CD-rom

[NghiemLuu]

Hi,

I am very new to HP environment, can any one show me step by step how to install a software into my hp9000 C110 model, including information on cd-rom mounting.

Thank You All,
Luu

[Karthik_2]

find the cdrom device name...
ioscan -fnC disk | pg
it should be similar to /dev/dsk/c0t5d0
mkdir /cdrom
mount /dev/dsk/c0t5d0 /cdrom
swinstall ....will take you to install menu
You can follow the instructions here to view sw from cd and install .
For more details refer swinstall man page if you choose to install from command line.

Cheers
Karthik...

[NghiemLuu]

Thank you Karthik,

I was able to mount the cdrom by following your guides; however, I got an error saying:

"There is currently no depot software on host at location " /cdrom"".

What am I doing wrong?


Thanks in Advance

[Jason VanDerMark · Accepted solution]

What application is on the cd-rom? If it is Oracle it has a special way to mount the cd-rom. You would most likely have to use pfs_mount for any cd-roms not from HP. You can tell if the mount has worked properly by looking at the contents of the cd-rom after mounting it.

cd /cdrom
ls

if the names have a ;1 at the end then the cd-rom is in rockridge format if so, type the following:

umount /cdrom
nohup pfs_mountd &
nohup pfsd &
pfs_mount -o xlat=unix /dev/dsk/cxdxtx /cdrom

After typing this you should then be able to access the cdrom. This is only for rockridge format cd-roms though. Hope this helps.

Good Luck,
Jason V.

[Brian Markus]

Try useing the "k" option in ioscan
ioscan -fnkC disk
to find the cdrom.

the "k" says to look in the kernal. It's much faster. Some systems ioscan's can take for ever!!

As far as installing from cd, this definatley depends on the software you're trying to install. You need to use pfs_mount for oracle, and for regular HP-UX Application cd's you generally can just put them in, mount and point to the CDROM.

If your ftping the files for example a patch do the following
ftp us-ffs.external.hp.com
log in as anonymous with your email as your pass
cd hp-ux_patches
choose your platform(700=workstation, 800=server) Some patches are for either or.

cd s700_800
or
cd s800

type bin to go into binary mode

get PHKL_number - Kernal patch
PHNE_number - network patch
PHSS_number - (xwindow, omni, general tools) I cant remember what the ss stands for off the top of my head
PHCO_number - command patch

once you've gotten the file you want you must use sh

sh PHCO_1234
this will extract a PHCO_1234.txt and PHCO_1234.depot

to install that new depot go into swinstall and choose local directory, point to the depot file.

/tmp/patches/PHCO_1234.depot

The .text file has full instructions on how to do this process.



There are tons of documents on this on hp's documentation website
http://docs.hp.com


Hope this helps,

Brian