I N F O R M A T I O N R E L E A S E AB 126
ADDING PACKAGES USING CD ROMS
NCR Unix 3.0 is being distributed on CD ROM. A base install is simple enough using boot diskettes 1, 2 and 3 the CD ROM can be accessed quite easily to load the desired package set.
However to load a package or patch from a CD ROM onto a fully loaded system requires more thought. Before the CD ROM can be accessed it has to be mounted. Before the CD ROM drive can be opened and the CD ROM removed/replaced it has to be unmounted.
To load additional packages or patches for a CD ROM:-
(1) Open the drive and insert the CD ROM, close the drive.
(2) In root establish whether the directory /cdrom exists. If it doesn't then create it by #mkdir /cdrom.
(3) To mount the CD ROM enter
#mount -F ufs -o ro /dev/dsk/device /cdrom.
(4) To load the packages enter
#pkgadd -d /cdrom.
(5) To remove the CD ROM enter
#unmount /cdrom.