IronKey Personal - Manual (Page 16)

PAGE 5 IRONKEY USER GUIDE
Note that simply unmounting the device will not automatically lock the secure volume. To lock
the device you will have to either unmount and physically remove (unplug) it, or else run:
ironkey --lock
Please note the following important details for using your IronKey on Linux:
1. Kernel Version must be 2.6 or higher
If you compile your own kernel, you must include the following in it:
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DeviceDrivers->SCSIDeviceSupport-><*>SCSICDROMSupport
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DeviceDrivers-><*> Support for Host-side USB
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DeviceDrivers-><*> USB device filesystem
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DeviceDrivers-><*> EHCI HCD (USB 2.0) support
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DeviceDrivers-><*> UHCI HCD (most Intel and VIA) support
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DeviceDrivers-><*> USB Mass Storage Support
The kernels that are included by default in most major distributions already have these features,
so if you are using the default kernel that comes with a supported distribution you do not need
to take any other action.
Also, on 64-bit linux systems the 3-bit libraries will have to be installed in order to run the
ironkey program.
2. Mounting problems
Make sure you have permissions to mount external SCSI & USB devices
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Some distributions do not mount automatically and require the following command to
be run:
mount /dev/<name of the device> /media/<name of the mounted
device>
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The name of the mounted device varies depending on the distribution. The names of
the IronKey devices can be discovered by running:
ironkey --show
3. Permissions
You must have permissions to mount external/usb/flash devices
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You must have permissions to run executables off the IronKey CD-ROM in order to
launch the IronKey Unlocker
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You may need root user permissions
4. Supported distributions
Not all distributions of Linux are supported. Please visit https://support.ironkey.com/linux for the
latest list of supported distributions.
5. The IronKey Unlocker for Linux only supports x86 systems at this time.
See https://support.ironkey.com/linux for more information.