Re: Problem install Oracle from CDROM for AIX

ms_at_mlc-ratingen.de writes:

>In article <3cfa13$sas_at_ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> wdm2_at_ix.netcom.com (Henry H. Kwok) writes:

> I tried to install Oracle 7.0.16 from a cdrom for a RS6000 AIX version
> 3.2.5 last week and had all kind of problem. Oracle said that the cdrom
> is ISO 9660 format with Rock Ridge extension and IBM claims that their
> cdrom does not support Rock Ridge (which allows filename of more than 8
> characters). The result is all the filenames on the cdrom are truncated
> to 8 characters and all suffix are truncated to 3 characters. Even when
> I mount the cdrom on a Sun Solaris, the result are the same. My question
> is, are there any cdrom's or patch for AIX out there that can support
> Rock Ridge extension ? If not, why does Oracle only provide cdrom in
> this format for AIX ? Some of you out there must have installed Oracle
> successfully on an AIX from cdrom, is there anyway around this problem ?
> Thanks for your help.
 

>We had the same problem. There is a shell script somewhere on the CD
>which creates links with the correct filenames. Installing Oracle is
>always fun :-(
 

>Michael
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Put the following in your /etc/filesystems file, and type 'mount /cdrom'.

AIX 3.2.5 will have no problem running start.sh and dealing with the CD-ROM file format.

/cdrom:

        dev             = /dev/cd0
        vfs             = cdrfs
        mount           = false
        options         = ro
        account         = true