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System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems     Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Information Library
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About This Book

1.  Managing Removable Media (Overview)

2.  Managing Removable Media (Tasks)

Managing Removable Media (Task Map)

Formatting Diskettes

Removable Media Hardware Considerations

Diskette Hardware Considerations

How to Load Removable Media

How to Format a Diskette (rmformat)

How to Create a File System on Removable Media

How to Create a File System on a DVD-RAM

How to Check a File System on Removable Media

How to Repair Bad Blocks on Removable Media

Applying Read or Write Protection and Password Protection to Removable Media

How to Enable or Disable Write Protection on Removable Media

How to Enable or Disable Read or Write Protection and Set a Password on Removable Media

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: Setting Up Disks (Tasks)

13.  x86: Setting Up Disks (Tasks)

14.  Configuring Oracle Solaris iSCSI Targets and Initiators (Tasks)

15.  The format Utility (Reference)

16.  Managing File Systems (Overview)

17.  Creating and Mounting File Systems (Tasks)

18.  Using The CacheFS File System (Tasks)

19.  Configuring Additional Swap Space (Tasks)

20.  Checking UFS File System Consistency (Tasks)

21.  UFS File System (Reference)

22.  Backing Up and Restoring UFS File Systems (Overview)

23.  Backing Up UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)

24.  Using UFS Snapshots (Tasks)

25.  Restoring UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)

26.  UFS Backup and Restore Commands (Reference)

27.  Copying Files and File Systems (Tasks)

28.  Managing Tape Drives (Tasks)

Index

Managing Removable Media (Task Map)

The following task map describes the tasks for managing removable media.

Task
Description
For Instructions
1. Load media.
Insert the diskette into the drive and type the volcheck command.
2. (Optional) Format the diskette.
Format diskette.
3. (Optional) Add a UFS or PCFS file system.
Add a UFS or PCFS file system to use the media for transferring files.
Add a UFS or UDFS file system to a DVD-RAM device.
4. (Optional) Check the media.
Verify the integrity of the file system on the media.
5. (Optional) Repair bad blocks on the media.
Repair any bad blocks on the media, if necessary.
6. (Optional) Apply read or write and password protection.
Apply read or write protection or password protection on the media, if necessary.