MATLAB Installation Guide for Unix    

Mounting Your CD-ROM Drive 

On many UNIX systems, you must mount the CD-ROM drive on your system before you can install MATLAB. This section describes

Mounting a CD-ROM Drive Locally 

If the CD-ROM drive is located on your system, use the appropriate mount commands listed in Table 1-5, Mount Commands for Local CD-ROM Drives to mount the CD-ROM drive. In the example commands, the word <extension> represents a part of the actual device name that is site specific. For example, the full device name can include the SCSI port to which your CD-ROM drive is attached. You must supply the full device name when you use these commands.

Table 1-5: Mount Commands for Local CD-ROM Drives
Platform
 Mount Command
Alpha
(Tru64 UNIX)
 mount -t cdfs -r -o noversion /dev/rz<extension> /cdrom
HP 9000 (HP-UX)
 mount -F cdfs -r /dev/dsk/c0t<extension> /cdrom
IBM RS/6000 (AIX)
 mount -v cdrfs -r /dev/cd<extension> /cdrom
Linux
 mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom

On Linux systems, you may have to change the CD-ROM drive configuration from read-only to execute. By default, on Linux systems, CD-ROM drives have read-only permission.
SGI (IRIX/IRIX64)
 mount -t iso9660 -o setx /dev/scsi/sc<extension> /cdrom
Sun (Solaris 2.x)
 mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/dsk/c0t<extension> /cdrom

On Sun Solaris systems, the CD-ROM drive will mount automatically if the volume manager is running.


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