why cdrom mounting

[Hogun L]

hi everybody!!

#ioscan -kfnCdisk
claimed /dev/dsk/c6t2d0

#mount /dev/dsk/c6t2d0 /cdrom
/dev/dsk/c6t2d0: no such device or address

why mount cdrom please!!

[Steven Sim Kok Leong]

Hi,

Execute the following

# lssf /dev/dsk/c6t2d0

What do you see any errors? Execute the following to re-install the special files.

# insf -e

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong
Brainbench MVP for Unix Admin
http://www.brainbench.com

[Steve Labar · Accepted solution]

Try mounting this with these steps.
mkdir /cdrom
mount -F cdfs /dev/dsk/cXtYdZ /cdrom

There must be a CD inserted in the device for this to work properly.

Good Luck.
Steve

[Bill Hassell]

If you try to mount certain types of CDROMs (there are several dozen different ways the 'standards. for CDROM filesystems can be used and the HP-UX cdfs code has not had a major rewrite for more than 10 years.

As mentioned, you may have to tell the mount command -F cdfs, and if that does not work, add the -r option as in:

mount -F cdfs -r /dev/dsk/c6t2d0 /cdrom

Note there may be format issues with the filenames, so add -o cdcase and see if that helps. HP-UX cannot read pure Joliet filesystems (common with PC CDROMs) and requires a helper set of programs to read RockRidge extensions or ECMA 168 CDs.

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi,

Do a diskinfo on /dev/rdsk/c6t2d0 and see if it returns the type CD-ROM.

lssf /dev/dsk/c6t2d0 will give you the path and you can find if it is really a CD-ROM drive.

Also make sure you have a CD in there. Otherwise you will get no such device addresss.

-Sri