Reading the 6.5.4 iso file from CD

[C_J_Hund]

Hi all,

Would I be able to burn the Solaris 6.5.4 Netbackup iso file to a CD from a Win client and then use that CD in a Sun box?  Unfortunately, I can't test this from where I sit, so I'm trying to figure out if it will work before asking others to do this for me.

Sincere thanks,
C.J.

[Taskin]

You can do that. Burn the cd as a data and put your iso file in it.  is that what you are asking? 

Thanks,

[Deepak_W]

ISO is a universal format and is not proprietary to any principle company.

This is why when you write your CD/DVD from ISO file, your data is not changed and that can be read from any host without any problem.

Now coming to your question – whether or not you will be able to use the CD burned from ISO from Windows machine into Solaris host??

Yes you can very well do that.

Note – Burn your disk with option “From existing image” (this is there in Nero, check your own SW)


Hope this clarifies your query.

[Marianne]

You can mount the ISO file on the SUN server. I've done that many times where the SUN server did not have a cdrom.
ftp the ISO file in binary format to the SUN server.
See this URL for mount instructions: http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/218/mount-an-iso-image-on-a-solaris-filesystem-with-lofiadm/
Given an ISO image in /export/temp/software.iso, a loopback file device (/dev/lofi/1) is created with the following command:

lofiadm -a /export/temp/software.iso /dev/lofi/1

The lofi device creates a block device version of a file. This block device can be mounted to /mnt with the following command:

mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/lofi/1 /mnt

These commands can be combined into a single command:

mount -F hsfs -o ro `lofiadm -a /export/temp/software.iso` /mnt

***EDIT***

I've just had another look at your post - you are mentioning 6.5.4?
Those are simply patches and are downloaded in tar format (server, client and agents).
The tar files can be used as-is to ftp to SUN server or write to cd/dvd (Clients patch won't fit on a cd).

ISO image only applies to original 6.5 install media.

[C_J_Hund]

Thank you for the input.  That answered my question.

[Marianne]

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