MOUNTING THE CD-ROMON A C UNIX PLATFORM

 

This appendix describes how to mount the CD-ROM for UNIX Solaris 2.5.x, HP-UX

 

10.x and IBM AIX 4.1.x through 4.2.x operating systems.

 

 

Mounting the

If you are mounting the CD-ROM from a drive that is directly connected to the

CD-ROM on

network management station where you have installed the Enterprise OS Upgrade

Solaris 2.5.x

Management Utilities, enter the commands in this section. If you are mounting the

 

CD-ROM remotely, proceed to “Mounting from a Remote CD-ROM Drive.”

Mounting a Local To mount the CD-ROM from a local drive, follow these steps:

CD-ROM Drive

1Insert the CD-ROM containing the bridge/router software into the CD-ROM drive.

2Mount the CD-ROM in a directory in your file system. You must have Superuser (root) access throughout the installation process.

aAt the command prompt, enter:

/usr/bin/su

bAt the Password prompt, enter your root password.

Solaris 2.5.x uses a Volume Management Utility that by default mounts the

CD-ROM under the /cdrom directory.

3Verify that the mount occurred by entering:

ls /cdrom

The display shows the cdrom0 directory.

4If Solaris Volume Management is not installed, or has been deactivated, mount the CD-ROM drive by entering:

mkdir /cdrom/cdrom0 (if you have not already done so)

mount -r -F hsfs /dev/sr0 /cdrom/cdrom0

After your CD-ROM has been mounted, you are ready to begin installing the software.

Mounting from a On the remote system, make sure that the CD-ROM is properly connected and Remote CD-ROM Drive powered up. To allow other systems to access the remote system, follow these

steps:

1Insert the CD-ROM containing the bridge/router software into the CD-ROM drive.

2Mount the CD-ROM in a directory in your file system. You must have Superuser (root) access to complete the installation process.

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