After inserting a CD-ROM into a drive, some Linux and UNIX operating
systems require you to mount the drive.
Why and when to perform this task
Use these procedures to mount product disks for WebSphere Process
Server.
Steps for this task
Mounting the CD-ROM on AIX systems. To mount the CD-ROM on an AIX system using the System Management Interface
Tool (SMIT), perform the following steps: - Log in as a user with root authority.
- Insert the CD-ROM in the drive.
- Create a CD-ROM mount point by entering the mkdir -p
/cdrom command, where cdrom represents the CD-ROM
mount point directory.
- Allocate a CD-ROM file system using SMIT by entering the smit
storage command.
- After SMIT starts, select File Systems > Add / Change / Show
/ Delete File Systems > CDROM File Systems > Add CDROM File System.
- In the Add a File System window:
- Enter a device name for your CD-ROM file system in the DEVICE Name field.
Device names for CD-ROM file systems must be unique. If there is a duplicate
device name, you might need to delete a previously defined CD-ROM file system
or use another name for your directory. The example uses /dev/cd0 as
the device name.
- Enter the CD-ROM mount point directory in the MOUNT POINT window.
In our example, the mount point directory is /cdrom.
- In the Mount AUTOMATICALLY at system restart field, select yes to
enable automatic mounting of the file system.
- Select OK to close the window, then select Cancel three
times to exit SMIT.
- Next, mount the CD-ROM file system by entering the smit mountfs command.
- In the Mount a File System window:
- Enter the device name for this CD-ROM file system in the FILE SYSTEM
name field. In our example, the device name is /dev/cd0.
- Enter the CD-ROM mount point in the Directory over which to mount field.
In our example, the mount point is /cdrom.
- Enter cdrfs in the Type of Filesystem field. To
view the other kinds of file systems you can mount, select List.
- In the Mount as READ-ONLY system field, select yes.
- Accept the remaining default values and select OK to close the
window.
Your CD-ROM file system is now mounted. To view the contents of the
CD-ROM, place the disk in the drive and enter the cd /cdrom command
where cdrom is the CD-ROM mount point directory.
Mounting the CD-ROM on HP-UX systems. Because WebSphere Process Server contains several files with long file
names, the mount command can fail. The following steps let you mount your
WebSphere Process Server product CD-ROMs on the HP-UX platform successfully:
- Log in as a user with root authority.
- In the /etc directory, add the following line
to the pfs_fstab file:
/dev/dsk/c0t2d0 mount_point pfs-rrip ro,hard
where mount_point represents the mount point of the CD-ROM.
- Start the pfs daemon by entering the following commands
(if they are not already running):
/usr/sbin/pfs_mountd &
/usr/sbin/pfsd 4 &
- Insert the CD-ROM in the drive and enter the following commands:
mkdir /cdrom
/usr/sbin/pfs_mount /cdrom
The /cdrom variable represents the mount point of the CD-ROM.
- Log out.
Mounting the CD-ROM on Linux systems. To mount the CD-ROM on a Linux system: - Log in as a user with root authority.
- Insert the CD-ROM in the drive and enter the following command:
mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/cdrom /cdrom
The /cdrom variable represents the mount point of the CD-ROM.
- Log out.
Some window managers can automatically mount your CD-ROM for you. Consult
your system documentation for more information.
Mounting the CD-ROM on Solaris systems. To mount the CD-ROM on a Solaris system: - Log in as a user with root authority.
- Insert the CD-ROM into the drive.
- If the Volume Manager (vold) is not running on your system,
enter the following commands to mount the CD-ROM:
mkdir -p /cdrom/unnamed_cdrom
mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s2 /cdrom/unnamed_cdrom
The /cdrom/unnamed_cdrom variable represents the CD-ROM mount
directory and /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s2 represents the CD-ROM drive
device. If you are mounting the CD-ROM drive from a remote system using
NFS, the CD-ROM file system on the remote machine must be exported with root
access. You must also mount that file system with root access on the local
machine.
If the vold is running on your system, the CD-ROM is
automatically mounted as:
/cdrom/unnamed_cdrom
- Log out.
Last updated: Wed 01 Nov 2006 07:47:12
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