pfs_umount

[tarek_3]

hi guys
i'am trying to install oracle 8.1 on my unix server OS 11i.
i use pfs_mount to mount the CD:
nohup pfs_umountd &
nohup pfsd &
pfs_mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0 /cdrom

but when i need to umount the CD to put the second one using "pfs_umount /cdrom ",the system give me the following message "Device busy"
the following patchs are installed:
PHCO_24777
PHNE_263888
PHCO_27434
PHCO_25452
PHNE_24910
PHSS_26560
PHSS_26558
any help

[John Poff]

Hi,

Usually when that happens to me our local DBA has a shell running and they are sitting somewhere inside of the /cdrom directory tree. Make sure everybody is cd'd out of the /cdrom tree and try pfs_umount again.

JP

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi,

check the cdrom mountpoint
#fuser -c /cdrom
or SD_CDROM

Robert-Jan.

[John Dvorchak]

From another telnet/console session run fuser on the mount point /cdrom. Make sure that you are not currently in that directory tree before issuing the command. With fuser you will see what processes are currently using /cdrom and those must be terminated before umounting the device.

# fuser -u /cdrom

will let you see the PID and the username.

# fuser -ku /cdrom

will kill all of the PID's using /cdrom

Good luck

[John Payne_2]

pfs mount is evil that way. HP has brought out some patches to end the use of pfs mount, if that helps. One for 11i was just superceeded by PHKL_28025. (It is only a 1 star patch, though.)

You need PHKL_26520 (the one with the warning. You should read the warning and then decide if you want to use the 1 star new patch...) and PHKL_26269. This will allow you to stop using pfs mount.

Hope it helps
John

[Wodisch]

Hi,

that's one of our FAQs, really ;-)

Usually some other shell is "sitting" (cd) in/on a directory of the mounted CD-ROM (maybe the root-shell having mounted it?).
And then some "traditionalists" do a "cd" into the mounted CD-ROM as user "oracle" themselfs.

Both is not needed any more and is actually wrong...

If it's not that, then try using the dialog box of the Java-Installer to navigate down to the root-directory.
Then "pfs_umount" and "pfs_mount" from your root-shell. Finally navigate back to the mount-directory in the Java-Installer.

FWIW,
Wodisch

[Steven E. Protter]

My two cents.

Every time this happened to me someone had a session open on the cd.

Usually that someone was me.

When I ran the fuser -cuk /cdom command my terminal session would get clipped, proving myself the culprit.

I'm attaching my pfscontrol script, because it helps me avoid other issues with pfs_mount

Its a start stop script, but will work in /usr/contrib/bin or wherever you store admin scripts.

P-man

[Julio Yamawaki]

When you start Oracle install with runInstaller, (oracle user), you must start by typing /cdrom/runInstaller, because, if you go to /cdrom and start runInstaller, oracle user will be using /cdrom, causing "device busy".

[Jose Mosquera]

Hi,

To mount CD:
nohup /usr/sbin/pfs_mountd &
hohup /usr/sbin/pfsd &
nohup /usr/sbin/pfs_mount -x unix /dev/dsk/[c?t?d?] /cdrom &

To umount CD:
nohup /usr/sbin/pfs_umount /dev/dsk/[c?t?d?] &

Pls note that is "pfs_umount" and not "ps_mount" to **umount** your media..!

To umount you needs indicate the device name instead of the mount point!

Rgds.

[SVTGanesh]

Hi
Seems you are running the runinstaller from the /cdrom/XXX/???/.runinstaller
try running from ouside with fulpath, Hope may help

thanks
SVTGanesh