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Installing SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.1 Software On Solaris 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 Systems

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4.2 Installing from the CD-ROM

4.2.1 Access to Remote CD-ROM

If the CD-ROM drive that you are using for software installation is attached to
a remote machine, refer to your SunOS installation guide for remote CD-ROM
access and proceed with the installation procedures in the sections that follow.

4.2.2 Using

cdm

When installing the SunFastEthernet Adapter software from a CD-ROM, you
can use the

cdm

program. The

cdm

program has a command-line interface that

allows you to install applications directly onto a machine that does not have a
bit-mapped display. The following text presents instructions for

cdm

.

4.2.3 Mounting the CD-ROM

1. Mount the CD-ROM from either a local or remote machine. For example,

for a local machine type:

For a remote machine type:

2. After successfully mounting the CD-ROM filesystem, change directories

to

/cdrom

as follows:

hostname # mkdir /cdrom

hostname # mount -rt hsfs /dev/sr0 /cdrom

hostname # mkdir /cdrom

hostname # mount -rt hsfs :/cdrom /cdrom

hostname # cd /cdrom/1.1.x