[ale] OTQ - CDs, 'mkisofs', mixed-case filenames, and HP-UX

[Jim Popovitch]

John, LOL!  Sorry, I made an error there. I meant pfs, not pcnfs. (I'm
pulling all this from past memory)  There is an option to pfsmount that
specifically handles case issues.  It's something like '-o cdcase' or
-cdcase, although I won't swear to anything at this point. ;)

-Jim P.

--- John Mills <john at mills-atl.com> wrote:
> Thanks to Darrell, Mike, and Jim for their suggestions.
> 
> On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> > John, are you running PCNFS on the HP-UX system?  If so are you
> using
> > the -cdcase param when mounting the drive?
> 
> No - if this is an NFS mount of some sort, I don't know about it.
> I'll
> look again and try '-cdcase'
> 
> Mike Still suggested,
>  "Sounds like you need pfsd and pfsmountd"
> 
> I believe we're doing the former, but will recheck. There are some
> suggestions in the HP docs, but they mainly suggest that CDs were an
> afterthought for this platform and OS.
> 
> The 'full skinny' is:
> 1) We update a set of files for a remote installation, on an
> HP-UX-10.20
>    box in our lab.
> 2) I export the fileset to a WinNT box with a CD burner, either:
>  A. 'tar' them in HP-UX and 'untar' in WinNT, or else
>  B. Run 'mkisofs' in HP-UX and move the resulting ISO image to the
>     WinNT box and burn it directly onto the CD
> 3) I then mount the CD back on the HP-UX box and find I have lost
>    mixed-case filenames, upon which the package depends.
> 
> There are several work-arounds naturally (We've sent *.tar.gz files
> on
> CDs.), but it would ask less of our customer if they could move the
> subdirectories straight from the CD to their installation.
> 
> Anyway, thanks to those who answered and I'll post a note if I find a
> clean solution.
> 
> -- 
> Regards -
>  John Mills
> 
> 
> 


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