Mounting and Unmounting on Solaris

This section describes how to mount the Resource Manager CD-ROM on a Solaris 2.4 or 2.5.1 system. This section includes a very general description. If you run into difficulty or if you have special requirements, consult your Sun documentation for more complete instructions.

This appendix includes the following sections:

• Mounting from a Local CD-ROM Drive

• Mounting from a Remote CD-ROM Drive

• Unmounting the CD-ROM Drive

Mounting from a Local CD-ROM Drive

Insert the Resource Manager CD-ROM disk into the CD-ROM drive and perform the following steps:

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.

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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.

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

Step 4 If the /cdrom/cdrom0 directory is empty because the CD was not mounted, or if File Manager did not open a window displaying the contents of the CD-ROM disk, verify that the vold daemon is running by entering the following command:

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

Step 5 If vold is running, the system displays /usr/sbin/udd. If the system does not display anything, restart the daemon by entering the following command:

# /usr/sbin/vold &

Step 6 If the vold daemon is running but did not mount the CD, stop the vold daemon process and then restart the daemon. 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 this command:

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

Step 7 Stop the vold process by entering the following command:

# kill -15 process_ID_number

Step 8 Restart the vold process by entering the following command:

# /usr/sbin/vold &

You have now mounted the CD-ROM drive. See Chapter 1, "Installing Resource Manager," for instructions on installing Resource Manager.

Mounting from a Remote CD-ROM Drive

Insert the Resource Manager CD-ROM disk into the CD-ROM drive of the remote machine and perform Step 1 through Step 11 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 (#).

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.

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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.

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

Step 4 If the /cdrom/cdrom0 directory is empty because the CD was not mounted, or if File Manager did not open a window displaying the contents of the CD-ROM disk, verify that the vold daemon is running by entering the following command:

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

Step 5 If vold is running, the system displays /usr/sbin/udd. If the system does not display anything, restart the daemon by entering the following command:

# /usr/sbin/vold &

Step 6 If the vold daemon is running but did not mount the CD, stop the vold daemon process and then restart the daemon. 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 the following command:

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

Step 7 Stop the vold process by entering the following command:

# kill -15 process_ID_number

Step 8 Restart the vold process by entering the following command:

# /usr/sbin/vold &

Step 9 Use a text editor to create an /etc/dfs/dfstab file, if one does not exist.

Step 10 Add the following line to the /etc/dfs/dfstab file:

share -F nfs -o ro /cdrom/cdrom0

Step 11 Ensure that your remote machine is enabled as an NFS server by entering the following command:

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

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

# share

# shareall

This indicates if the following daemons are running: /usr/lib/nfs/nfsd and /usr/lib/nfs/mountd.

If these daemons are not running, you need to enable your machine as an NFS server by entering the following command:

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

Step 12 Go to the local machine.

Step 13 Become the superuser by entering the command su and the root password or log in as root.

Step 14 Create a /cdrom directory, if one does not already exist, by entering the following command:

# mkdir -p /cdrom/px

Step 15 To mount the CD-ROM drive, enter the following command:

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

You have now mounted the CD-ROM drive. See Chapter 1, "Installing Resource Manager," for instructions on installing Resource Manager.

Unmounting the CD-ROM Drive

After you have completed the Resource Manager installation, you need to unmount the CD-ROM drive. The following sections explain how to unmount a local and remote CD-ROM drive.

Unmounting a Local CD-ROM Drive

To unmount a local CD-ROM drive, follow these steps:

Step 1 As root, enter the following command:

# cd
# umount /cdrom/cdrom0

Step 2 Remove the CD-ROM disk and store it in a safe place.

Unmounting a Remote CD-ROM Drive

To unmount a remote CD-ROM drive, follow these steps:

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

# umount /cdrom/px

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

# umount /cdrom/cdrom0

Step 3 Remove the CD-ROM disk and store it in a safe place.