[Sunhelp] sharing cdrom via NFS

[James Roth]

Eric Williams wrote:
> 
> I had some problems like this on Solaris 2.5.1 and I ended having to
> share the full path to the mounted cdrom (/cdrom/nameofmountedCD)
> and then NFS mount the full path on the client. This wouldn't be a
> great solution for CD mounts that change but that wasn't a problem
> for my situation.
> 

Yes.  A document sent to me by another list user says that also.  It
works fine now.  Thanks.

> 
> >Hello,
> >
> >       I exported my /cdrom dir (which has a mounted cdrom) to a client
> >machine.  I then nfs mounted /cdrom from the client.  I can see
> >/cdrom/oracle8i, from the client, but it appears as an empty directory.
> >Both machines are running solaris 7 and have no problem sharing other
> >dirs via nfs.  What am I missing?

James