Hello!

I'm trying to mount a DVD (Solaris 10 Sparc 3/05 - original,
manufactured by Sun, ie. not self burned) on a SunFire V240.
This machine has a IDE DVD reader.

How do I mount a DVD on Solaris 9?

According to my textbook, I should be able to do so by running:

# mkdir /cdrom/unnamed_cdrom
# mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s0 /cdrom/unnamed_cdrom

But when I do this, I only get an error message:

bash-2.05# mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s0 /cdrom/unnamed_cdrom
mount: No such device
mount: cannot mount /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s0

That's correct:

bash-2.05# ls -la /dev/dsk/c0t6*
/dev/dsk/c0t6*: No such file or directory

Also my textbook says, that I shouldn't even have to do this, if
Volume Management is running - and it is:

bash-2.05# ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep vold
root 1781 1 0 10:54:08 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/vold

If vold is running, where does it mount media? My textbook says, at
/cdrom/cdrom0 - but there's nothing :/

bash-2.05# ls -la /cdrom/cdrom0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root nobody 23 Sep 26 2003 /cdrom/cdrom0 -> ./solaris8_hw703_suppcd
bash-2.05# ls -la /cdrom/cdrom0/.
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 root nobody 512 Sep 4 2003 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root nobody 512 Sep 1 10:46 ..

I also tried restarting volume management, by running
/etc/init.d/volmgt stop, followed by /etc/init.d/volmgt start. This
didn't change anything at all

When I ran "boot cdrom", I saw that the CD is a IDE device; it had the
"path" /pci@1e,600000/ide@d/cdrom. Having a look at /devices/pci@1e,600000/ide@d,
I see:

bash-2.05# ls -la /devices/pci\@1e,600000/ide\@d
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 512 Sep 3 2003 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root sys 512 Sep 3 2003 ..
brw-r----- 1 root sys 32,240 Sep 3 2003 sd@0,0:a
crw-r----- 1 root sys 32,240 Sep 3 2003 sd@0,0:a,raw
brw-r----- 1 root sys 32,241 Sep 3 2003 sd@0,0:b
crw-r----- 1 root sys 32,241 Sep 3 2003 sd@0,0:b,raw
brw-r----- 1 root sys 32,242 Sep 3 2003 sd@0,0:c
crw-r----- 1 root sys 32,242 Sep 3 2003 sd@0,0:c,raw
brw-r----- 1 root sys 32,243 Sep 3 2003 sd@0,0:d
crw-r----- 1 root sys 32,243 Sep 3 2003 sd@0,0:d,raw
brw-r----- 1 root sys 32,244 Sep 3 2003 sd@0,0:e
crw-r----- 1 root sys 32,244 Sep 3 2003 sd@0,0:e,raw
brw-r----- 1 root sys 32,245 Sep 3 2003 sd@0,0:f
crw-r----- 1 root sys 32,245 Sep 3 2003 sd@0,0:f,raw
brw-r----- 1 root sys 32,246 Sep 3 2003 sd@0,0:g
crw-r----- 1 root sys 32,246 Sep 3 2003 sd@0,0:g,raw
brw-r----- 1 root sys 32,247 Sep 3 2003 sd@0,0:h
crw-r----- 1 root sys 32,247 Sep 3 2003 sd@0,0:h,raw

Which device should I use?

Alexander Skwar
--
Reality continues to ruin my life.
-- Calvin

Alexander Skwar <alexander@skwar.name> writes:
>I'm trying to mount a DVD (Solaris 10 Sparc 3/05 - original,
>manufactured by Sun, ie. not self burned) on a SunFire V240.
>This machine has a IDE DVD reader.


First off, doesn't automounter just mount it? Check to see what is
mounted with the 'df' command. I like its output better than 'mount'.
Its probably already there.


>How do I mount a DVD on Solaris 9?

>According to my textbook, I should be able to do so by running:

># mkdir /cdrom/unnamed_cdrom
># mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s0 /cdrom/unnamed_cdrom

Hmm, lets see. DVD's are UFS filesystem,not hsfs. c0t6d0s0 is only for
SCSI drives on ID6. The textbook seems out of date.


>If vold is running, where does it mount media? My textbook says, at
>/cdrom/cdrom0 - but there's nothing :/

Check to see where for real by running 'df'.

