how to mount cdrom in hpux

[apple]

dear HPUX gurus,
how to mount the cdrom in HPUX.
i was told i need to find the cdrom device file and mount it to /cdrom.
but where can i find the cdrom device file?
hope to hear from you. promise of good points.
many thanks in advance.

[Sajjad Sahir · Accepted solution]

Dear Almond
make a directory /cdrom
inorder to know the disk
just type ioscan -funC disk

/dev/dsk/c1t2d0 DVD-ROM 305

mount /dev/dsk/c1t2d0 /cdrom

[Jeeshan]

Hi

try this

insf -e
to recreate the files

ioscan -fnC disk |grep -v cdrom

should give you the device file for the cdrom drive.

mount -F cdfs /dev/dsk/cxtydz /cdrom

to verify
ls -l /cdrom

[Torsten.]

It may be easier to suggest something useful if you provide more information:

# model
# uname -r
# ioscan -fn


Sometimes you may have "unusual" device files, e.g. on a 11.31 system with built-in USB drives.

[Sajjad Sahir]

I told u almond u can find it easily
by typing ioscan -funC disk
data1#ioscan -funC disk
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
==========================================================================
disk 0 1/0/0/3/0.6.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP 36.4GST336753LC
/dev/dsk/c0t6d0 /dev/rdsk/c0t6d0
disk 1 1/0/0/3/1.2.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP DVD-ROM 305
/dev/dsk/c1t2d0 /dev/rdsk/c1t2d0
disk 2 1/0/1/0/0/1/1.6.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP 36.4GST336753LC
/dev/dsk/c3t6d0 /dev/rdsk/c3t6d0
disk 3 255/255/0/0.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HSV100 HP
/dev/dsk/c14t0d0 /dev/rdsk/c14t0d0
disk 4 255/255/0/0.1 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HSV100 HP
/dev/dsk/c14t0d1 /dev/rdsk/c14t0d1
disk 5 255/255/0/0.2 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HSV100 HP
/dev/dsk/c14t0d2 /dev/rdsk/c14t0d2

u can see dvd rom enrty there
mount same way
what i tol u before
if u want to go cd rom then
go /cdrom directoy

[apple]

thanks a lot. :) hv a nice day

[Steven Schweda]

A forum search for, say,
mount cd-rom hp-ux
didn't help you?

[Dennis Handly]

You can also have SAM find and mount it for you. One thing you can do for CDs is to have it make an entry in /etc/fstab but with the "noauto" option. That way you can mount it with "mount /cdrom" and not have to specify all of the other options.