Mounting a CD

If you are installing WebSphere InterChange Server and its supporting software from CDs, you will need to mount several product CDs during the course of the installation. Follow the instructions in the appropriate section to do so for your operating system:

Mounting a CD on AIX

Issue the following command to mount a CD on AIX:

mount -V cdrfs -o ro /dev/cd0 /cdrom

Mounting a CD on Solaris

Issue the following command to mount a CD on Solaris:

mount -r -F hsfs /dev/sr0 /cdrom

Mounting a CD on HP-UX

Perform the following steps to mount a CD on HP-UX:

  1. Issue the following commands to start the PFS mounting daemon:
    /usr/sbin/pfs_mountd &
    /usr/sbin/pfsd &
    
  2. Add a line such as the following example to the /etc/pfs_fstab file:
     /dev/dsk/cdrom_device /mount_point pfs-iso9660 xlat=unix 0 0
    

    where cdrom_device is the identifier for the CD-ROM disk device (such as c3t2d0) and /mount_point is the desired mount point through which you want to access the CD (such as /cdrom).

  3. Issue the following command to mount the CD:
    mount /mount_point
    

    where /mount_point is the mount point you specified in step 2.

Mounting a CD on Linux

Issue the following command to mount a CD on Linux:

mount -t iso9660,udf /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

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