Doug McIntyre wrote:
> Alexander Skwar <alexander@skwar.name> writes:
>> I'm trying to mount a DVD (Solaris 10 Sparc 3/05 - original,
>> manufactured by Sun, ie. not self burned) on a SunFire V240.
>> This machine has a IDE DVD reader.
>
>
> First off, doesn't automounter just mount it? Check to see what is
> mounted with the 'df' command. I like its output better than 'mount'.
> Its probably already there.
>
>
>> How do I mount a DVD on Solaris 9?
>
>> According to my textbook, I should be able to do so by running:
>
>> # mkdir /cdrom/unnamed_cdrom
>> # mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s0 /cdrom/unnamed_cdrom

First thing look in your /dev/dsk directory and make sure the entry is
there. Second, you need to mount the whole volume, so you'll probably
need to use the command "mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s2
/cdrom/unnamed_cdrom". Also, if your mounting manually, don't use
"/cdrom/unnamed_cdrom" as volume management uses this directory to
automatically mound DVD's. Third, if your going to mount manually, turn
off volume management as root/su using the command "/etc/init.d/volmgt
stop".


>
> Hmm, lets see. DVD's are UFS filesystem,not hsfs. c0t6d0s0 is only for
> SCSI drives on ID6. The textbook seems out of date.
>
>

I think your confusing the UDF (Universal Disk Format) with UFS (Unix
File System). But I've successfully mounted DVD's using hsfs.


>> If vold is running, where does it mount media? My textbook says, at
>> /cdrom/cdrom0 - but there's nothing :/
>
> Check to see where for real by running 'df'.
>

· Doug McIntyre <merlyn@geeks.org>:

> Alexander Skwar <alexander@skwar.name> writes:
>>I'm trying to mount a DVD (Solaris 10 Sparc 3/05 - original,
>>manufactured by Sun, ie. not self burned) on a SunFire V240.
>>This machine has a IDE DVD reader.
>
>
> First off, doesn't automounter just mount it?

No. But that's all right, as the system doesn't even find the
DVD drive... See the thread <news:1535234.rJETXP6M3g@work.message-center.info>.

> Check to see what is
> mounted with the 'df' command.

I used the "mount" command to see what's there.

> I like its output better than 'mount'.

I don't

> Its probably already there.

No.

>>If vold is running, where does it mount media? My textbook says, at
>>/cdrom/cdrom0 - but there's nothing :/
>
> Check to see where for real by running 'df'.

If the directory is empty, then I don't see what I'd gain
by doing "df"

Alexander Skwar
--
Young men want to be faithful and are not; old men want to be faithless and
cannot.
-- Oscar Wilde

On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 07:57:32 +0200, Alexander Skwar
<usenet@alexander.skwar.name> wrote:

>· Doug McIntyre <merlyn@geeks.org>:
>
>> Alexander Skwar <alexander@skwar.name> writes:
>>>I'm trying to mount a DVD (Solaris 10 Sparc 3/05 - original,
>>>manufactured by Sun, ie. not self burned) on a SunFire V240.
>>>This machine has a IDE DVD reader.
>>
>>
>> First off, doesn't automounter just mount it?
>
>No. But that's all right, as the system doesn't even find the
>DVD drive... See the thread <news:1535234.rJETXP6M3g@work.message-center.info>.
>
>> Check to see what is
>> mounted with the 'df' command.
>
>I used the "mount" command to see what's there.
>
>> I like its output better than 'mount'.
>
>I don't
>
>> Its probably already there.
>
>No.
>
>>>If vold is running, where does it mount media? My textbook says, at
>>>/cdrom/cdrom0 - but there's nothing :/
>>
>> Check to see where for real by running 'df'.
>
>If the directory is empty, then I don't see what I'd gain
>by doing "df"
>
>Alexander Skwar

I don't know if this is ueful but if its a Toshiba 1401 DVD drive it
could be the drives firmware. It won't read anything from the disc if
the total volume on the dis is over 3GB.

See Sunsolve Document ID: 111649-04
Title: Hardware/DVD: Toshiba DVD 1401 firmware
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Update Date: Thu Mar 09 13:47:46 MST 2006

Daniel