pfs_mountd process dies

[madhans]

Hi,
I am trying to install Oracle8i on HP-UX 11.0. To mount oracle cdrom i need to use rockridge format, so i run pfs_mountd & and the run pfsd &.
but when i see 'ps -ef |grep pfs' I find only pfs and ofs.rpc
The process pfs_mountd and pfs_mountd.rpc does not exist. I tried restarting the server too. Doesnt really help. I have also checked that we have PHCO_16438(PFS patch) applied to our system.If anyone could help it wud be great.

[Sajid_1]

hello,

Did you try a 'nohup' command in front of the 'pfs' command? This will keep the daemons running even if you logout from your current session.

# nohup pfs_mountd ...

HTH

[Telia BackOffice]

I know there is an addition to the mount program, just cant remember the patch name. Where you can mount with a cc option, and this will work the same way as pfs.

BR,
Jannik

[Ravi_8]

Hi,

open a file /etc/pfs_fstab
make the entry:
/dev/dsk/cxtxdx /cdrom pfs-rrip xlat=unix 0 0

save and close the file.

#pfs_mountd&
#pfsd&
#pfs_mount /cdrom
should mount the oracle CD.

If this fails check for 'nfs' daemons (ps -aef|grep nfs) restart the nfs daemons(/sbin/init.d/nfs.server stop/start,
/sbin/init.d/nfs.cliet stop/start)

[Sebastian Galeski_1]

Hello

You need to do this:

1. nohup /usr/sbin/pfs_mountd &
2. nohup /usr/sbin/pfsd &
3. /usr/sbin/pfs_mount -t rrip -x unix /dev/dsk/c4t2d0 /SD_CDROM
4. /usr/sbin/pfs_umnount /SD_CDROM

There are some patches that can be installed for v11 that will let you do a normal mount of

mount -F cdfs -o rr /dev/dsk/c?d?t? /cdrom

its much easier to install these patches first then you can mount oracle CD's using the normal mount command - much easier!

PHCO_26449 1.0 Add Rock Ridge extension to mount_cdfs(1M)
PHKL_26448 1.0 Y2k; Rock Ridge extension for ISO-9660
PHKL_26450 1.0 Rock Ridge extension for ISO-9660

for 11.0

regards seba

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

You must have 'nfs' and 'mountd' running to use 'pfs_mount'.

# rpcinfo -p ...should show the presence of these processes

To ensure that these are started at bootup, edit '/etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf' to specify:

NFS_CLIENT=1
NFS_SERVER=1
NUM_NFSD=4
START_MOUNTD=1

To circumvent the use of the (awful) 'pfs_mount' you can download an apply the following patches for 11.0:

PHKL_26448
PHCO_26449
PHKL_26450

Obviously, a reboot will be required to install these, but you find that the solution is far superior to 'pfs_mount'.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Wodisch_1]

Hi,

in addition to what JRF already wrote, AFTER the reboot you can use good old "mount" with the new option "-o rr" to mount a CD-ROM with the so-called RockRidge extensions...

HTH,
Wodisch