howudune.com » VMware http://www.howudune.com Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:50:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Mount a USB key in VMware ESX 3.0.1 http://www.howudune.com/2007/04/mount-a-usb-key-in-vmware-esx-301/ http://www.howudune.com/2007/04/mount-a-usb-key-in-vmware-esx-301/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:42:23 +0000 admin http://www.howudune.com/?p=6
For anyone familiar with Linux, this is a trivial task. But for those new to Linux or VMware it might not seem straightforward. After many fruitless Google searches, I hope someone finds this helpful.The following worked on an HP DL380 G5. Your mileage may vary on different hardware.

Mounting a USB drive:

The “mount” command by itself will show you the currently mounted volumes.
# mount

First create a mount point:
# mkdir /mnt/usbkey

Now mount the drive:
# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbkey -t vfat

Don’t forget to unmount it when your done.
# umount /dev/sda1

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