[SunHELP] Unable to mount a Solaris CD ROM

[Michael Horton]

Phil,

I don't believe a CDROM disc has a filetype of "nfs", that is Network
File System.  Sun's admin book lists CDROM discs as " -F hsfs " or you
can try mounting without the " -F " switch.  If you are doing all of
this manually, you will probably want to "umount" the previous CDROM
disc before trying to mount the new one.  Volume Manager (vold) will
automatically mount and unmount CDROM and floppy disks.  I would suggest
that you turn vold on and let it do the mount/umount work.  

A good place to start learning/researching is the man pages.  Try "#man
mount".  Another place is the "big admin" section of the Sun web-site. 
SunHelp.org has a link to this site.  


Hope this helps!

MIchael


Phil Hughes wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to install Oracle Enterprise 8.0.5 on my Sun Ultra-5 server -
> running Solaris 2.6
> 
> Each time I use the File Manager to access the CDROM in the drive, I see
> files listed from an earlier CD ROM. How do I refresh the CDROM. I have
> tried mounting the CD ROM using:
> 
> # mount -F nfs -o ro /dev /dsk/c1d0s2  /cdrom
> 
> and I receive the following message:
> 
>  nfs  mount: nfs file system; use host:path
> 
> which I do not understand. Can you recommend somewhere where I can learn how
> to mount / unmount CD's or any info on installing applications on Solaris
> servers.   I ran the  #cat /dev/vfstab to identify the CDROM dsk info.
> 
> Thanks,
> Phil
> 
> Phil Hughes
> Headstrong
> Technology Operations Manager, Europe
> <mailto:phillip.hughes at headstrong.com>
> Tel: 01932 573620, Mob: 07801 219841
> 
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