HP e3000 MPE/iX Release 6.5 System Software Maintenance Manual (30216-90325)

256 AppendixE
CD-ROM Resources
Loading and Mounting CD-ROM Disks
Loading and Mounting CD-ROM Disks
HPINSTAL supports two types of CD-ROM drives: HP-IB and SCSI drives. SCSI drives
are the only ones available for purchase at this time.
Loading CD-ROM Disks
The CD-ROM disk volumes are sent in a plastic case. If your system has a caddy, you need
to remove the disk from the case and put it into the appropriate caddy for your CD-ROM
drive. You can then load the CD-ROM disk into the drive.
Mounting CD-ROM Disks
Disks loaded into HP-IB drives are automatically recognized by the system and put online.
When using an HP-IB drive, CD-ROM disks do not need to be mounted by mount
commands.
If you are using a SCSI drive, you need to tell the system to put it online after inserting the
CD-ROM. You need to mount CD-ROM disks onto SCSI drives by entering a mount
command.
To mount a CD-ROM disk onto a SCSI drive, use the AVRSCSI MOUNT command from the
INSTALL group:
:HELLO MANAGER.SYS,INSTALL;HIPRI
:AVRSCSI “MOUNT ldev# ”
Where ldev# is the LDEV number of the device on which you want to mount the CD-ROM
disk. For example, to load a disk onto LDEV 11:
:AVRSCSI “MOUNT 11"
You normally do not have to explicitly dismount the disk. HPINSTAL handles this for you
when it is done with the disk. If you need to specifically dismount the disk:
:AVRSCSI “DISMOUNT ldev# ”
Dismounting CD-ROM Disks
At times, CD-ROM disks may need to be explicitly dismounted from the drive. For
example, if you are running HPINSTAL from a terminal other than the system console and
you didn’t allow VSCLOSE, you'll have to explicitly dismount the first disk before you can
load the second one into the CD-ROM drive. You may see the following message:
Unable to close CD-ROM volume volume_name (INSTWARN #8)
If so, you need to dismount the disk.
To dismount a CD-ROM disk from a SCSI drive:
:HELLO MANAGER.SYS,INSTALL;HIPRI
:VSCLOSE volume_set_name
:AVRSCSI “DISMOUNT ldev# ”