Mounting the Product USB Key

For major releases, all your product software is distributed on a USB key.

You must mount the USB key before you can install the product software.

To mount the product USB key:

1. Plug in the USB key to your workstation.
2. Log in to your workstation as root and open a terminal.
3. List the disk devices attached to your system by typing:

   fdisk -l | grep "/dev/sd"

   In the output of the command, identify the SCSI device name that was assigned to the USB device. It should look similar to /dev/sds , /dev/sde , etc.

   For example:

   Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes

   /dev/sda1 * 63 208844 104391 83 Linux

   /dev/sda2 208845 4401809 2096482+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

   /dev/sda3 4401810 488392064 241995127+ 83 Linux

   …

   …

   Disk /dev/sdf: 8011 MB, 8011120640 bytes

   /dev/sdf1 62 12128687 6064313 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)

4. Alternatively, you can use the dmesg command right after you have connected the USB drive. This will list the most recent USB device connected. For example:

   usb-storage: device found at 30

   usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning

   Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: TOSHIBA USB DRV Rev: PMAP

   Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00

   SCSI device sdf: 31277056 512-byte hdwr sectors (16014 MB)

   sdf: Write Protect is on

   sdf: Mode Sense: 03 41 80 00

   sdf: assuming drive cache: write through

   SCSI device sdf: 31277056 512-byte hdwr sectors (16014 MB)

   sdf: Write Protect is on

   sdf: Mode Sense: 03 41 80 00

   sdf: assuming drive cache: write through

   sdf: sdf1

5. In the example above, the sdf device was the last device to be connected.
6. Create a mount point directory for the disk. Type:

   mkdir /mnt/usbdisk

7. Mount the disk on the new directory:

   mount -o shortname=winnt /dev/<device>1 /mnt/usbdisk

   where <device>1 is the usb device name. For example:

   mount -o shortname=winnt /dev/sdf1 /mnt/usbdisk