PFS Mount Problem

[Harinath N]

Hi,

Whenever we try to do a pfs mount of CD media using pfs_mount command, it is getting mounted as nfs file system, ie., the bdf output
shows hostname:/dir, even when the media is mounted locally.

How to pfs mount the CD in normal way?
Can anyone help on this?

Thanks and Regards,
N.Harinath

[Shahul]

Hi

For using pfs successfully, U should run these two daemons first.

#/usr/sbin/pfs_mountd &
#/usr/sbin/pfsd &

Now U mount by using pfs_mount command. For more information see man page of pfs_mount.

Best of luck

Shahul

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

You can try this out. Might help.

1. Use a system editor to add the following line to the /etc/pfs_fstab file.

Syntax



The first entry is the CD-ROM device file; the second is the mount point. The third indicates that the CD-ROM to be mounted is in IS0 9660 format with RockRidge extensions.

Example

/dev/dsk/c5t2d0 /SD_CDROM pfs-rrip xlat=unix 1 0

2. Enter the following command.

$ nohup /usr/sbin/pfs_mountd &

3. Enter the following command.

$ nohup /usr/sbin/pfsd &

4. Place the CD-ROM into the tray and run the following command to mount the CD-ROM:

$ /usr/sbin/pfs_mount /SD_CDROM

Hope this helps. Good luck

[Wodisch]

Hello,

first: Sanjay is correct with the example, except for the
type your CD may need: if it complains, or shows the
files with a trailing ";1", then you will have to check the
other 2 possibilities: "pfs-hsfs" and "pfs-iso9660"...

second: PFS (Portable File System, from Young Minds,
Inc) is really based on Sun NFS RPCs, so in order for
"pfsd" and "pfs_mountd" to be able to run, your station
MUST have the portmapper running (today = HPUX11
that will be "rpcbind", but in former times = HPUX10 it
was "portmap"). Hence the mounts will be shown as
NFS mounts (which they are!).

HTH,
Wodisch

[Rajeev Tyagi]

Harinath,

Even after following the procedure of pfs you will get the same bdf output i.e :.

[Manju Kampli]

Hari,

The pfs mount will work the way you are seeing it. There no other "NORMAL" way to mount it.

Hope its clear to you.
Manju