Use the following procedure to find the instructions appropriate for your operating system:

  1. Insert the CD/DVD-ROM into the optical drive.

  2. If the CD/DVD-ROM is automatically mounted, continue to step 3 . Otherwise, select the appropriate mount command as shown in Mounting the CD/DVD-ROM for UNIX operating systems.

Table 1. Mounting the CD/DVD-ROM for UNIX operating systems

Operating system

Commands and examples

CentOS

 
# mount -o ro -F hsfs <device> /mnt

Example:

# mount -o ro -F hsfs /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s0 /mnt

HP-UX

 
mount -ocdcase -o ro -F cdfs <
                        DEVICE
                        > /mnt/cdrom

mount -ocdcase -o ro -F cdfs /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

Linux

 
# mount <device>

Example:

# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

where <device> is the mount point for the optical drive.

  1. Change to the CD/DVD-ROM directory by typing the appropriate command from Changing to the CD/DVD-ROM directory in UNIX operating systems.

Table 2. Changing to the CD/DVD-ROM directory in UNIX operating systems

Operating system

Command

CentOS

If Volume Manager (VM) is running:

# cd /cdrom/<os>/<product>_SUITE/suite

If VM is not running:

# cd /mnt/suite

HP-UX

 
# cd /mnt/cdrom/suite

Linux

If Automount is running:

# cd /cdrom/<os>/<product>_SUITE/suite

If Automount is not running:

# cd /mnt/cdrom/suite

where: <os> is the operating system, for example, CentOS_64, linux_64, or winnt_64.

<product> is the product software, for example, IP or MPLS.