Mounting a software disc
Veritas software is provided on a DVD format disc.
To mount the software disc
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Log in as superuser.
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Place the Veritas software disc into a DVD drive connected to your system.
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Mount the disc by determining the device access name of the DVD drive. The format for the device access name is
cdx
where x is the device number. After inserting the disc, type the following commands:
# mkdir -p /cdrom
# mount -V cdrfs -o ro /dev/cd
X /cdrom
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Change to the appropriate AIX distribution directory and product subdirectory to view the product release notes and installation guides.