Setting Up the CD-ROM Drive for install4x

Run the install4x program on a server with the Solaris 7 operating environment using one of the three procedures listed in the following section.

• If the system has a local CD-ROM drive, see "Using a Local CD-ROM Drive"

• If the system will use a remote CD-ROM drive on a system running the Solaris 7 operating environment, see "Using a Remote CD-ROM Drive (Solaris 7 Software)"

• If the system will use a remote CD-ROM drive on a system running the SunOS release 4 software, see "Using a Remote CD-ROM Drive (SunOS Release 4 Software)"

Insert the SunOS release 4 CD into the CD-ROM drive before you proceed.

Using a Local CD-ROM Drive

If you are running install4x on a system with a local CD-ROM drive, Volume Management automatically mounts the CD directory on /cdrom/volume1/s0 after you install the CD into the drive.

Using a Remote CD-ROM Drive (Solaris 7 Software)

If install4x is to use a CD-ROM drive on a remote system running the Solaris 7 operating environment, Volume Management automatically mounts the CD directory on /cdrom/volume1/s0. Then type the following command after you install the CD into the drive.

# share -F nfs -o ro /cdrom/volume1/s0 

If you are not sharing other NFS systems at boot time, you need to invoke the mountd(1M) and nfsd(1M) daemons.

Type the following commands on the local system.

# mkdir /cdrom

# mount -F nfs -o ro cd-host:/cdrom/volume1/s0 /cdrom 

Using a Remote CD-ROM Drive (SunOS Release 4 Software)

If install4x is to use a CD-ROM drive on a remote system that is running the SunOS release 4 software, type the following as superuser on the remote system.

# mkdir /cdrom

# mount -t hsfs -r /dev/sr0 /cdrom 

Once you have typed the previous commands, edit the /etc/exports and insert the following line.

/cdrom -ro

Then type the following command on the remote system.

# exportfs /cdrom 

Type the following commands on the local system.

# mkdir /cdrom

# mount -F nfs -o ro cd-host:/cdrom /cdrom