Installation and Setup Guide for Resource Manager Essentials 4.0.3 on Solaris (With LMS 2.5.1)
Appendix C: Mounting and Unmounting the CD-ROM

Table Of Contents

Mounting and Unmounting the CD-ROM

Mounting a Local CD-ROM Drive

Mounting a Remote CD-ROM Drive

Unmounting the CD-ROM Drive


Mounting and Unmounting the CD-ROM


This appendix gives general information on how to mount the Resource Manager Essentials (RME) CD-ROM on a Solaris 2.8 or 2.9 system. For more detailed instructions, consult your Sun documentation.

You can install RME from a CD-ROM mounted on the CiscoWorks Server system or from a CD-ROM mounted on a remote Solaris system.

This appendix contains these sections:

Mounting a Local CD-ROM Drive

Mounting a Remote CD-ROM Drive

Unmounting the CD-ROM Drive

Mounting a Local CD-ROM Drive

Insert the RME CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive and:


Step 1 Become the superuser by entering the command su and the root password at the command prompt, or log in as root.

The command prompt changes to the pound sign (#).

Step 2 If the /cdrom directory does not already exist, enter the following command to create it:

# mkdir /cdrom

Step 3 Mount the CD-ROM drive.


Note The vold process manages the CD-ROM device and performs the mounting. The CD-ROM might automatically mount onto the /cdrom/cdrom0 directory.


If you are running File Manager, a separate File Manager window displays the contents of the CD-ROM.

a. From the File Manager, double click on setup.sh file.

The Action: Run box appears.

b. Click OK to continue installation.

If the /cdrom/cdrom0 directory is empty because the CD-ROM was not mounted, or if File Manager did not open a window displaying the contents of the CD-ROM, verify the vold daemon is running by entering:

# ps -e | grep vold | grep -v grep

If vold is running, the system displays the process identification number of vold. If the system does not display anything, restart the daemon by entering:

# /usr/sbin/vold &

If the vold daemon is running but did not mount the CD-ROM, stop the vold daemon and then restart it.

To stop the vold process, you must know the process identification number. If you do not know the process identification number, you can get it by entering:

# ps -ef | grep vold | grep -v grep

Step 4 Stop the vold process by entering:

# kill -15 process_ID_number

Step 5 Restart the vold process by entering:

# /usr/sbin/vold &

If you encounter problems using the vold daemon, enter the following command to mount the CD-ROM:

# mount -F hsfs -r ro /dev/dsk/cxtyd0sz /cdrom/cdrom0

where x is the CD-ROM drive controller number, y is the CD-ROM drive SCSI ID number, and z is the slice of the partition on which the CD-ROM is located.

You have now mounted the CD-ROM drive. See "Installing RME", for instructions on installation.


Mounting a Remote CD-ROM Drive

Insert the RME CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of the remote machine and perform Step 1 through Step 12 on the remote machine.


Step 1 Become the superuser by entering the command su and the root password at the command prompt, or log in as root.

The command prompt changes to the pound sign (#). If the /cdrom directory does not already exist, enter:

# mkdir /cdrom

Step 2 Mount the CD-ROM drive.


Note The vold daemon process manages the CD-ROM device and performs the mounting. The CD-ROM might automatically mount onto the /cdrom/cdrom0 directory.


If you are running File Manager, a separate File Manager window displays the contents of the CD-ROM.

a. From the File Manager, double click on setup.sh file.

The Action: Run box appears.

b. Click OK to continue installation.

If the /cdrom/cdrom0 directory is empty because the CD-ROM was not mounted, or if File Manager did not open a window displaying the contents of the CD-ROM, verify that the vold daemon is running by entering:

# ps -e | grep vold | grep -v grep

If vold is running, the system displays /usr/sbin/vold. If the system does not display anything, restart the daemon by entering:

# /usr/sbin/vold &

If the vold daemon is running but did not mount the CD-ROM, stop the vold daemon and then restart it. To stop the vold process, you must know the process identification number. If you do not know the process identification number, you can get it by entering:

# ps -ef | grep vold | grep -v grep

Step 3 Stop the vold process by entering:

# kill -15 process_ID_number

Step 4 Restart the vold process by entering:

# /usr/sbin/vold &

Step 5 If you encounter problems using the vold daemon, enter the following to mount the CD-ROM:

# mount -F hsfs -r ro /dev/dsk/cxtyd0sz /cdrom/cdrom0

where x is the CD-ROM drive controller number, y is the CD-ROM drive SCSI ID number, and z is the slice of the partition on which the CD-ROM is located.

Step 6 Use a text editor to create an /etc/dfs/dfstab file, if one does not exist.

Step 7 Add the following line to the /etc/dfs/dfstab file:

share -F nfs -o ro /cdrom/cdrom0

Step 8 Make sure your remote machine is enabled as an NFS server by entering:

# ps -ef | grep nfs | grep -v grep

The output of this command indicates whether the /usr/lib/nfs/nfsd and /usr/lib/nfs/mountd daemons are running. If they are not running, enable your machine as an NFS server by entering:

# /etc/init.d/nfs.server start

If your machine is enabled as an NFS server, enter one of the following:

# share

Or

# shareall


Step 9 Go to the machine on which you want to install RME.

Step 10 Log on as superuser by entering the command su and the root password, or log in as root.

Step 11 Create a /cdrom directory, if one does not already exist, by entering:

# mkdir -p /cdrom/rme40


Step 12 To mount the CD-ROM drive, enter:

# /usr/sbin/mount -r remote_machine_name:/cdrom/cdrom0 /cdrom/rme40


You have now mounted the CD-ROM drive. See "Installing RME" for instructions on installation.

Unmounting the CD-ROM Drive

After you complete the RME installation, you need to unmount the CD-ROM drive and eject the CD-ROM.

To unmount a local CD-ROM drive, as root, enter:

# cd
# umount /cdrom/cdrom0 
# eject

To unmount a remote CD-ROM drive:


Step 1 As root, enter the following on the local machine:

# umount /cdrom/rme40

Step 2 As root, enter the following on the remote machine:

# umount /cdrom/cdrom0
# eject



Note Instead of using the eject command, you can select File > Eject from the File Manager.