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I recntly installed Solaris 7 from a CDrom drive on my computer, but
when I run Solaris I cant find the CD. I need this to install
Answerbook, and install my printer. Neither work yet. I want to
correct this so i don't need to keep bothering all you nice people in
this n/g.
Any help gratefully received.
Thanks
Peter

p.s. be gentle, i an both a nebie and an oldie.

if you have installed CDE there should be no problems at all. Just
insert a cdrom and the file manager (dtfile) will be startet
automatically.
The cdrom drive and the floppy drive (if installed on your machine) is
handled by the volume mangement (see man page on vold).
There should be a directory /cdrom with one ore more subdirectories
where vold mounts inserted cdrom medias. The should also be a symbolic
link /cdrom/cdrom0 to the directory where the cdrom actually is mounted
on.
Hope this helps.

Andreas

The CD drive is found automatgically upon boot, and as you've installed SOlrais
and CDE I'm confused as to what you want to know...

When you insert a CD into the drive, and close the door, it should appear on the
screen if you are running CDE, in a seperate File manager style window.  You
have to specifically disable this for the window NOT to appear, so what's
happening?

At a non-CDE white screen command line prompt, Solaris mounts the CD for you in
the background (takes about 10-15 seconds) and then it is available as
/cdrom/cdrom0 - it should also be visible if you type "df" to a command prompt
in any cmdtool/shelltool/terminal window.  You'll see a line that shows the CD
somewhere in the listing.

Quote:>Hi again,
>i have found admintool and set up the printer, but still need help
>setting up the cdrom drive.
>thanks
>peter

Quote:>The CD drive is found automatgically upon boot, and as you've installed
>SOlrais
>and CDE I'm confused as to what you want to know...

go to /etc/init.d directory. look for a script that has volmgt in it's name.
execute this script. volmgt should now be working.
if you want vold automatically, make a link from /etc/rc2.d/S92volmgt (I think
it's S92) to the /etc/init.d volmgt script. man ln for specifics, I always get
the order messed up.

good luck,
Lee

hi,
sorry to be so ignorant, i installed the 'full' package, and the CDE
works fine, but there is NO /cdrom nor /cdrom/cdrom0.
How do i set these up please.
thanks
peter

Quote:>if you have installed CDE there should be no problems at all. Just
>insert a cdrom and the file manager (dtfile) will be startet
>automatically.
>The cdrom drive and the floppy drive (if installed on your machine) is
>handled by the volume mangement (see man page on vold).
>There should be a directory /cdrom with one ore more subdirectories
>where vold mounts inserted cdrom medias. The should also be a symbolic
>link /cdrom/cdrom0 to the directory where the cdrom actually is mounted
>on.
>Hope this helps.
>Andreas

Quote:>When you insert a CD into the drive, and close the door, it should appear on the
>screen if you are running CDE, in a seperate File manager style window.

Quote:>/cdrom/cdrom0

Quote:> You'll see a line that shows the CD

# df
/proc           (/proc                  ):      0       blocks          698     files
/               (/dev/dsk/c0d1s0        }       73992   blocks          28238   files
/usr            (/dev/dsk/c0d1s6        }       628644 blocks           349610  files
/dev/fd         (fd                     }       0       blocks          0       files
/var            {/dev/dsk/c0d1s1        }       75020   blocks          28321   files
/opt            {/dev/dsk/c0d1s5        }       72016   blocks          30084   files
/tmp            {swap                   }       194824  blocks          7205    files
#

does this throw any light on things ?

Quote:>somewhere in the listing.

thanks
peter

   I'm running Solaris 2.6/Intel.  

   I haven't had your problem with the CD, but the what you
describe sounds like the way the floppy works when I try to
use that.  Perhaps this will work for you.  

   Insert a CD, type "volcheck.  This sends the Volume
manager out to mount the removable media.  Your CD light
should flicker, and after that, your CD should be recognized.  

   I have all SCSI hard drives, DAT and CD-ROM.  What is your
CD?  Is the CD recognized at boot time?  My Adaptec 3940
reports what is on it's SCSI bus when it boots.  

                                                     Larry

Quote:>When u have installed Solaris from  a CD , it should detect the CD .
>Try using the file manager to browse the CD ROM , or the Open CD ROM icon from
>the CDE . And also let us know what kind of error meesage it gives ??
>I think we would better be able to help you  , if u could provide us with more
>information  :)

gecko:miked# ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep vol
    root   235     1  0   Feb 12 ?        0:48 /usr/sbin/vold

If you do NOT get this, then you are not running the important bit.
Check for a file /etc/vold.conf - mine looks like this:

#
# Volume Daemon Configuration file
#

# Database to use (must be first)
db db_mem.so

# Labels supported
label dos label_dos.so floppy pcmem
label cdrom label_cdrom.so cdrom
label sun label_sun.so floppy pcmem

# Devices to use
use cdrom drive /dev/rdsk/c*s2 dev_cdrom.so cdrom%d
use floppy drive /dev/rdiskette[0-9] dev_floppy.so floppy%d
use pcmem drive /dev/rdsk/c*s2 dev_pcmem.so pcmem%d forceload=true

# Actions
insert dev/diskette[0-9]/* user=root /usr/sbin/rmmount
insert dev/dsk/* user=root /usr/sbin/rmmount
eject dev/diskette[0-9]/* user=root /usr/sbin/rmmount
eject dev/dsk/* user=root /usr/sbin/rmmount
notify rdsk/* group=tty user=root /usr/lib/vold/volmissing -p

# List of file system types unsafe to eject
unsafe ufs hsfs pcfs
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Now, if you are NOT ruinning the vold process, type:

/usr/sbin/vold 1>/dev/console 2>&1 &

which should start it.  Check it is running with the ps command as above.

Is it started on boot?  Check, using:   ls -l /etc/rc2.d/*volmgt

You should get something similar to:

-rwxr--r--   2 root  sys 524 May  3  1996 /etc/rc2.d/S92volmgt

Now... if the vold process is running, try inserting a CD and watching the lights.  They
probably will flash for a few seconds.  Wait til they stop for about 5-10 secs.  Now do a
df.  I get this in my listing:

/cdrom/patches_4_0_2_d1(/vol/dev/dsk/c0t6d0/patches_4_0_2_d1): -1 blocks -1 files

If I do a "df -k" I get:

/vol/dev/dsk/c0t6d0/patches_4_0_2_d1 661116 -1 0  100%  /cdrom/patches_4_0_2_d1

Yours will be different but similar... I hope.
Report back when you can....

Good luck!

Papelina

Quote:>I recntly installed Solaris 7 from a CDrom drive on my computer, but
>> when I run Solaris I cant find the CD.

/etc/init.d/volmgt start

then man ln to get the right syntax to put this script in /etc/rc2.d
i think:
ln /etc/rc2.d/S92volmgt /etc/init.d/volmgt

i just can't remember if you link pointer to real or the other way around.

good luck
lee

  ln -s realfile linkname