R3204P16-HP Load Balancing Module System Maintenance Configuration Guide-6PW101

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• An unmounted device is in the disconnected state, and can be removed safely. If you unplug a
storage medium without unmounting it, files on the storage medium or even the storage medium
may be damaged.
• An unmounted storage medium can be used only when it is mounted again.
Follow a step below to mount or unmount a storage medium:
To do… Use the command…
Remarks
Mount a
storage medium
mount device
Optional
By default, a storage medium is automatically mounted and in
mounted state when connected to the system.
Unmount a
storage medium
umount device
Optional
By default, a storage medium is automatically mounted and in
mounted state when connected to the system.
CAUTION:
• When mounting or unmounting a storage medium, or performing file operations on it, do not unplu
g
or
switchover the storage medium or the card where the storage medium resides. Otherwise, the file system
could be damaged.
• Before removing a mounted storage medium from the system, unmount it to avoid damaging the stora
g
e
medium.
Partitioning a CF card or a USB disk
A CF card or USB disk can be divided into several different logical devices, or, partitions. You can
respectively perform file operations on each partition to prevent the interference of files between
partitions.
The following two partitioning modes are supported on a CF card or a USB disk:
• Simple—Specify the number of partitions. The system divides the CF card or a USB disk into the
specified number of partitions with the same size.
• Interactive—The system partitions the CF card or a USB disk according to user input. Each partition,
however, must be 32 MB at least.
Follow the step below to partition a CF card or a USB disk:
To do… Use the command…
Remarks
Partition a storage
medium
fdisk device
[ partition-number ]
Required
By default, only one partition cf0:/ is available on a CF
card and only one partition usb0:/ is available on a
USB disk.