Howto: Use mount USB Pen under Solaris UNIX

To use a USB pen drive on a Solaris system, you will need to follow these steps:

1. Check if the USB support is enabled in the kernel. Run the following command to check if the USB support is enabled in the kernel:

modinfo | grep usb

If the output of this command includes a line with usb, it means that the USB support is enabled in the kernel. If it is not enabled, you will need to enable it by adding the appropriate kernel modules to your system.

2. Plug in the USB pen drive. Insert the USB pen drive into a USB port on your Solaris system.

3. Determine the device name of the USB pen drive. Run the following command to list the devices on your system:

ls /dev

Look for a device name that starts with rdiskette or rdisk. This is the device name of the USB pen drive.

4. Create a mount point for the USB pen drive. Create a directory where you want to mount the USB pen drive. For example:

mkdir /mnt/usb

5. Mount the USB pen drive. Use the mount command to mount the USB pen drive on the mount point you created. For example:

mount -F pcfs /dev/rdiskette0 /mnt/usb

Replace /dev/rdiskette0 with the actual device name of your USB pen drive.

6. Access the files on the USB pen drive. You can now access the files on the USB pen drive by navigating to the mount point you created. For example:

cd /mnt/usb

7. Unmount the USB pen drive when you are finished. When you are finished accessing the files on the USB pen drive, you should unmount it to prevent data loss. Use the umount command to unmount the USB pen drive.