Hardware configuration & Installation:I & II

Hardware configuration & Installation:I

New hardware:   
1. cdrom - automount/manual mount
2. pendrive    ""
3. printer
4. scanner

verification:
/dev/hdd on /media type iso9660 (ro)
#mount /dev/cdrom /media/ - linking/attaching
#umount /media/    - for unmounting/detaching.

mounting pendrive
#mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/

unmounting pendrive:
#umount /mnt/

Harddisk categories
1.sata & scsi sda,sdb,sdc,& sdd Primary master, primary slave, secondary master & secondary slave
2.IDE harddisk
hda,hdb,hdc & hdd - primary master, primary slave, secondary master & secondary slave
3.Virtual harddisk
vda,vdb,vdc,vdd - primary master, primary slave, secondary master & secondary slave

Kudzu
Kudzu is a service that is used to check and mount new hardware.(camera,scanner)
#whereis kudzu    - location of the command kudzu

files for checking new hardware
/etc/sysconfig/hwconf
/etc/modprobe.conf
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
/etc/X11/xorg.conf

kudzu
service kudzu status
service kudzu start
service kudzu stop   
chkconfig kudzu on

Hardware configuration & Installation:II
1.mount the file system
2.mount ntfs file system
    i) read only mount
    11) read write mount
3.syntax of mount
#mount sourcepath mountpoint
eg: mount /dev/cdrom/ /mnt/

mount 192.168.0.254:/var/ftp/pub/ on /mnt type nfs (rw,addr=192.168.0.254
#fdisk -l |grep NTFS - for viewing ntfs file system only.