Shared CDrom

[toni osta]

Hi ,

Please can i ahev the steps needed to have a shared cdrom on HPUX , ( i want to install a software from a CD mounted on a rx2660 remotely to another rx2660 server )

thank uyou

[Dennis Handly]

What's on the CD? If it is a software depot, you can swcopy it to disk and then every computer can access that depot.

Otherwise you export the filesystem by adding it to /etc/exports and using exportfs(1m).
And then added it to /etc/fstab or use the mount command on each client.

[Vihang.]

Hi Toni,

If your CD contains a software depot. Just mount it as /cdrom on your server, then run below command.

# swreg -l depot /cdrom

This will register the depots in /cdrom to be accessed by other servers on the network.
From the server where you want to install, run "swinstall" without any parameters. Once inside the SAM screen, give the IP address or host name of the server having the CD & then search for available depots on that server & then select the /cdrom depot. You will get a list of all available softwares in the CD. Now, select & install whichever software you want.


Regards,
Vihang.