Some applications are supplying ISO images rather than actual CDs or DVDs for installation. An example is Data Protector from HP.
If this image is burned on a PC to a CD or DVD, the CD software may
translate the image into Joliet or otherwise modify the image. The
resultant CD/DVD will have filename problems on HP-UX such as 8.3 names
with duplicate names given numbers: README_NOW.txt becomes rea_0004.txt
You can try various mount options on HP-UX:
-F cdfs
-o rr
-o rr,ro
to see if the names are proper. Otherwise, try using options in the PC
application to prevent image translation. The ISO should be ISO-9660 with
RockRidge Extensions. It may also be known as POSIX filenames.
(public) If burning the CD/DVD with different settings and trying different mount
options does not work, this should work:
1. Copy the ISO image in binary to the HP-UX system (need up to 700MB free
to hold the ISO image).
2. lvcreate -n isoimage -L 750 /dev/vgWHATEVER (for CD)
lvcreate -n isoimage -L 2500 /dev/vgWHATEVER (for DVD)
3. dd if=/var/tmp/isofile of=/dev/vg00/risoimage bs=1024k
4. mount /dev/vgWHATEVER/isoimage /cdrom
That should do it. The downside is that you need the space for the ISO
image and the same amount for the mounted image.
– See more at: http://serviceitdirect.com/blog/mounting-iso-image-hp-ux#sthash.a4HUw3j8.dpuf
Tags: HP-UX