Dell iDRAC6 User Manual page 240

Table 14-3. Using Virtual Media: Frequently Asked Questions (continued)
Question
I cannot locate my Virtual
Floppy device on a system
running Red Hat
®
Linux or the SUSE
operating system. My Virtual
Media is attached and I am
connected to my remote floppy.
What should I do?
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Answer
Some Linux versions do not automount the Virtual
Floppy Drive and the Virtual CD drive in a similar
®
Enterprise manner. To mount the Virtual Floppy Drive,
®
Linux locate the device node that Linux assigns to the
Virtual Floppy Drive. Perform the following
steps to correctly find and mount the Virtual
Floppy Drive:
1
Open a Linux command prompt and run the
following command:
grep "Virtual Floppy"
/var/log/messages
2
Locate the last entry to that message and note the
time.
3
At the Linux prompt, run the following
command:
grep " hh:mm:ss " /var/log/messages
where:
hh:mm:ss is the time stamp of the message
returned by grep in step 1.
4
In step 3, read the result of the grep command
and locate the device name that is given to the
Dell Virtual Floppy.
5
Ensure that you are attached and connected to
the Virtual Floppy Drive.
6
At the Linux prompt, run the following
command:
mount /dev/sdx /mnt/floppy
where:
/dev/sdx is the device name found in step 4
/mnt/floppy is the mount point.