Essentially, volume management enables you to access removable media just as manual mounting does, but more easily and without the need for superuser access. To make removable media easier to work with, you can mount removable media in easy-to-remember locations.
Table 17–2 How to Access Data on Removable Media Managed by Volume Manager
Access |
Insert |
Find the Files Here |
---|---|---|
Files on the first diskette |
The diskette and enter volcheck |
/floppy |
Files on the first removable hard disk |
The removable hard disk and enter volcheck |
/rmdisk/jaz0 or /rmdisk/zip0 |
Files on the first CD |
The CD and wait for a few seconds |
/cdrom/volume-name |
Files on the first DVD |
The DVD and wait for a few seconds |
/dvd/volume-name |
Files on the first PCMCIA |
The PCMCIA and wait for a few seconds |
/pcmem/pcmem0 |
If your system has more than one type of removable device, see the following table for their access points.
Table 17–3 Where to Access Removable Media
Media Device |
Access File Systems With This Path |
Access Raw Data With This Path |
---|---|---|
First diskette drive |
/floppy/floppy0 |
/vol/dev/aliases/floppy0 |
Second diskette drive |
/floppy/floppy1 |
/vol/dev/aliases/floppy1 |
First CD-ROM drive |
/cdrom/cdrom0 |
/vol/dev/aliases/cdrom0 |
Second CD-ROM drive |
/cdrom/cdrom1 |
/vol/dev/aliases/cdrom1 |
First removable hard disk |
/rmdisk/jaz0 /rmdisk/zip0 |
/vol/dev/aliases/jaz0 /vol/dev/aliases/zip0 |
First PCMCIA drive |
/pcmem/pcmem0 |
/vol/dev/aliases/pcmem0 |