mount cd problem

[Bill Hassell]

One of the reasons pfs is deprecated (means: do not use) is that it can create hangs which will require a reboot to clear. Check to see if there are any pfs processes running and try to kill them.

Now create a new mount point such as /CD. Then use the mount -orr /dev/dsk/cxtxdx /CD command (do not use pfs_mount or any pfs commands).

[Sen Lu]

I also found the pfs-mount not very stable, sometimes would give me : giving up ...

by the way, how to check any pfs and kill them?

[V. Nyga]

ps -ef|grep pfs

V.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

> by the way, how to check any pfs and kill them?

You must kill the processes in the _reverse_ order that you started them.

First kill 'pfsd' and then kill 'pfs_mountd'.

Of course, before you do the above, use 'pfs_umount' to unmount the mounted CD.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Sen Lu]

Thanks all, still, seems the only way works is to use pfs_mount ,then use kill command after that.
but before I use the pfs_mount command,
I have to
nohup /usr/sbin/pfsd_mountd 4 &
nohup /usr/sbin/pfsd 4 &
ps -ef |grep pfs

then pfs_mount -o xlat=unix /dev/...

but when pfs_umount /cdrom
it gives error saying ...not registered..
then I have to use kill to eject the cdrom.

Soooo complicate but seems that's the only way to mount the cd so far...thanks guys.