Mounting the CD-ROM (HP-UX)

Root authority is required to perform this task.

To mount CD-ROM:

1. Log in as root
2. If necessary, create a new directory as the mount point for the CD-ROM drive. Directory /cdrom is already present in the filesystem
3. If necessary, identify the drive device file using the ioscan -fnC disk command. This command lists all recognized CD-ROM drives and their associated device files. The filename will be something similar to  /dev/dsk/c1t0d0.

   		# ioscan -fnC disk
   Class     I  H/W Path     Driver S/W State   H/W Type     Description
   =====================================================================
   disk      0  0/0/0/2/0/0/0.8.0              sdisk   CLAIMED     DEVICE       HP      EG0300FAWHV
                            /dev/dsk/c0t8d0   /dev/rdsk/c0t8d0
   disk      1  0/0/0/2/0/0/0.8.1              sdisk   CLAIMED     DEVICE       HP      EG0300FAWHV
                            /dev/dsk/c0t8d1     /dev/dsk/c0t8d1s2   /dev/rdsk/c0t8d1    /dev/rdsk/c0t8d1s2
                            /dev/dsk/c0t8d1s1   /dev/dsk/c0t8d1s3   /dev/rdsk/c0t8d1s1  /dev/rdsk/c0t8d1s3
   disk      7  0/0/0/5/0/0/0.100.73.0.0.0.0   sdisk   CLAIMED     DEVICE       IBM     2145
                            /dev/dsk/c5t0d0   /dev/rdsk/c5t0d0
   disk      6  0/0/0/5/0/0/0.100.104.0.0.0.0  sdisk   CLAIMED     DEVICE       IBM     2145
                            /dev/dsk/c3t0d0   /dev/rdsk/c3t0d0
   disk      4  255/1/0.0.0  sdisk   CLAIMED     DEVICE       hp DVD  DE8A4L
                            /dev/dsk/c1t0d0   /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0
   		

4. Mount the CD drive to the mount-point directory:

    mount -F cdfs -o rr /dev/dsk/c1t2d0 /cdrom 

5. Verify the mount using the ls /cdrom command.