MOUNT USB HDD/USB PEN DRIVE IN SOLARIS 10

MOUNT   USB HDD/USB PEN DRIVE IN SOLARIS 10

Assuming system disabled the automount option.

How to check auto Mount is disable or not:

Check whether  volfs is running or not..

root@PHM1SVEWBSCSDB # svcs -a|grep volfs
maintenance    11:55:11 svc:/system/filesystem/volfs:default


****************** if it is in maintenance mode*****************

cat /var/svc/log/system-filesystem-volfs:default.log 

manual method... 

root@PHM1SVEWBSCSDB# svcadm clear volfs 

root@PHM1SVEWBSCSDB #svcs volfs 

STATE STIME FMRI offline* 22:17:30 svc:/system/filesystem/volfs:default 

root@PHM1SVEWBSCSDB # svcadm enable -s volfs 

root@PHM1SVEWBSCSDB #svcs volfs 

STATE STIME FMRI online 22:17:42 svc:/system/filesystem/volfs:default 

root@PHM1SVEWBSCSDB #

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if it is disabled, enable it for enable auto-mounting option.

# svcadm enable volfs

If the  usb flash is recognize by the system it will be mount and you  can see the
status with

root@PHM1SVEWBSCSDB # rmformat -l
Looking for devices...
     1. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c1t6d0s2
        Physical Node: /pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@4/scsi@0/iport@40/cdrom@p6,0
        Connected Device: TEAC     DV-W28SS-R       1.0C
        Device Type: DVD Reader/Writer
     2. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s2
        Physical Node: /pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@f/pci@0/usb@0,2/hub@2/hub@3/storage@2/disk@0,0
        Connected Device: AMI      Virtual CDROM    1.00
        Device Type: CD Reader
     3. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c9t0d0s2
        Physical Node: /pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@f/pci@0/usb@0,2/hub@4/storage@1/disk@0,0
        Connected Device: WDC WD20 EZRX-00DC0B0
        Device Type: Removable

for mount USB HDD

set the default solaris partition up (pick the default prompt here)

# fdisk /dev/rdsk/[device_name]

get the number of sectors in the disk (look for the 'Sector Count' column)

# prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/[device_name]

make a ufs filesystem on the device

# newfs -v -s [sector_count] /dev/rdsk/[device_name]

make a mountpoint

# mkdir /usbdrive

mount the formatted disk (note that we no longer use the raw disk here (rdisk))

# mount /dev/dsk/[device_name] /usbdrive
 

To find under what names file systems are mounted:  use the
root@PHM1SVEWBSCSDB #df -k