Mounting the Software Disc

Insert the VERITAS disc into the DVD drive connected to your system and perform the steps given below to mount the disc. For more information, see VERITAS Storage Foundation Installation Guide.

  To mount the software disc

1. Log in as superuser.
2. Insert the VxVM disc into your system's DVD drive.
3. Determine the block device file for the DVD drive by entering:

   # ioscan -fnC disk

   Make a note of the device file as it applies to your system.

4. Run the following commands to start PFS (Portable File System):
   # nohup pfs_mountd &
   # nohup pfsd &
5. Mount the software disc. For example, to mount the DVD at the mount point /dvdrom, enter:
   # /usr/sbin/pfs_mount -t rrip /dev/dsk/c#t#d# /dvdrom

   where /c#t#d# is the location of the drive.

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     Note    The installation process may generate one or more messages indicating that the media is not writable. You can ignore these messages.

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