[nflug] Making A CD Into A Zip File While PreservingPermissions (A Bit OT)...

[Darin Perusich]

are you planning on running NFS over the internet? i would not recommend 
that if you where. as long as the remote server can talk/ping the remote 
machine this isn't a problem.

on the local server:
- insert the cd into the drive, it should mount at /cdrom/cdrom0.
- add "share -F nfs -o ro /cdrom/cdrom0" to /etc/dfs/dfstab
   echo "share -F nfs -o ro /cdrom/cdrom0" >> /etc/dfs/dfstab
- start nfs.server script
   /etc/init.d/nfs.server start
- test that it's shared
   mount local_server:/cdrom/cdrom0 /mnt
   ls /mnt
- if you see the contents of the cdrom unmount the nfs mount.
   umount /mnt

on the remote server:
- mount the nfs filesystem
   mount local_server:/cdrom/cdrom0 /mnt
- copy the cd to a remote directory
   cd /mnt; tar -cf - . |(cd /dir/with/alot_of_space; tar -xf -)
- when copy is complete unmount the nfs mount
   umount /mnt

enjoy.

DANIEL MAGNUSZEWSKI wrote:
> I have the CD in a local solaris server. Will NFS work to mount the
> cdrom drive from the "out of state" servers? If so, what are the exact
> commands?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -Dan
> 
> 
>>>>Darin.Perusich at cognigencorp.com 02/09/06 3:09 PM >>>
> 
> you can steam line the below 2 steps into one.
> 
> mount -F hsfs -o ro `lofiadm -a /path/to/file.iso` /mnt
> 
> Robert Meyer wrote:
> 
> 
>>In Solaris, do a 'man lofi' to find out how loopbacks work.  You will
> 
> probably
> 
>>have to do something like:
>>lofiadm -a file.iso /dev/lofi/1
>>mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/lofi/1 /mnt
>>
>>It will mount the CDrom image as /mnt in readonly mode.  Don't try to
> 
> make it
> 
>>read/write or bad things will happen.
>>
>>Hope this helps...
>>
>>Cheers!
>>
>>Bob
>>
>>
>>--- DANIEL MAGNUSZEWSKI <dmagnuszewski at mandtbank.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>All,
>>>
>>>I have a dilemma. I have a CD for an application for a Solaris
> 
> server.
> 
>>>The Solaris server is not in this state. In an effort to do this from
> 
> my
> 
>>>desk, I tried creating a zip file of all the contents of the CD on
> 
> my
> 
>>>Windows XP workstation, and SCP'd the zip files over to the server.
> 
> I
> 
>>>unzipped the file and began to install the application - all this
>>>involves is running one shell script which will in turn run other
>>>scripts. The CD contains scripts/files of various permission levels.
>>>When I tried running the script, I kept getting errors about various
>>>other scripts not being able to execute.
>>>
>>>Is there any way that I can zip/tar/copy all the contents of a CD on
> 
> a
> 
>>>Windows XP workstation, SCP it to a Solaris server, unzip/untar it,
> 
> and
> 
>>>preserve the file permissions?
>>>
>>>Thoughts?
>>>
>>>-Dan
>>>
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Darin Perusich
Unix Systems Administrator
Cognigen Corp.
darinper at cognigencorp.com
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