1. Log in to expert mode.
2. Verify that you have the needed kernel modules loaded. type lsmod | more
3. By default, Red Hat loads usb-uhci and usbcore on startup. But you'll need
to load an
additional module called usb-storage in order to get a flash drive working.
To do this,
simply type:
modprobe usb-storage
4. Next, we'll need to define a mount point for the USB flash drive, which
includes a directory
for the mount point. So go to the /mnt sub-directory and create this
sub-directory.
cd /mnt
mkdir /usbstick
5. Now we need to edit a file called fstab, which lives in the /etc directory.
This file defines storage devices and the location of their mount-points.
Open the file using gedit, emacs or your text editor of choice. Its contents
will look like this:
LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0
We need to add a line to this file that reads:
/dev/sda1 /mnt/usbstick vfat user,noauto,umask=0 0 0
You can copy/paste the above line directly into your fstab file.
he "sda1" represents the device name that the kernel gives the USB flash drive
when it gets plugged in.
Once you've added this line to the fstab file, save it and close your text
editor.
Now we're almost ready to plug in your USB flash drive. Open a second terminal
window and type:
tail -s 3 -f /var/log/messages
This command will poll the kernel's message log every three seconds, and
displays the latest messages the kernel has spat out. This is a useful debug
tool to make sure the USB flash drive has been enumerated, and assigned a
device name. Generally, the device name will be:
/dev/sda1
Now, go ahead and plug your flash drive into the USB port.
NOTE: I have not tried this yet, on SPLAT, I am unsure if the secure locked
down nature of SPLAT will allow this to work. This is all I can offer at
present, let me know how you get on. Thanks
-----Original Message-----
From: Mailing list for discussion of Firewall-1 on behalf of Jeremy R Morrill
Sent: Tue 18/07/2006 17:07
To: [email protected]
Subject: [FW-1] SPLAT R60 or R61 - Mount USB Pen Drive
Has anyone successfully mounted a USB pen drive under SPLAT R60 or R61?
I have to pre-build several SPLAT boxes using the upgrade_import method
and it would be a real time saver not having to connect these devices to
the network to get the upgrade_export file. None of these devices have a
floppy. A USB pen drive would really be the most efficient way of doing
this but I can't figure out how to do it. Anyone had any luck?
-JRM
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