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106 APPENDIX C: MOUNTING THE CD-ROM ON A UNIX PLATFORM
Mounting the
CD-ROM on IBM AIX
4.1.x Through 4.2.x
If you are mounting the CD-ROM from a drive that is directly connected to the
network management station, enter the commands in this section. If you will
mount the CD-ROM remotely, proceed to “Mounting from a Remote CD-ROM
Drive.”
Mounting from a Local
CD-ROM Drive
To mount the CD-ROM from a local drive, follow these steps:
1 Open a command window.
2 Insert the CD-ROM.
3 Confirm that the CD-ROM is mounted by entering:
mount | grep cdrom
If you receive no output command, you must mount the CD-ROM by entering:
su
mkdir /cdrom (if you have not already done so)
mount -v cdrfs -r /dev/cd0 /cdrom
Mounting from a
Remote CD-ROM Drive
To mount the CD-ROM from a remote drive, follow these steps:
1 Open a command window.
2 Insert the CD-ROM.
3 Enter:
su
mkdir /cdrom (if you have not already done so)
mount -v cdrfs -r /dev/cd0 /cdrom
4 Create the /etc/exports file if it does not already exist.
5 Add the following line to the /etc/exports file, if you have not already done so:
/cdrom -ro
6 If the /etc/exports file existed previously, enter:
/usr/sbin/exportfs -a
7 If the /etc/exports file did not exist previously, reboot to become an NFS server.
8 On the local machine (the machine on which you are installing the bridge/router
utilities), enter:
su
mkdir /cdrom/remote (if you have not already done so)
mount -n <remote machine>:/cdrom /cdrom/remote
For <remote_system>, enter the IP address or host name of the remote system
that does not have a CD-ROM drive.