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John_Stewart_47
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Feb 10, 2009

Mount USB memory stick

not sure where this should go, but will try here.

 

 

Is there a document our procedure to mount a usb memory stick on an LTM running 9.3.1.

 

 

Purpose would be to move files back and forth to a device that may be off line.

 

 

I am not asking about booting from USB CDROM. Looked at askf5 and could not find anything.

 

 

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  • James_Quinby_46's avatar
    James_Quinby_46
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    Feb 10, 2009
    jrstewart -

    The drive will need to be formatted with FAT or FAT32. Do the following:

    1. Plug the drive into the USB slot

    2. type: 

    dmesg | grep "SCSI device"

    ...and make note of the device identifier (which should be 'sda' or something along those lines)

    3. type: 

    mkdir /mnt/usbdrive

    4. then: 

    mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/usbdrive

    5. finally: 

    cd /mnt/usbdrive

    ...which should put you into the USB drive. When you need to pull the thumbdrive, do: 

    cd /; umount /dev/sda
  • hoolio's avatar
    hoolio
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    Feb 16, 2009
    The only reference I could find is from the release notes:

     

     

     

    https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/releasenotes/umd_install_9_4_x.htmlusbmedia

     

     

    * USB Consortium as a Mass Storage Device certified

     

    * USB version 2.0 or later

     

    * 512 MB minimum capacity, recommended 1 GB capacity

     

     

    The device capacity and capabilities are described in the following table.

     

     

    Note: While smaller capacity devices are supported, we recommend using a device with at least 1 GB capacity.

     

     

     

     

    If a key works for the installation, I'd expect it would be mountable after installation.

     

     

    Aaron