Managing USB Mass Storage Devices Without vold Running

You can use USB mass storage devices without the volume manager (vold) running. Here are two ways to avoid using the volume manager.

1. Stop vold by issuing this command.

   # /etc/init.d/volmgt stop

2. Keep vold running, but do not register the USB mass storage devices with it. Remove volume manager registration of USB mass storage devices by commenting the following line in the /etc/vold.conf file, like this:

   # use rmdisk drive /dev/rdsk/c*s2 dev_rmdisk.so rmdisk%d

   Once this line is commented, restart vold.

   # pkill -HUP vold_pid

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   Caution -

   If you comment out this line and there are other SCSI or ATAPI Zip or Jaz removable devices in the system, vold registration for these devices would be disabled as well.

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   See vold.conf(4) for details.

The following procedures describe how to manage USB mass storage devices without vold(1M) running. The device nodes are created under the /dev/rdsk directory for character devices and under the /dev/dsk directory for block devices. See scsa2usb(7D) for details.