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System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems
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Preface

1.  Managing Removable Media (Overview)

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)

Managing USB Devices in the Oracle Solaris OS (Roadmap)

Using USB Mass Storage Devices (Task Map)

Using USB Mass Storage Devices

Using USB Diskette Devices

Using Non-Compliant USB Mass Storage Devices

How to Use a Non-Complaint USB Mass Storage Device

Hot-Plugging USB Mass Storage Devices

How to Add a USB Mass Storage Device Without vold Running

How to Add a USB Camera

How to Remove a USB Mass Storage Device Without vold Running

Preparing to Use a USB Mass Storage Device With vold Running

How to Display USB Device Information

How to Create a File System on a USB Mass Storage Device

How to Create a File System on a USB Mass Storage Device Without vold Running

How to Modify Partitions and Create a PCFS File System on a USB Mass Storage Device Without vold Running

How to Create a Solaris Partition and Modify the Slices on a USB Mass Storage Device Without vold Running

How to Mount or Unmount a USB Mass Storage Device Without vold Running

Troubleshooting Tips for USB Mass Storage Devices

Disabling Specific USB Drivers

How to Disable Specific USB Drivers

How to Remove Unused USB Device Links

Using USB Audio Devices (Task Map)

Using USB Audio Devices

Hot-Plugging Multiple USB Audio Devices

How to Add USB Audio Devices

How to Identify Your System's Primary Audio Device

How to Change the Primary USB Audio Device

Troubleshooting USB Audio Device Problems

Key Points of Audio Device Ownership

Hot-Plugging USB Devices With the cfgadm Command (Task Map)

Hot-Plugging USB Devices With the cfgadm Command

How to Display USB Bus Information (cfgadm)

How to Unconfigure a USB Device

How to Configure a USB Device

How to Logically Disconnect a USB Device

How to Logically Connect a USB Device

How to Logically Disconnect a USB Device Subtree

How to Reset a USB Device

How to Change the Default Configuration of a Multi-Configuration USB Device

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 Oracle Solaris iSCSI Targets and Initiators (Tasks)

15.  The format Utility (Reference)

16.  Managing File Systems (Overview)

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

18.  Mounting and Unmounting File Systems (Tasks)

19.  Using The CacheFS File System (Tasks)

20.  Configuring Additional Swap Space (Tasks)

21.  Checking UFS File System Consistency (Tasks)

22.  UFS File System (Reference)

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

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

25.  Using UFS Snapshots (Tasks)

26.  Restoring UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)

27.  UFS Backup and Restore Commands (Reference)

28.  Copying UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)

29.  Managing Tape Drives (Tasks)

Index

Using USB Mass Storage Devices (Task Map)

Task
Description
For Instructions
Add or remove a USB mass storage device.
Select one of the following to add a USB mass storage device:
Add a USB mass storage device.
Add a USB camera to access digital images.
Remove a USB mass storage device without vold running.
Add a non-compliant USB mass storage device.
Add a non-compliant USB mass storage device by adding an entry to scsa2usb.conf.
Prepare to use a USB mass storage device.
Prepare to use a USB mass storage device with vold running.
Display USB device information.
Display information about USB devices.
Create a file system on a USB mass storage device.
You must create a file system on a device before you can put data on it.
Modify partitions and create a file system on a USB mass storage device.
You might need to modify existing partitions before creating file systems on a USB mass storage device.
Create a Solaris partition and modify the slices on a USB mass storage device.
You will need to create a file with slice information before using the rmformat to modify the slice information.
Mount a USB mass storage device without vold running.
Mount a USB mass storage device without vold running.
(Optional) Disable a USB device driver.
Disable a USB device driver if you do not want USB support on your system.
(Optional) Remove unused USB device links.
Remove USB device links with the devfsadm command.