Solaris 8 System Administration Supplement

Accessing Information on Removable Media

You can access information on removable media with or without using volume manager. For information on accessing information on removable media with File Manager, see "Using Removable Media Manager" in Solaris 8 User Supplement.

How to Access Information on Removable Media

Use the appropriate device name to access information using the command-line interface. You can use the volume manager's nickname from the command line by running the volcheck command before accessing the removable media. See rmformat(1) for an explanation of device names.

Examples--Accessing Information on Removable Media

To access information on a diskette, use:


$ volcheck
$ ls /floppy
myfile

To access information on a Jaz drive, use:


$ volcheck
$ ls /rmdisk
jaz0/		jaz1/

To access information on a CD-ROM, use:


$ volcheck
$ ls /cdrom
solaris_8_sparc/