Users Guide
Using and Configuring Virtual Media 195
Do I need Administrator privileges to install the ActiveX plug-in?
You must have Administrator or Power User privileges on Windows systems
to install the Virtual Media plug-in.
What privileges do I need to install and use the Virtual Media plug-in on a
Red Hat Linux Management station?
You must have Write privileges on the browser’s directory tree to
successfully install the Virtual Media plug-in.
I cannot locate my Virtual Floppy device on a system running Red Hat
Enterprise Linux or the SUSE Linux operating System. My Virtual Media is
attached and I am connected to my remote floppy. What should I do?
Some Linux versions do not automount the Virtual Floppy Drive and the
Virtual CD drive in a similar manner. In order to mount the Virtual Floppy
Drive, locate the device node that Linux assigns to the Virtual Floppy Drive.
Perform the following steps to correctly find and mount the Virtual
Floppy Drive:
1
Open a Linux command prompt and run the following command:
grep "Virtual Floppy" /var/log/messages
2
Locate the last entry to that message and note the time.
3
At the Linux prompt, run the following command:
grep "hh:mm:ss" /var/log/messages
where:
hh:mm:ss
is the time stamp of the message returned by grep in step 1.
4
In step 3, read the result of the grep command and locate the device name
that is given to the "Dell Virtual Floppy"
5
Ensure that you are attached and connected to the Virtual Floppy Drive.
6
At the Linux prompt, run the following command:
mount /dev/sdx /mnt/floppy
where:
/dev/sdx
is the device name found in step 4
/mnt/floppy
is the mount point.