Darren: Be a little less vague on what kind of SCSI removable device we are talking about. If this is a CDROM drive, what is probably happening here is that the automounter is mounting your CDROM when you insert the CDROM, not when the system is powered on. And, yes, the commands here between Linux and Solaris are similar. "mount", without parameters, will list all mounted devices, and "df" will provide details as to where they are mounted, just like in Linux. The parameters of the df command vary a little, but the details are probably not relevant here. "df -k" will provide an output similar to what you are use to df producing under Linux. Automounter configuration is also very similar between Linux and Solaris, in fact, I would be hard pressed to identify any differences. http://docs.sun.com provides an online reference to Solaris documentation, if needed. Bob. On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 21:41:56 -0700 "DARREN BROWN" wrote: > I know this is a Linux Users Group, but I have a question based in Solaris 8. I understand from my Linux class at DeVry that most Unix flavors as similar to a point. If this is true, than the way a device is mounted to the OS may be similar to. > > I am trying to mount a SCSI removable device after bootup. I rcv an error stating 'drive is already mounted'. When I bootup the system w/o power applied to my device and apply power once the boot process is finished. I can mount it to the system. I do not want to apply power each time I boot, so how can I verify what device is mounted after the boot process is completed? What is/are the command(s) to perform this action or test the hardware mounted? Would this be similar in Solaris? > > I understand how to do this in Windows(which I know is a real bad word in here), but I don't understand how Linux/Unix talks to the hardware during the boot process. I do understand how to mount a device from the CLI. Please help? > > > Regards, > > Darren > -- Robert A. Klahn rklahn@acm.org AIM: rklahn Yahoo Messenger: klahn IRC: rklahn@irc.openprojects.net "Hope has two beautiful daughters: Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to struggle to create things as they should be." - St. Augustine