106APPENDIX C: MOUNTING THE CD-ROMON A UNIX PLATFORM

Mounting the CD-ROM on IBM AIX 4.1.x Through 4.2.x

Mounting from a Local CD-ROM Drive

If you are mounting the CD-ROM from a drive that is directly connected to the network management station, enter the commands in this section. If you will mount the CD-ROM remotely, proceed to “Mounting from a Remote CD-ROM Drive.”

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

1Open a command window.

2Insert the CD-ROM.

3Confirm that the CD-ROM is mounted by entering:

mount grep cdrom

If you receive no output command, you must mount the CD-ROM by entering:

su

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

mount -v cdrfs -r /dev/cd0 /cdrom

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

Remote CD-ROM Drive

1Open a command window.

2Insert the CD-ROM.

3Enter:

su

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

mount -v cdrfs -r /dev/cd0 /cdrom

4Create the /etc/exports file if it does not already exist.

5Add the following line to the /etc/exports file, if you have not already done so:

/cdrom -ro

6If the /etc/exports file existed previously, enter:

/usr/sbin/exportfs -a

7If the /etc/exports file did not exist previously, reboot to become an NFS server.

8On the local machine (the machine on which you are installing the bridge/router utilities), enter:

su

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

mount -n <remote machine>:/cdrom /cdrom/remote

For <remote_system>, enter the IP address or host name of the remote system that does not have a CD-ROM drive.

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3Com ENTERPRISE OS 11.3 manual Mounting the CD-ROM on IBM AIX 4.1.x Through, Open a command window Insert the CD-ROM Enter

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