problem installing from remotely mounted cdrom 1

[wpdavids]

I successfully remotely mount a cdrom from one machine to another. However, I can not do software package installs from the AIX 4.3.3 media.

This is the error I get when trying to install from smitty.

1800-106 An error occurred:

0503-007 inutoc: Cannot create file /cdrom/.toc.
check permissions and available space.
Cannot read input device, directory or table of contents file.



Is there a work around when trying to install from remotely mounted cdrom's ?

This is how I mounted the cdrom:

logged in a root on system1

# mount -rv cdrfs /dev/cd0 /cdrom

# exportfs -i -o ro,root=<nodename> /cdrom

# exportfs -v

login as root on system2

# mount -n <system1> /cdrom /cdrom

see the error messages above when I try to install software from this mounted CD.

 

[ggitlin]

I believe it is trying to create a file on the read-only media.
Try copying the contents of the CD to a hard disk and running the install from the local or NFS file system.

 

[wpdavids]

Ggitlin,

I believe you are right, but I'm looking to for a solution to this problem. There must be a way to run installs from the remotely mounted CDrom drive.

The .toc file is trying to write to the mounted file system which is the read only CDrom.

How can you work around this without having to copy the CDrom to a hard drive ?

 

[aixqueen]

Try and see if this helps? Maybe not...maybe

http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/aix.techTips?refNo=9337987588836

On AIX 4.x BOS installation CD-ROMs and most LPP CD-ROMs, the install images are now located in /cdrom/usr/sys/inst.images. On some LPP CD-ROMs, the install
images are located in /cdrom. To check which directory the install images are on,
check for the existence of a .toc file in the directory. Once you have determined
the directory with the .toc file, use the full pathname of the directory as your <input device> in SMIT when you perform your install.

 

[Yegolev]

Just an echo (and star for aixqueen), I've seen this when I forget to cd to /cdrom/usr/sys/inst.images because that's where the .toc is. If you do copy the installation files to a DASD, you will have to run `inutoc /the/dir/you/put/them/in` to create another .toc file. IBM Certified -- AIX 4.3 Obfuscation

 

[wpdavids]

You are all The BEST !!!

Thanks for the help.

After mounting the CD I needed to access the files from the complete directory path /cdrom/usr/sys/inst.images

Thanks again for the tips on the .toc file..