[Sunhelp] Solaris 8 - unable to mount cdrom (w/or w/o volcheck)

[Matt Tilley]

Hi all,

I've just done a fresh install of Solaris 8 on a Sparc 10, so I know that
the cdrom is seen by system (install done w/cd).  I've created /cdrom (and,
just to be sure, /CDROM). The link exists for c0t6d0s0,1,2,3,4 and 6 in
/dev/dsk/.  FWIW, sd6 can also be seen in dmesg.  

The problem is that after inserting a CD into the cdrom drive, waiting a few
seconds for the flashing leds to finish, I do a "volcheck" - cd to /cdrom
and I don't see anything (no other directories, files, or anything).  I've
tried manually mounting /dev/dsk/c0t6d0sx, but get an error message
(/dev/dsk/c0t6d0sx is alreay mounted, /cdrom is busy or the allowable number
of mount points has been exceeded).  To be sure, I unmount /cdrom and get
the expected error message:  warning: /cdrom not in mnttab, /cdrom not
mounted.

This is probably an easy one, but without the answer it isn't easy to me!!

Anyway with a helpful clue on this?

TIA

- Matt