Hello !

For an SAP installation, we've got problems with CDROM (original SAP CDs !).
We mount the CD with "mount /cdrom" as usual.
For information, our /etc/filesystems is configured as below :
/cdrom :
dev = /dev/cd0
vfs = cdfs
mount = true
options = ro
account = false

All the files are in lowercase and we must copy the CD on hard-drive, rename
files (in uppercase) to suceed in the installation.

Do you have any idea ? Is there any invible option for the mount command ?

Thanks in advance
Fil

"Fil" <p.hery@free.fr> writes:

>For an SAP installation, we've got problems with CDROM (original SAP CDs !).
>We mount the CD with "mount /cdrom" as usual.
....
>All the files are in lowercase and we must copy the CD on hard-drive, rename
>files (in uppercase) to suceed in the installation.

>Do you have any idea ? Is there any invible option for the mount command ?

Mount has both a "nocase" and an "upcase" option you might try. The
last time I needed this, I think upcase performed as advertised (all
names converted to uppercase). Nocase did not work, so I ended up
mounting the CD on my Mac and NFS exporting that to the AIX box, which
did work.

--
Dale Talcott, IT Research Computing Services, Purdue University
aeh@quest.cc.purdue.edu http://quest.cc.purdue.edu/~aeh/

aeh@quest.cc.purdue.edu (Dale Talcott) wrote in message news:<aeh.1059665317@quest.cc.purdue.edu>...
> "Fil" <p.hery@free.fr> writes:
>
> >For an SAP installation, we've got problems with CDROM (original SAP CDs !).
> >We mount the CD with "mount /cdrom" as usual.
> ...
> >All the files are in lowercase and we must copy the CD on hard-drive, rename
> >files (in uppercase) to suceed in the installation.
>
> >Do you have any idea ? Is there any invible option for the mount command ?
>
> Mount has both a "nocase" and an "upcase" option you might try. The
> last time I needed this, I think upcase performed as advertised (all
> names converted to uppercase). Nocase did not work, so I ended up
> mounting the CD on my Mac and NFS exporting that to the AIX box, which
> did work.

Not quite - AFAIK nocase and upcase were introduced with AIX 5L
(especially because of this problem with SAP CD's). Question was 'bout
4.3.3 if I got the subject line right.

Regards,
Andreas

Thanks for your answer.

Actually, we worked with 4.3.3 only ;-(

Regards
Fil

"Andreas Schulze" <b79xan@gmx.de> a écrit dans le message de news:
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> aeh@quest.cc.purdue.edu (Dale Talcott) wrote in message
news:<aeh.1059665317@quest.cc.purdue.edu>...
> > "Fil" <p.hery@free.fr> writes:
> >
> > >For an SAP installation, we've got problems with CDROM (original SAP
CDs !).
> > >We mount the CD with "mount /cdrom" as usual.
> > ...
> > >All the files are in lowercase and we must copy the CD on hard-drive,
rename
> > >files (in uppercase) to suceed in the installation.
> >
> > >Do you have any idea ? Is there any invible option for the mount
command ?
> >
> > Mount has both a "nocase" and an "upcase" option you might try. The
> > last time I needed this, I think upcase performed as advertised (all
> > names converted to uppercase). Nocase did not work, so I ended up
> > mounting the CD on my Mac and NFS exporting that to the AIX box, which
> > did work.
>
> Not quite - AFAIK nocase and upcase were introduced with AIX 5L
> (especially because of this problem with SAP CD's). Question was 'bout
> 4.3.3 if I got the subject line right.
>
> Regards,
> Andreas

"Fil" <p.hery@free.fr> wrote in message news:<3f2a4938$0$19526$626a54ce@news.free.fr>...
> Thanks for your answer.
>
> Actually, we worked with 4.3.3 only ;-(
>
> Regards
> Fil
>
> "Andreas Schulze" <b79xan@gmx.de> a écrit dans le message de news:
> 5ee46f5c.0307312308.7b4c615c@posting.google.com...
> > aeh@quest.cc.purdue.edu (Dale Talcott) wrote in message
> news:<aeh.1059665317@quest.cc.purdue.edu>...
> > > "Fil" <p.hery@free.fr> writes:
> > >
> > > >For an SAP installation, we've got problems with CDROM (original SAP
> CDs !).
> > > >We mount the CD with "mount /cdrom" as usual.
> ...
> > > >All the files are in lowercase and we must copy the CD on hard-drive,
> rename
> > > >files (in uppercase) to suceed in the installation.
>
> > > >Do you have any idea ? Is there any invible option for the mount
> command ?
> > >
> > > Mount has both a "nocase" and an "upcase" option you might try. The
> > > last time I needed this, I think upcase performed as advertised (all
> > > names converted to uppercase). Nocase did not work, so I ended up
> > > mounting the CD on my Mac and NFS exporting that to the AIX box, which
> > > did work.
> >
> > Not quite - AFAIK nocase and upcase were introduced with AIX 5L
> > (especially because of this problem with SAP CD's). Question was 'bout
> > 4.3.3 if I got the subject line right.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Andreas

