UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi
Can some one help to understand the follwoing thing:

what is a simple mounting? for examle what the following lines says

/dev/hd2 /usr/xxx

if I have to install a software in a remote server, how i can use local cdrom to read the installation files from?

what about if I have the software CD on the server. How I can mount or get access to it?

thanks
ajaya

some thing like this
#mount -t cd9660 /dev/your_cdrom_device /cdrom
where
/dev/you_cdrom_device - it's your cdrom (to my regret you don't show your OS and I can't help you more detaled)
/cdrom - mount point (place where you can find mounted disk)

and don't forget umount device after using

My system is AIX.

Let sat, the CDROM is in my local computer where I work. How can I get software in the CD installed in a remote server ?

thanks

on your local system, mount your dcrom drive. you can do this like how user "mercy" stated... "mount /dev/cd0 /cdrom"

i'm assuming your cdrom on your AIX system is cd0.... and chances are it is.

after mounting the cdrom on your local system, make sure you export that directory. you can do this by "exportfs -i /cdrom". also, make sure your NFS services are available and running. you can check this by doing "lssrc -g nfs".

on the REMOTE system, mount the cdrom from your local system. it would likely be something like "mount localhostname:/cdrom /mnt" where "localhostname" is your local machine's host name and /mnt is some arbitrary mount point.

once mounted, you should be able to do your installs.