pfs_umount problems

[Brando Sumayao]

I am now trying to unmount CD #1 of the Oracle 8.1.7 installation pack so that I can insert CD #2, and I cannot do the PFS_UMOUNT command (pfs_umount /cdrom) since I am getting the ff error message:

# cd /
# pfs_umount /cdrom
umount: cannot find /cdrom in /etc/mnttab
cannot unmount /cdrom
umount: cannot find /cdrom in /etc/mnttab
cannot unmount /cdrom
umount: /cdrom: Block device required

I have rebooted the server twice but getting the same results.

Believe me, from now on, I will go ahead and set up staging areas on the disk to not have to go thru these problems again!

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated ...

Thanks.

[Roger Baptiste · Accepted solution]

Brando,

I just responded to your problem on the other thread.
You do not need to pfs_umount after the server is rebooted.
Just eject the CD, it will be out.

Once you eject the CD: do the
following to set up pfs for
mounting the cd''s again.

edit /etc/pfstab file
and add the entry
/dev/dsk/ /cdrompfs-rrip xlat=unix 0

Then do this in the following
order:
nohup /usr/sbin/pfs_mountd &
nohup /usr/sbin/pfsd &
(the order is important)

Now, mount the CD
pfs_mount /cdrom
(do the copy as said earlier)
then, pfs_umount /cdrom
Put the next CD , and mount
again and continue as before.

-raj