mount cd-rom

[bassey essien_1]

I recently tried to install a software on a server, when mounting the cd-rom, i executed
swinstall command on root which took me to software selection window. i specified source
depot type,the host name and source path. Nothing seems to works, also noticed that the cd-rom drive light does not come on.what are the neccessary steps for sw installs on a server, how can i determine the status of cd rom device.
thanks.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi, Bassey:

You don't say what you are trying to install or if you can see files on the mounted (?) CDROM.

An 'ioscan -fn -C disk' should show you your CDROM drive and it should show a software (S/W) state of "CLAIMED".

If you are able to mount the CDROM --
# mount -r /dev/dsk/cXdXtX /cdrom
then a simple 'ls -l' should show files present.

If 'swinstall' cannot find a product for you to install, it may be because you have not loaded a CODEWORD for the product.

Do these comments help you?

...JRF...

[Richard Darling]

Bassey, One thing that could be happening is that the Source Depot Path is /cdrom, when you should have a pathname there for the bundle you want to install. For example, in the patch bundle release I just installed I had to change the path to read /cdrom/XSWGR1100. If you leave it at /CDROM you will get errors.