Mounting a software disc

Veritas software is provided on a DVD format disc. If you have the media kit, then get the software disc from the media kit.

To mount the software disc

  1. Log in as superuser.

  2. Place the Veritas software disc into a DVD drive connected to your system.

  3. 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. Insert the disc and type the following commands:

    # mkdir -p /mnt/cdrom
    # mount -V cdrfs -o ro /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
  4. Change to the appropriate distribution directory and product subdirectory to view the product release notes and installation guides, or install the products.