In some situations, you may need to physically burn a DVD-ROM or CD-ROM to install software directly onto systems. In these cases, you need the ISO image located on storage accessible to the host that you are using to burn the ROM device. There are many different ways to burn ISO images to disc-based media, and you should generally refer to your own operating system's documentation for this. However, the following command may assist Oracle Linux users to burn a physical ROM from the command line:

# growisofs -Z /dev/dvd=/tmp/OVMSvr.iso

Substitute /dev/dvd with the device name of your DVD-ROM or CD-ROM drive. Substitute /tmp/OVMSvr.iso with the path to the ISO file. If you are uncertain of the device name for your drive, try running:

cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info

Take note of the drive name and prepend it with /dev/.

Solaris users can use the cdrw tool to do something similar:

# cdrw -i -d /dev/rdsk/cxtxdxs2 /var/tmp/OVMSvr.iso

Substitute /dev/rdsk/cxtxdxs2 with the device name of your DVD-ROM drive. Substitute /var/tmp/OVMSvr.iso with the path to the ISO file. If you are uncertain of the device name for your DVD-ROM drive, try using the rmformat command to list your removable media devices and take note of the Logical Node that is reported for the device.

When you have burned your media to disc, you can use it to install the software onto your target host. In the case of Oracle VM Server for x86 hardware, the ISO that you have burned is a bootable DVD-ROM or CD-ROM that includes a full operating system install. If you have opted to install your servers using physical media, make sure the DVD-ROM or CD-ROM device is configured as the first boot device in the BIOS for each server where you want to install the software.

For most other installations, such as for Oracle VM Manager or Oracle VM Agent for SPARC, the operating system is already present on the target host. The DVD-ROM or CD-ROM need only be mounted to an accessible place in the existing file system. Typically, this can be achieved by running the following command:

# mount -t iso9660 /dev/dvd /mnt/cdrom

Substitute /dev/dvd with the device name of your DVD-ROM or CD-ROM drive. Substitute /mnt/cdrom with a suitable path to an existing mount point. If you are uncertain of the device name for your drive, try running:

cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info

Take note of the drive name and prepend it with /dev/.