I know this problem when you install SAP R/3 under AIX 4.3.3
I have used one of these script to over come this problem. If you wish
you can try out.
There are so many SAP R/3 CD, rather than mount 1 by 1. First I
copied the CD on harddisk, then ....

(1) Simple , quick

#!/bin/ksh
# Script to convert file name from small letter to CAPITAL letter
for fname in `echo *` ; do
bigname=`echo $fname | tr [a-z] [A-Z]`
mv $fname $bigname
done

(2) extended version
#!/bin/ksh
# converts lowercase filenames to uppercase
# First convert all directories from lowecase to UPPERCASE
for i in `find . -type d -print`
do
OLD=$i
NEW=$( echo $i|tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]' )
if [[ $OLD != $NEW ]]
then
echo "$OLD -> $NEW"
mv $OLD $NEW
fi
done
# Now convert remaining files from lowercase to UPPERCASE
for i in `find . -print`
do
OLD=$i
NEW=$( echo $i|tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]' )
if [[ $OLD != $NEW ]]
then
echo "$OLD -> $NEW"
mv $OLD $NEW
fi
done

Good Luck,
VK

Thanks ;-)

"Vikrant" <icanhearyou@rediffmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
d236b1b8.0308020232.14bdc2c@posting.google.com...
> "Fil" <p.hery@free.fr> wrote in message
news:<3f2a4938$0$19526$626a54ce@news.free.fr>...
> > Thanks for your answer.
> >
> > Actually, we worked with 4.3.3 only ;-(
> >
> > Regards
> > Fil
> >
> > "Andreas Schulze" <b79xan@gmx.de> a écrit dans le message de news:
> > 5ee46f5c.0307312308.7b4c615c@posting.google.com...
> > > aeh@quest.cc.purdue.edu (Dale Talcott) wrote in message
> > news:<aeh.1059665317@quest.cc.purdue.edu>...
> > > > "Fil" <p.hery@free.fr> writes:
> > > >
> > > > >For an SAP installation, we've got problems with CDROM (original
SAP
> > CDs !).
> > > > >We mount the CD with "mount /cdrom" as usual.
> > ...
> > > > >All the files are in lowercase and we must copy the CD on
hard-drive,
> > rename
> > > > >files (in uppercase) to suceed in the installation.
> >
> > > > >Do you have any idea ? Is there any invible option for the mount
> > command ?
> > > >
> > > > Mount has both a "nocase" and an "upcase" option you might try. The
> > > > last time I needed this, I think upcase performed as advertised (all
> > > > names converted to uppercase). Nocase did not work, so I ended up
> > > > mounting the CD on my Mac and NFS exporting that to the AIX box,
which
> > > > did work.
> > >
> > > Not quite - AFAIK nocase and upcase were introduced with AIX 5L
> > > (especially because of this problem with SAP CD's). Question was 'bout
> > > 4.3.3 if I got the subject line right.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Andreas
>
> I know this problem when you install SAP R/3 under AIX 4.3.3
> I have used one of these script to over come this problem. If you wish
> you can try out.
> There are so many SAP R/3 CD, rather than mount 1 by 1. First I
> copied the CD on harddisk, then ....
>
> (1) Simple , quick
>
> #!/bin/ksh
> # Script to convert file name from small letter to CAPITAL letter
> for fname in `echo *` ; do
> bigname=`echo $fname | tr [a-z] [A-Z]`
> mv $fname $bigname
> done
>
> (2) extended version
> #!/bin/ksh
> # converts lowercase filenames to uppercase
> # First convert all directories from lowecase to UPPERCASE
> for i in `find . -type d -print`
> do
> OLD=$i
> NEW=$( echo $i|tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]' )
> if [[ $OLD != $NEW ]]
> then
> echo "$OLD -> $NEW"
> mv $OLD $NEW
> fi
> done
> # Now convert remaining files from lowercase to UPPERCASE
> for i in `find . -print`
> do
> OLD=$i
> NEW=$( echo $i|tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]' )
> if [[ $OLD != $NEW ]]
> then
> echo "$OLD -> $NEW"
> mv $OLD $NEW
> fi
> done
>
> Good Luck,
> VK