Repairing A Storage Medium; Formatting A Storage Medium; Mounting Or Unmounting A Storage Medium - HP 10500 Series Configuration Manual

Use the cd command to change the current working directory to the root directory of the storage
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medium before accessing a file or folder on the medium. For example, to display the contents of the
a.cfg file in the root directory of the flash memory, perform the following tasks:
a. Use the cd flash:/ command to change the current working directory to the root directory of the
flash memory.
b. Execute the more a.cfg command.

Repairing a storage medium

If part of a storage medium is inaccessible, use the fixdisk command to examine and repair the medium.
You can repair a storage medium only when no other users are accessing the medium.
Perform this task in user view.
Task
Repair a storage medium.

Formatting a storage medium

CAUTION:
Formatting a storage medium permanently removes all files and directories on the medium. You cannot
restore the removed files or directories.
You can format a storage medium only when no other users are accessing the medium.
To format a storage medium that has been partitioned, you must format all the partitions individually,
instead of formatting the medium as a whole.
Perform this task in user view.
Task
Format a storage medium.

Mounting or unmounting a storage medium

Generally, a hot-swappable storage medium is automatically mounted when it is connected to the device.
If the system cannot recognize the storage medium, however, you must mount the storage medium before
you can access it.
To remove a hot-swappable storage medium from the device, you must first unmount it to disconnect it
from the device. Removing a connected hot-swappable storage medium might damage files on the
storage medium or even the storage medium itself.
Restrictions and guidelines
You can mount or unmount a storage medium only when no other users are accessing the medium.
To mount/unmount a partitioned storage medium, you must mount/unmount all the partitions
individually, instead of mounting/unmounting the medium as a whole.
Command
fixdisk medium-name
Command
format medium-name
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