mounting iso via ilo virtual media in RHEL 2.1 AS (ESX 2.5.3)

[J.J. McDaniel]

I'm trying to mount my virtual media iso via command line in Linux. This works on a DL760G2 with 'mount /dev/cdrom /mnt'

I'm trying this on one of the new DL585 dual core systems and it's not working. I've tried most of the devices I know and still can't seem to get it to work.

Anyone been successful with finding which device to mount to get access to the iso in the virtual media of the ilo?

Thanks!

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom

mount -o loop /mnt

example

mount -o loop nfsserver:/pub/RH2/iso/RHAS2-disc1.iso /mnt

SEP

[J.J. McDaniel]

Shalom Steven!

What I am trying to do is mount it from my ilo. I have an iso image mounted via virtual media in my ilo. I can not seem to figure out how to mount this media within the OS. (this will save me from having to copy the iso over to my server)

Thanks!

J.J.

[Sung Oh · Accepted solution]

Hi J.J

Can you try this command to see if works from the service console?

#mount /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom

Regards,
Sung

[J.J. McDaniel]

That was it Sung!!! Thanks!!!

It worked from both the service console and a putty session.

# mount /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom
mount: block device /dev/scd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only

[Alan_152]

Are you sure that virtual media is supported on your current machine, iLO, and firmware rev? There are lots of HP combinations that are currently unsupported...

[J.J. McDaniel]

Yes, I believe since iLO firmware rev 1.80 they've supported virtual media via CD-Rom and iso.

This is a new DL585 dual-core system.