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Solaris Handbook for Sun Peripherals

Reference Material for CD-ROM and Diskette Devices

CD-ROM and diskette file systems are mounted in default locations by Volume Management when the media is inserted. See Table 4-4 for more information. These mount points are only created and mounted if a file system is already resident on the diskette.

Table 4-4 CD-ROM and Diskette File System Mount Points

Media type 

Mount location 

State of media 

Diskette 

/floppy/floppy0

Symbolic link to mounted diskette in local diskette drive 
 

/floppy/floppy_name

Mounted named diskette 

 

/floppy/unnamed_floppy

Mounted unnamed diskette 

CD-ROM 

/cdrom/cdrom0

Symbolic link to mounted CD-ROM in local CD-ROM drive 

 

/cdrom/CD-ROM_name

Mounted named CD-ROM  
 

/cdrom/CD-ROM_name/partition

Mounted named CD-ROM with partitioned file system 

 

/cdrom/unnamed_cdrom

Mounted unnamed CD-ROM  

To inform Volume Management that a diskette with a file system has been inserted into the drive, use volcheck(1). You do not need to use this command if you are going to use fdformat(1) or eject(1).

Note -

For more information about these commands, see man Pages(1): User Commands and the System Administration Guide.

If no file system exists on the media, Volume Management provides block and character devices in the /vol file system. See Table 4-5 for the location of diskette and CD-ROM media in the /vol file system.

Note -

All releases provide a symbolic link in /vol/dev/aliases.

Table 4-5 CD-ROM and Diskette Device Locations in /vol With No File System Present

Media Type 

Device Location:  

State of Media 

Diskette 

/vol/dev/diskette0/unnamed_floppy

Formatted unnamed diskette--block device access 

 

/vol/dev/rdiskette0/unnamed_floppy

Formatted unnamed diskette--raw device access 

 

/vol/dev/diskette0/unlabeled

Unlabeled diskette--block device access 

 

/vol/dev/rdiskette0/unlabeled

Unlabeled diskette--raw device access 

CD-ROM 

/vol/dev/dsk/c0t6/unnamed_cdrom

CD-ROM--block device access 
 

/vol/dev/rdsk/c0t6/unnamed_cdrom

CD-ROM--raw device access