USB diskette devices are not managed by the fd (floppy) driver.Īpplications that issue ioctl(2) calls intended for the fd (native floppy) driver will fail. USB diskette devices appear as removable media devices like other USB devices. On managing devices with volume management, see vold(1M). These devices can be managed with or without volume management. ORB, and USB diskette devices are supported.įor a complete list of USB devices that are supported in the Solaris environment, Starting in the Solaris 9 release, removable mass storage devices such as USBĬD-RWs, hards disks, DVDs, digital cameras, Zip, Peerless, SmartMedia, CompactFlash, Remove unused USB device links with the devfsadm command.įor up-to-date information on using USB mass storage devices in this Solaris (Optional) Remove unused USB device links
Mount a USB mass storage device without vold running.ĭisable USB device drivers if you do not want the USB support on your system.
How to Mount or Unmount a USB Mass Storage Device Mount a USB mass storage device with vold running. How to Format a USB Mass Storage Device Without vold Running How to Display USB Device Information ( prtconf)įormat a USB mass storage device so that you can put data on it. Use the prtconf command to display information about USB How to Prepare to Use USB Mass Storage Devices Without vold Running Prepare to use a USB mass storage device without vold running. Preparing to Use a USB Mass Storage Device With vold Running Prepare to use a USB mass storage device with vold running.
Select and hold (or right-click) the drive mounted to a folder, and then select Change Drive Letters and Paths.
To remove the mount point so that the drive is no longer accessible via a folder: To mount a drive in an empty folder using a command lineĪt the DISKPART prompt, type list volume, making note of the volume number you want to assign the path to.Īt the DISKPART prompt, type select volume, specifying the volume number that you want to assign the path to.Īt the DISKPART prompt, type assign.
To mount a drive in an empty folder by using the Windows interface You must be a member of the Backup Operators or Administrators group, at minimum, to complete these steps.