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.

    Note:

    For platforms that do not have access to the cdrom, copy the software packages to virtual machines using ftp.

  3. Insert the disc and type the following command:

    # mount -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.