topic Re: Problems mounting CD in Operating System - HP-UX

Problems mounting CD

dictum9 — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:33:13 GMT

This is 11.11 on A class.

I am trying to mount Oracle CD. It looks almost right but the username/group is messed up and so are the file names. Am I using the right options? What's going on?

#:mount -F cdfs -o cdcase /dev/dsk/c0t1d0 /cdrom
# ll /cdrom
total 34
dr-xr-xr-x 1 4294967295 4294967295 2048 May 13 2002 install
dr-xr-xr-x 1 4294967295 4294967295 2048 May 13 2002 lgto
-r-xr-xr-x 1 4294967295 4294967295 651 May 13 2002 runinsta.
dr-xr-xr-x 1 4294967295 4294967295 2048 May 13 2002 response
dr-xr-xr-x 1 4294967295 4294967295 2048 Jun 10 2002 doc
-r-xr-xr-x 1 4294967295 4294967295 5334 Jun 10 2002 index.htm
dr-xr-xr-x 1 4294967295 4294967295 2048 Jun 10 2002

Re: Problems mounting CD

Jeff_Traigle — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:39:12 GMT

This works for us:

mount -F cdfs -o ro,rr,noauto /dev/dsk/c0t1d0 /cdrom

Re: Problems mounting CD

Steven E. Protter — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:44:01 GMT

Shalom,

See the script in my post in this thread:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=70859

SEP

Re: Problems mounting CD

uadm26 — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:48:06 GMT

Hi,

To mount Oracle CD's I use pfs_mount, it's easy and work's fine. Using "nohup" and "&" you send the processes to background, and worry about shell logout or system-hang-up.
To mount the CD:
Example:
nohup pfs_mountd&

nohup pfsd&

pfs_mount -van -xlat unix /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0 /SD_CDROM

Then to eject the CD:

pfs_umount /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0
ps -edaf | grep pfs
kill -9 "pid dos pfs"

Good Luck...
JT

Re: Problems mounting CD

uadm26 — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:52:16 GMT

Hi, correction
Using "nohup" and "&" you send the processes to background, and you don't worry about shell logout or system-hang-up.

Re: Problems mounting CD

Paul Sperry — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:26:52 GMT

How did you mount the CD. I'd sujest using
RockRidge.

For 11.0 :

PHKL_28060 PHCO_26449 PHKL_26450

For 11.11:

PHKL_25760 PHCO_25841 PHKL_26269

Then to mount

/usr/sbin/mount -F cdfs -e -o ro,rr device

Re: Problems mounting CD

Sp4admin — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:30:55 GMT

Hi Etc,

pf-mount some time will hang the server if you don't have the current patch. We use the commands listed below. Normaly the 1st one works for us.

mount -F cdfs -o rr /dev/dsk/cxtxdx /cdrom

mount -o cdcase /dev/dsk/cxtxdx /cdrom

mount -o rr,ro /xxxx/xxxx /xxxx/xxxx

Sp,

Re: Problems mounting CD

James R. Ferguson — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:33:53 GMT

Hi:

Unless this is a must-have, right-now, *don't* fiddle with a 'pfs_mount'. Instead, install any matches you need to do a native mode mount. Jeff has provided the syntax. If you can't wait to install the patches, which require a reboot, do yourself a favor and make this the last time you 'pfs_mount'!

The rationale for *not* using 'pfs_mount' is documentented in my response in the thread Steven mentions:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=70859

I also noted the 11.11 patches you need, there, although they almost certainly have been superseded.

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: Problems mounting CD

dictum9 — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:12:04 GMT

Thanks for the replies, but not one command above worked and I tried all of them. I am sure they work on other systems, but on 11.11 it bombed. Not sure if this is a patch issue or what. (It is a fresh install)

Browsing the referenced thread, I was able to get the following to work:

pfsd &
ps -fe| grep pfs
pfs_mount -o xlat=unix /dev/dsk/c0t1d0 /cdrom

I will explore working alternatives without pfs_mount, using just "mount".

Re: Problems mounting CD

James R. Ferguson — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:20:19 GMT

Hi (again):

Assuming that you install (or have installed) the requisite patches for native CD mounts, you should be able to do:

# /usr/sbin/mount -F cdfs -e -o ro,rr device_file

The current 11.11 patches you need are:

PHCO_25841
PHKL_34153
PHKL_26269

You must install all three patches for the mount feature to work.

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: Problems mounting CD

dictum9 — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 15:43:25 GMT

James Ferguson,

Actually, this is the only thing I have not tried yet in this thread. I should try it however.

I had similar commands work on other servers, I don't know why there are issues with 11i. Patch issue I see.

Re: Problems mounting CD

dictum9 — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:14:04 GMT

James Ferguson,

I ran into some pfs problems, where I couldn't unmount the CD, or actually I could, but it wouldn't eject. I did 'kill -9' on all the daemons and still problems, then it wouldn't mount anything anymore. I had to powercycle the CDROM drive to eject the CD. Restarting the pfs daemons, and nothing worked. I feared the machine needed a reboot.

So never mind pfs. I installed the 3 patches and it worked wonderfully, thank you.