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Mounting a software disc

Veritas software is provided on a DVD format disc.

 To mount the software disc

1. Place the Veritas software disc into a DVD drive connected to your system and login as superuser:

$ su root

2. Determine the block device file for the DVD drive:

   # ioscan -fnC disk

   Make a note of the device file as it applies to your system.

3. Create a directory in which to mount the software disc and mount the disc using the appropriate drive name. For example:

# mkdir -p /dvdrom

# /usr/sbin/mount -F cdfs /dev/dsk/c3t2d0 /dvdrom

4. Verify that the disc is mounted:

# mount

5. Change to the appropriate directory and product subdirectory to view the product release notes and installation guides.