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

Steps

1. See How to Prepare to Use USB Mass Storage Devices Without vold Running for information on disabling vold.

2. Become superuser.

3. (Optional) Identify the diskette device.

   For example:

   # cd /dev/rdsk # devfsadm -C # ls -l c*0 | grep usb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 55 Mar 5 10:35 c2t0d0s0 -> ../../devices/pci@1f,0/usb@c,3/storage@3/disk@0,0:a,raw

   In this example, the diskette device is c2t0d0s0.

4. Select one of the following to mount or unmount a USB mass storage device.

   1. Mount a USB mass storage device.

      # mount [ -F fstype ] block-device mount-point

      This example shows how to mount a device with a UFS file system.

      # mount /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s2 /mnt

      This example shows how to mount a device with a PCFS file system.

      # mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0:c /mnt

      This example shows how to mount a CD with a read-only HSFS file system.

      # mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s2 /mnt

   2. Unmount a USB mass storage device.

      First, be sure no one is using the file system on the device.

      For example:

      # fuser -c -u /mnt # umount /mnt

   3. Eject the device.

      # eject /dev/[r]dsk/cntndnsn

      For example:

      # eject /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s2