A Mounting Discs

This Oracle product is delivered on both CD-ROM and DVD-ROM. These discs are in ISO 9660 format with Rockridge extensions. This appendix describes how to mount and unmount a disc on each supported platform. It includes information about the following topics:

Mounting Discs on Linux x86-64

Mounting Discs on Linux x86-64

On most Linux systems, the disc mounts automatically when you insert it into the disc drive. If the disc does not mount automatically, follow these steps to mount it:

Switch user to root:
```
$ su - root
```
If necessary, enter a command similar to one of the following to eject the currently mounted disc, then remove it from the drive:
- Red Hat:
```
# eject /mnt/cdrom
```
- SuSE:
```
# eject /media/cdrom
```
In these examples, /mnt/cdrom and /media/cdrom are the mount point directories for the disc drive.
Insert the appropriate disc into the disc drive.
To verify that the disc mounted automatically, enter one of the following commands depending on your platform:
- Red Hat:
```
# ls /mnt/cdrom
```
- SuSE:
```
# ls /media/cdrom
```
If this command fails to display the contents of the disc, enter a command similar to the following to mount it, depending on your platform:
- Red Hat:
```
# mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
```
- SuSE:
```
# mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom  /media/cdrom
```
In these examples, /mnt/cdrom and /media/cdrom are the mount point directories for the disc drive.
If the Installer is displaying the Disk Location dialog box, enter the disc mount point directory path, for example:
```
/mnt/cdrom
```

To continue, go to one of the following sections:

If you want to copy software to a hard disk, see the following section:

Copy the Oracle Client Software to a Hard Disk
If you want to install the software from the discs, see the "Install the Oracle Client Software" section.