Solaris 10 10/09 DVD Media Might Not be Automatically Mounted by vold (6712352)

The Solaris 10 10/09 DVD does not mount by default during runtime. No error message is displayed.

Workaround: Perform the following steps:

1. Become superuser.

2. Disable vold:

   • On Solaris 10 Systems:

     # svcadm disable -t volfs

   • On Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 systems:

     /etc/init.d/volmgt stop

3. Mount the media manually by using the # mount -F hsfs path to block device path to mount point command. For example:

   # mount -F hsfs /dev/rdsk/c0t2d0s2 /mnt