Xserve: How to remotely mount a CD in "headless" configuration
Summary
A CD inserted into an Xserve computer does not automatically mount when a user is not logged in locally. If you use a "headless" Xserve (one without a display connected to it), follow these steps to mount a CD.
Products Affected
Xserve
- Open an ssh connection to the computer. Instructions on how to establish an ssh connection to your server are found in the guide Setting Up Mac OS X Server for Xserve.
- Execute the mount command, which will display the available volumes. Make note of the highest disk number of the mounted volumes, such as disk3s2.
- Execute the disktool -m diskx command, where the value x is one greater than the highest number of the currently mounted volumes. In our example you would choose 4 for your x value. The command should respond with the message "Disk Mounting Completed."
- Execute the mount command again. This time the CD should appear in the list. In our example, you would see /dev/disk4, followed by the rest of the information about the mounted volume.
- To eject the CD, execute disktool -e diskx, where x is the same value used in step 3. In our example, you would enter disktool -e disk4. The command will respond with a list of completed tasks that ends with "***Disk Ejected ('diskx')."
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