PFS mount - steps?

[Scott_20]

what are the steps for this? thanks!

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi Scott:

PFS (Portable File System) mounts? -- Avoid them unless you want to risk hanging 'bdf' and 'ls' tasks with a reboot the only option. *Instead* install:

For 11.0 :

PHKL_28060
PHCO_26449
PHKL_26450

For 11.11:

PHKL_25760
PHCO_25841
PHKL_26269

As always, consider a superseding patch if offered when you query the Patch Database.

Once installed, to mount a CD, do:

# /usr/sbin/mount -F cdfs -e -o ro,rr device_file

Regards!

...JRF...

[Paul Sperry]

$ su root
If there is not already an entry in the /etc/pfs_fstab file for your CD-ROM
device, you must add one. As the root user, use a system editor to add a line,
in the following format, to the /etc/pfs_fstab file:
device_file mount_point filesystem_type translation_method
(/dev/dsk/c4t2d0 /SD_CDROM pfs-rrip xlat=unix 1 0)
# nohup /usr/sbin/pfs_mountd &
# nohup /usr/sbin/pfsd &
# /usr/sbin/pfs_mount /cdrom


Bu I agree with james RockyRidge will save you alot of headachs.

[Tim Sanko]

Let me tell you that the recommendation for installing those patches should be a necessity, not an option.

I was bitten by pfs_mount problems more than once. That was thew solution that actually ended the problems long term.

Tim Sanko

[Ravi_8]

Hi,

It can be achived by :
craete a file /etc/pfs_fstab
make an entry
/dev/dsk/c3t2d0 /cdrom pfs-rrip xlat=unix 0 0
(c3t2d0 is the cd drive )
insert the CD into the drive
#pfs_mountd&
#pfsd&
#pfs_mount /cdrom

make sure NFS daemons are running.

but PFS mount is not prefered nowdays, you can go with the patches as told by JRF

[kondalarao]

hi it is not just mount it's pfs_mount .device file is not dsk it is rdsk.