I would like to be able to have the first device that I mount to a linux host be /dev/sr1
instead of /dev/sr0
.
I am trying to script installing IBM’s SVC. There installer is hardcoded to expect the boot the cd and search /dev/sr1
for files. Another limitation is that their RDCLI which allows virtual media mounting can only mount a single ISO.
So when I mount the ISO .\rdmount.exe -s IMM IP address -d path/to/svc-install.iso -l Username -p Password
I successfully mount the ISO to sr0
and can’t run the installer.
If rdmount allowed me to mount multiple ISO’s I could just mount the install.iso
twice.
I haven’t been able to find a method to change sr0
to sr1
once it is mounted or to have it mount directly to sr0
. Symlinks and udev haven't helped because those only help once the OS is loaded.
If I make folder /dev/sr0
and mount something to it. Then try to run the rdmount command it appears to not mount.
newinstall:/dev/disk/by-id # ls scsi-3600605b0045637c019eaca5719c9d3a9 scsi-3600605b0045637c019eaca5719c9d3a9-part1 scsi-3600605b0045637c019eaca5719c9d3a9-part10 scsi-3600605b0045637c019eaca5719c9d3a9-part11 scsi-3600605b0045637c019eaca5719c9d3a9-part12 scsi-3600605b0045637c019eaca5719c9d3a9-part13 scsi-3600605b0045637c019eaca5719c9d3a9-part2 scsi-3600605b0045637c019eaca5719c9d3a9-part4 scsi-3600605b0045637c019eaca5719c9d3a9-part5 scsi-3600605b0045637c019eaca5719c9d3a9-part6 scsi-3600605b0045637c019eaca5719c9d3a9-part7 scsi-3600605b0045637c019eaca5719c9d3a9-part8 scsi-3600605b0045637c019eaca5719c9d3a9-part9
When I unmount this ISO and run the rdmount
command it looks to have mounted but sr0
remains a directory unless I delete it first.
newinstall:/dev/disk/by-id # ls -ltar |grep sr lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Aug 28 18:05 usb-IBM_IBM_Composite_Device-0_20070221-15 -> ../../sr0 newinstall:/dev/disk/by-id # file /dev/sr0 /dev/sr0: directory newinstall:/dev/disk/by-id # ls -ltar /dev/sr0 total 0 drw-rw---- 2 root disk 40 Aug 28 17:58 . drwxrwxrwt 13 root root 4100 Aug 28 18:05 ..
Does anyone have an explanation for this last mount pointing to an empty folder? Are the symlinks created even if the mount catastrophically fails?
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