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Ethernet or FDDI using the BOOTP and TFTP protocols to install the
base operating system from a server. Layered products can be installed
after the client’s operating system is running with the SysMan Menu.
DMS clients must be capable of booting over Ethernet or FDDI
using the BOOTP and TFTP protocols. Most Alpha workstations and
servers have this capability, but some data center servers cannot be
configured as DMS clients. See your system’s user guide and related
documentation to determine whether it supports BOOTP and TFTP over
Ethernet or FDDI.
____________________ Note ____________________
You cannot use RIS or DMS to install software on DEC 2000
series or DEC 7000 series servers.
1.3 Identifying a CD-ROM Drive Device Name
There are many circumstances when you need to specify your CD-ROM
drive’s device name and you do not know the unit number of the CD-ROM
drive. How you identify this unit number depends on whether your system
is running a version of the operating system that uses traditional device
naming conventions or newer device naming conventions.
Use one of the following procedures to determine your CD-ROM drive’s unit
number:
• If you are using an older version of the operating system that uses
traditional device naming conventions (/dev/rrzNc), use the file
command, specifying the raw device, as shown in the following example:
# file /dev/rrz*c
/dev/rrz1c: char special (8/1026) SCSI #0 RZ25 disk #8 (SCSI ID #1)
/dev/rrz2c: char special (8/2050) SCSI #0 RZ25 disk #16 (SCSI ID #2)
/dev/rrz3c: char special (8/3074) SCSI #0 RZ25 disk #24 (SCSI ID #3)
/dev/rrz4c: char special (8/4098) SCSI #0 RRD43 disk #32 (SCSI ID #4)
/dev/rrz9c: char special (8/17410) SCSI #1 RZ57 disk #72 (SCSI ID #1)
#
In the previous example, the CD-ROM device corresponds to the RRD
device RRD43, and the CD-ROM drive’s unit number is 4. The raw
device name is /dev/rrz4c.
To mount the device, insert the CD-ROM into the drive and use a
mount command, specifying the character special device, similar to the
following:
# mount -rd /dev/rz4c /mnt
The previous example uses a CD−ROM drive that is unit 4 and specifies
/mnt as the mount point.
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