HP Remote Insight Lights-Out Edition II Board - Manual (Page 49)

Using the RILOE II 49
• Red Hat and SLES Linux
Linux supports the use of USB diskette drives. Refer to the "Mounting USB Virtual Floppy in Linux
("
Mounting USB Virtual Media Floppy in Linux " on page 49 )" section for step-by-step instructions.
Mounting USB Virtual Media Floppy in Linux
1. Access RILOE II through a browser.
2. Select Virtual Media in the Virtual Devices tab.
3. Select a diskette drive or diskette image and click Connect.
4. Load the USB drivers, using the following commands:
modprobe usbcore
modprobe usb-storage
modprobe usb-ohci
5. Load the SCSI disk driver, using the following command:
modprobe sd_mod
6. Mount the floppy drive, using the following command:
mount /dev/sda /mnt/floppy –t vfat
NOTE: Use the man mount command for additional file system types.
The floppy device can be used as a Linux file system, if formatted as such, with the
mount
command.
However, 1.44-Mb diskettes are usually accessed utilizing the mtools utilities distributed with both Red Hat
and SLES. The default mtools configuration does not recognize a USB-connected floppy. To enable the
various m commands to access the Virtual Floppy device, modify the existing /etc/mtools.conf file and
add the following line:
drive v: file="/dev/sda" exclusive
This modification enables the mtools suite to access the Virtual Floppy as v. For example:
mcopy /tmp/XXX.dat v:
mdir v:
mcopy v:foo.dat /tmp/XXX
Virtual Floppy screen
The Virtual Floppy screen provides the status of the Virtual Floppy, the ability to load a Virtual Floppy
image, and the ability to change Virtual Floppy settings.
Uploading a diskette image to the remote server
The Insert Floppy Image option allows you to send a diskette image file to RILOE II on the remote host
server. RILOE II treats the diskette image file as a standard diskette.
The external power of the 16- and 30-pin Remote Insight cables must be installed when booting to a
Virtual Floppy, otherwise the image will be lost when the server is reset.