Mounting USB Stick on VMware

1.  Log onto console first (tty1 preferred – alt F1)
2.  Plug in USB stick
3.  You should see a message detailing device inserted
4.  Look for a device ID assigned by ESX to the USB. For example ‘/dev/sda’
5.  Mount USB device:   mount -t auto /dev/sda1 /mnt/flash
6.  sda1 being the 1st partition on the USB stick: cd /mnt/flash and then ls
7. USB contents will be there
8. When finished: umount /mnt/flash  (remember to change directory away from /mnt/flash first!)
9. Pull USB and go

(This will only work on FAT/FAT32)

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