9/04/2012

HP-UX Mounting DVD(CD)-ROM

You can use following procedure to mount a DVD-ROM on HP-UX 11i :


1.    Log in as root
2.    Insert the DVD into the DVD-ROM drive and wait for the drive's busy light to stop blinking.
3.    Find the DVD-ROM device file name using the following command:
ioscan -fn -C disk | more
/dev/dsk/c1t2d0 is a typical device name.
4.    Create the mount point under root(/):
 mkdir /dvdrom
5.    Mount the DVD onto the new directory as a file system. For example, the following command mounts the /dev/dsk/c1t2d0 device as the /dvdrom directory:
mount /dev/dsk/c1t2d0 /dvdrom

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