Preparing the Remote CD-ROM Drive

Preparing the Remote CD-ROM Drive

You can use a utility called cdinstmgr to manage the mounting and unmounting of CDs on a remote CD-ROM drive during installations. This utility prevents other users from ejecting distribution CDs during an installation and informs you of error conditions. You must start cdinstmgr before you begin the installation.

Use this procedure to start cdinstmgr:

Become root and enter the cdinstmgr command on the installation server.
% su
# cdinstmgr
Respond to cdinstmgr prompts.
Follow cdinstmgr directions as it prompts for the name of the target and guides you through the mechanics of loading the first CD. Be sure to insert CDs with the label up. If mediad is not already running on the installation server, cdinstmgr prompts you for the superuser password to the server.
Note the mount directory for the CD-ROM drive.
When you see the message below, note the value of CDdir, the mount point directory; you will need it later.

CD on CDdir for host hostame: type the word "done" when you are finished with this CD, "quit" if you are completely done:
You will respond to this prompt after you have finished using this CD.
Verify that the target can access the distribution source.
Enter this command from the target to verify that it has access to the distribution CD:

% rsh server -l user 'ls CDdir/dist'
If the output to this command is a list of products contained on the distribution CD, the target has access to the distribution CD. If the output is an error message, you should diagnose and correct the error before beginning the installation.