Accessing the CD from a UNIX System
Insert CD in system CD drive
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UNIX Software &
Documentation
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Determine your CD device
Common names for
| NAME | EXAMPLE |
|
| /dev/cdrom | /dev/cdrom |
|
| /dev/cdrom/cdromn | /dev/cdrom/cdrom1 |
|
| /dev/cdn | /dev/cd0 |
|
| /dev/dsk/cktmdn | /dev/c1t2d0 |
|
To list descriptions of devices: AIX: lscfg
HPUX: - Make sure you have administrator privileges and your PATH includes /usr/sbin
ioscan -funC disk
Solaris: Most Solaris systems use an
See the man page on vold: man vold
If your system auto mounts the CD, skip to step 5. Auto Mount programs may use the volume information to define a mount point. If the CD volume label is "Digi" then the mount point may be /cdrom/digi
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Identify the
Some common
/mnt/cdrom /cdrom
Or create your own: mkdir /mnt/mycdrom
HPUX - Check to see if pfs is running ps
If not, start the daemons:
pfs_mountd&; pfsd&
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Mount the CD by entering one of the commands from the following table:
| Operating | Command | |
| System |
|
|
| AIX | mount | |
|
| do not use mount, it will not operate correctly | |
| *HPUX | pfs_mount device | |
|
| See man pages for pfs and pfs_mount for more | |
|
| information. |
|
| Linux | mount device | |
| SCO | mount | |
| UnixWare |
|
|
| SCO | mount | |
| OpenServer |
|
|
| Solaris | mount | |
| (Intel | Most systems use an | |
| & SPARC) | on vold: man vold |
device is the path to the device file assigned to the cdrom drive,
*HPUX When finished, leave the CD directory and pfs_umount
cd
pfs_umount mount-directory
(If you inadvertenly use umount instead of pfs_umount, kill the pfs daemons to remove the
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Navigate to mounted CD directory, enter: ./setup
If you see DISPLAY permission errors when running the CD, you may want to verify your DISPLAY variable is set.
To set the DISPLAY variable:
DISPLAY=localhost:0.0; export DISPLAY
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