Using the DVD rom Installation.

[Yaroki]

Hello,

I would like to know how can I use the DVD rom.

When I insert media it doesn't react/display.

(HP-UX, C-8000, B11.11)

BR,

Yali

[Torsten.]

What do you want to install?

Software or OS?

In case of software you need to mount the media, mounting options may depend on the CD layout format.

[Yaroki]

I would like to install them both.

Iets start with the software.

How can I mount the media?

[Torsten.]

First you need to get the device special file from ioscan, let's say /dev/dsk/c0t0d0.

Then you need a mount point, let's say /cdrom

# mkdir /cdrom

then mount it, e.g.

# mount -F cdfs -o rr /dev/dsk/c0t0d0 /cdrom

then you have the data available in /cdrom.

[Yaroki]

Done.

Now I press the open bottom to open the DVD try but nothing happens and no Green light there as before.

In addition, the cdrom mount point doesn't appear in /etc/fstab.

How can I use the data?

[Yaroki]

Ok, I can see the data now when I accsess the directory.

[Torsten.]

You need to add an entry to fstab (if you want) and you need to unmount the cd-rom drive, then you can open it.

[Yaroki]

I tried to mount the DVD from other HP-UX machine, but could not do it:

In other HP-UX machine:

# mkdir cdrom

# chmod 777 cdrom

# mount ip_address:/cdrom /hostname

Permission denied

I have also tried to enter an entry to /etc/fstab and mount -a but it didn't work.

[Torsten.]

In order to mount a filesystem over the network, the source system need to export the file system first.

Did you do this?

[Yaroki]

By edit /etc/exports ?

/cdrom -anon=0

[Dennis Handly]

>By edit /etc/exports?  /cdrom -anon=0

Yes.  You might want to add ro: -anon=0,ro

[Yaroki]

I did it but when I exportfs I can't see that this has insert.

It might concern to the cdrom permission dr-xr-xr-x?

[Dennis Handly]

>It might concern to the cdrom permission dr-xr-xr-x?

Adding "ro" is just a visual check that is is read only.  (I'm not sure it is required?)

[Yaroki]

Still, why can't I see the entry, after using the command exportfs?

[Dennis Handly]

>why can't I see the entry, after using the command exportfs?

Is the entry in /etc/xtab?  What does "showmount -e" show?

[Arockiasamy K]

Accessing the CD/DVD through NFS is not a successful one as of my knowledge.

If you use, you may get some I/O error also.

Better copy the Data to the Windows machine and upload it through Winscp.

If it is a Oracle CD/DVD, copy the DVD's like Disk_1, Disk_2, Disk_3.

Software will detect that as the next DVD while installing Oracle.