Help: Removable Media

Removable Media for Linux:

The C012 Linux lab supports floppy disks, CDs, CD burning, and USB thumb drives on all machines.

1. Insert your floppy disk in the drive
2. Your floppy disk will automatically be mounted. A floppy icon should appear on the desktop and the drive will be mounted to /media/floppy.
3. Your disk must be unmounted before removing it. To do so, right click on the icon on your desktop and select Unmount.

1. To mount a CD-Rom, first place it in one of the drives.
2. A CD-Rom icon should then appear on the desktop. If the CD was placed in the top drive, it will be mounted to /media/cdrom. If it was placed in the bottom drive, it will be mounted to /media/cdrom1.
3. Your CD-Rom must be unmounted before removing it. To do so, right click on the icon on your desktop and select Unmount.

1. Insert a blank CD in the CD burner (bottom drive).
2. Type cdrecord -v pathtoiso where pathtoiso is the path or filename of the ISO image to burn.

1. Create a directory to collect the files for ISO creation.
2. cd to the directory and type: mkisofs -RrlJV "My CD" -o /opt/pub/spool/examplecd.iso .
   Where My CD is a descriptive name of the CD, and examplecd.iso is the name for your ISO image.
3. Burn the ISO image to a CD with the burncd command above.
4. Once your CD has been burned, you can either delete the .iso file or move it to a more permanent location.
5. Check the manpage for mkisofs for more information and command usage.

1. Insert the thumb drive into an available USB port.
2. An icon will then appear on your desktop. The thumb drive will be mounted under /media/usbdrv. You may only have one thumb drive mounted at a time. You will only be able to mount the first partition on the drive.
3. Your USB thumb drive must be unmounted before removing it. This is important to prevent data loss. To do so, right click on the icon on your desktop and select Unmount.