Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Hello, I am logged into an AIX 5.3 partition within HMC. How do I access the cdrom drive? I went through these mounting instructions but it didn't work, http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/db2luw/v8/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.db2.udb.doc/start/t0006751.htm.

any ideas?

thanks.
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Originally posted by: dukessd

Well obviously the procedure failed at some point!

Where did it fail?
What was the result of each step?
Does your partition have a CD drive in the available state to start with?
Where, exactly, did you put the CD, in the HMC CD drive?
What is on the CD?
What filesystem type is on your CD disk?
What type of CD disk is it, CD-ROM, CD-RW, CD-R?
What type of CD drive is it - and again, are you trying to use the drive in the HMC or the pSeries system?
Can another system read the CD or could it be blank or damaged?

Come on! give us a clue..
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Originally posted by: datta13

mkdir -p /cdrom
Just check

1. smitty cdrom

CD ROM Drive

Move cursor to desired item and press Enter.

List All Defined CD ROM Drives
List All Supported CD ROM Drives
Add a CD ROM Drive
Change / Show Characteristics of CD ROM Drive
Remove a CD ROM Drive
Configure a Defined CD ROM Drive
Generate an Error Report
Trace a CD ROM Drive

COMMAND STATUS

Command: OK stdout: yes stderr: no

Before command completion, additional instructions may appear below.

cd0 Available 03-08-00 IDE DVD-RAM Drive

then use the command
mount -v cdrfs -o ro /dev/cd0 /cdrom

If u get any error message sent the message.
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

When I select the "List All Defined CD ROM Drives' I get this:

cd0 Defined 01-08-00 IDE DVD-RAM Drive (yours is showing Available)

When I run the mount command I get this:

1. mount -v cdrfs -o ro /dev/cd0 /cdrom

mount: 0506-324 Cannot mount /dev/cd0 on /cdrom: There is a request to a device or address that does not exist.

I also selected the "Configure a Defined CD ROM Drive" I get this:

Method error (/usr/lib/methods/cfgidecdrom):
0514-028 Cannot perform the requested function because the
parent of the specified device is not in a correct state.
Thanks for the help.
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Originally posted by: datta13

May be some other LPAR is using CD-ROM find out which one is using cdrom, unmount it from there and mount it over here,

Is this a production box?
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Good thought, but the other LPAR that is up isn't using it. I tried a mount from that one as well (another AIX 5.3) with the same results.

This is not a production box.

thanks.
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Originally posted by: datta13

Is it defined on other Lpar, by the way try to mount it to /mnt, some times it works.

mount -rv cdrfs /dev/cd0 /mnt
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Originally posted by: Kosala

I always thought DLPAR of CD/DVD is always a mess. Anywayz the following always worked for me.

From the LPAR currently attached with the CD:

1. lsslot -c slot

this will show you how the CD is attached to the LPAR. Then remove the PCI which has the CD/DVD attached to.

1. rmdev -R -l pci[x]

Now it's free to be be moved from the HMC. Two options, either you can use the dlpar->IO from the GUI, and chose to move the IO device... it would be like IDE Mass Storage blah blah, or open a ssh session to the HMC, login with "hscroot" and use chhwres to remove it from the existing partition and attach it to the new partition... syntax is hell.

I hope this helps :).
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