> In both cases, the CDROM is (naturally) read-only so why is it that the
> inutoc runs when I am NFS mounted but not when I am locally mounted?
> And is there any way to get around this?
>
> Finally, does anyone suggest an alternate method? I want to avoid NIM
> for the moment, and my only other option I can think of is to use
> "Software Maintenance and Utilities - Copy Software to Hard Disk for
> Future Installation" and then use that on a R/W NFS mount point.

smitty bffcreate then nfs export that filesystem, you'll just need
plenty of space.

> TIA
>
> Steve

c00p wrote:
> > In both cases, the CDROM is (naturally) read-only so why is it that the
> > inutoc runs when I am NFS mounted but not when I am locally mounted?
> > And is there any way to get around this?
> >
> > Finally, does anyone suggest an alternate method? I want to avoid NIM
> > for the moment, and my only other option I can think of is to use
> > "Software Maintenance and Utilities - Copy Software to Hard Disk for
> > Future Installation" and then use that on a R/W NFS mount point.
>
> smitty bffcreate then nfs export that filesystem, you'll just need
> plenty of space.
>
> > TIA
> >
> > Steve

I think you need to 'cd' into the directory that already contains the
..toc file on the CD, so
cd /mnt/blah/blah
Then an 'ls -l | grep .toc' should show the .toc file, then run smitty
from this directory and when it asks where to install from just chose
'.' ie the current directory


Scott

Here is the solution we received from IBM:

NFS Mount of CDROM devices to remote server (Aix 5.2 or Later)
Here are the steps required to properly NFS mount the CD-ROM device
from one server to another remote server. The server which contains the
physical CD-ROM device will be referred to as NFS Server and the remote
server will be referred to as Client Server.

On NFS Server:
1) Disable the nfs_v3_server_readdirplus use of the NFS V3 READDIRPLUS
operation on the NFS server.

Command: nfso -o nfs_v3_server_readdirplus=0

2) Create the CDROM filesystem through SMIT (smit crcdrfs). We will
call it /nfs_cdrom

3) Mount this new filesystem (mount /nfs_cdrom)

4) Add this filesystem to the NFS export list (smit mknfsexp)

Pathname of directory to export [/nfs_cdrom]
Anonymous UID [-2]
Public filesystem? no
Ensure primary hostname in replica list yes
Allow delegations? no
Security method 1 [sys,krb5p,krb5i,krb5,>
Mode to export directory read-write
Mode to export directory read-write
Hosts & netgroups allowed client access [Client_Server_name]

/nfs_cdrom access=Client Server
Exported /nfs_cdrom



On Client_Server_name:

5) Create the mount point (mkdir /nfs_cdrom)

6) Add the filesystem for mounting through NFS (smit mknfsmnt)

Pathname of mount point [/nfs_cdrom]
Pathname of remote directory [/nfs_cdrom]
Host where remote directory resides [NFS_Server_name]
Security method [sys,dh,krb5,krb5i,krb> +
Mode for this NFS file system read-only
Attempt mount in foreground or background background
Mode for this NFS file system read-only


You should now see the filesystem mounted of you Client Server and you
should be able to read the data from the CD-ROM on your NFS server.