mount a CD

[Bawitdaba]

Hi everyone!
i'm trying to mount an Invensys CDRom. I already used:
#mount -F cdfs /dev/dsk/cXtXdX /cdrom
#mount -o cdcase /dev/dsk/cXtXdX /cdrom
#pfs_mount -o xlat=unix /dev/rdsk/cXtXdX /cdrom

And none of them woks fine since i can't read the CD content properly.
anyone can help me?
thanks
merce

[Niraj Kumar Verma]

Hi,

first unmount your CDROM
Then try the following

# mount /dev/dsk/cXtXdX /cdrom


Regards
-Niraj

[Ravi_8]

Hi Merce

Do the normal mounting of the CD
#mount /dev/dsk/cxtxd0 /cdrom

If you are able to see the contents of CD, then the media is ok otherwise you need to change the media.

If the contents of the Media is not as normal, then it needs pfs mount

#vi /etc/pfs_fstab
make an entry
/dev/dsk/cxtxd0 /cdrom pfs-iso9660 xlat=unix 0 0
save and close the file.
#pfs_mountd&
#pfsd&
#pfs_mount /cdrom

now you should be able to read media, if you get the error saying that the media is not iso format, then replace iso9660 with rrip in /etc/pfs_fstab file.

[Bill Hassell]

Is this a PC CDROM? If so, it may be in Joliet format which is unreadable on HP-UX. If the CD is in RockRidge format, PFS should work OK as long as PFS was started correctly. Are the filenames in all UPPERCASE with ;1 version numbers? How does the CD fail?

[Bawitdaba]

hi!
well, the CD is supposed to be readable in HPUX. The problem is lots of strange charanters...
I'll do some tests and i'll tell you all
thanks
merce

[Khalid A. Al-Tayaran]

Hi,

Use both options so you don't see all uppercase letters:
#mount -F cdfs -o cdcase /dev/dsk/cXtXyX /cdrom

Bye...

[T G Manikandan]

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x348f93e260b0d611abdb0090277a778c,00.html

you can install patches to eliminate the pfs mounts check this link

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xf489107d277ad611abdb0090277a778c,00.html

[Khalid A. Al-Tayaran]

Hi,

I forgot to mention, you can save the line
mount -F cdfs -o cdcase /dev/dsk/cXtXyX /cdrom

to /usr/bin/mount_cd

and give it execute permissions instead of typeing every time you mount a another CD.