Mount CD/DVD & ISO image in AIX 6.1
Article Number: 311 | Rating: Unrated | Last Updated: Tue, Jul 17, 2018 10:22 AM
Mount CD/DVD & ISO image in AIX 6.1
To mount a CD or DVD from the CLI use:
# mount -V cdrfs -o ro /dev/cd0 /mnt
# df -g /mnt
Filesystem GB blocks Free %Used Iused %Iused Mounted on
/dev/cd0 3.64 0.00 100% 1905950 100% /mnt
To mount a iso image on the /mnt directory use:
# loopmount -i aix61_dvd.iso -o "-V cdrfs -o ro" -m /mnt
# df -g /mnt
Filesystem GB blocks Free %Used Iused %Iused Mounted on
/dev/loop0 3.64 0.00 100% 1905950 100% /mnt
Posted - Tue, Jul 17, 2018 10:22 AM. This article has been viewed 4313 times.
Filed Under:
AIX
There are no attachments for this article.
There are no comments for this article. Be the first to post a comment.
Related Articles

Oslevel shows wrong AIX’s level. Why
Viewed 5034 times since Thu, Feb 21, 2019
AIX, System Admin Configuring dsh DSH
Viewed 4366 times since Fri, Apr 19, 2019
Finding password rules in AIX
Viewed 2933 times since Mon, May 28, 2018
Setting new device attributes with chdef
Viewed 2496 times since Mon, Jun 3, 2019
Replacing a failed disk (rootvg)
Viewed 3258 times since Mon, May 21, 2018
AIX WIKIS developerworks
Viewed 2607 times since Sun, Jun 17, 2018