessing Removable Media

2.  Managing Removable Media (Tasks)

3.  Accessing Removable Media (Tasks)

4.  Writing CDs and DVDs (Tasks)

5.  Managing Devices (Overview/Tasks)

6.  Dynamically Configuring Devices (Tasks)

7.  Using USB Devices (Overview)

8.  Using USB Devices (Tasks)

9.  Using InfiniBand Devices (Overview/Tasks)

10.  Managing Disks (Overview)

11.  Administering Disks (Tasks)

12.  SPARC: Adding a Disk (Tasks)

13.  x86: Adding a Disk (Tasks)

14.  Configuring iSCSI Storage Devices With COMSTAR

15.  Configuring and Managing the Solaris Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS)

16.  Managing Disk Use (Tasks)

17.  The format Utility (Reference)

18.  Managing File Systems (Overview)

19.  Creating ZFS, UFS, TMPFS, and LOFS File Systems (Tasks)

20.  Mounting and Unmounting File Systems (Tasks)

21.  Configuring Additional Swap Space (Tasks)

22.  Copying Files and File Systems (Tasks)

23.  Managing Tape Drives (Tasks)

Index

Comparison of Manual and Automatic Mounting

The following table compares the steps involved in manual mounting (without removable media services) and automatic mounting (with removable media management) of removable media.

Table 1-1 Comparison of Manual and Automatic Mounting of Removable Media

Steps
Manual Mounting
Automatic Mounting
1
Insert media.
Insert media.
2
Become an administrator.
For diskettes, use the volcheck command.
3
Determine the location of the media device.
Removable media services automatically perform many of the tasks that are required to manually mount and work with removable media.
4
Create a mount point.
5
Make sure you are not in the mount point directory.
6
Mount the device and use the proper mount options.
7
Exit the superuser account.
8
Work with files on media.
Work with files on media.
9
Become superuser.
10
Unmount the media device.
11
Eject media.
Eject media.
12
Exit the administrator account.