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- This document contains some of the most commonly used commands needed to
- manipulate CD's as NetWare volumes on NetWare 3.12 and NetWare 4.X.
-
- CD DEVICE LIST typed at the console prompt after the CDROM.NLM is loaded yields
- the following information:
-
- ** CD ROM Device List
- No. Act. Device Name Volume Name Mounted
- 2 Y Device # 0 SONY CD-ROM CDU-541 (8100000 NSEPRO Y
-
- No.
- --
- Defines the Media Manager object number assigned to this particular CD player.
- When you manipulate the CD in the player by using the "device number" this is
- the number you should be using and NOT the number listed under "Device Name".
-
- Act.
- --
- Indicates whether or not the device, cd player, is active.
-
- Device Name
- --
- Indicates the name of the device as reported by the device. Do NOT use the
- number that appears here to try and manipulate the CD. Using the above
- example, you would type "CD MOUNT 2" to mount the CD. You would NOT type "CD
- MOUNT 0".
-
- Volume Name
- --
- Indicates the volume name as reported by the CD.
-
- Mounted
- --
- Indicates whether or not the CD is mounted as a NetWare volume.
-
-
- The CD CHANGE command hung the server or forced the operating system into the
- debugger. Novell has fixed any issues with the CDROM.NLM and its' supporting
- drivers. ASPICD.DSK from Adaptec had problems with the CD CHANGE command at
- one time. If the CD CHANGE command is exhibiting problems, make sure that all
- drivers are up to date or use the work-around described below.
-
-
- CD CHANGE work-around:
-
- 1. From the Server console, use the CD DISMOUNT command to dismount the
- volume.
-
- 2. Load monitor and select DISK INFORMATION.
-
- 3. On the list of System Disk Drives, select the CD-ROM drive on which the
- CD-ROM is to be changed.
-
- 4. Select Drive Operating Status, take the selection for Deactivate Drive.
-
- 5. Change the CD-ROM.
-
- 6. Select the Removable Drive Mount Status and take the selection for Mount
- Drive.
-
- 7. Change back to the System Console and issue a CD MOUNT command.
-
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- CD-ROM NLM Command Line Options:
-
- CD DEVICE LIST
- This command shows a listing of CD-ROM devices that are available on the
- server, whether they are active, loaded CD-ROMs, and their mount status.
-
- CD VOLUME LIST
- This command shows a listing of all CD volumes that have been mounted since
- the CDROM.NLM was loaded, the device that contains the CD-ROM, and the
- CD-ROM's mount status.
-
- CD MOUNT [No.] or [volume name] <flags>
- This command mounts a CD-ROM as NetWare Volume. The available flags are
- listed below. The [No.] or [volume name] can be obtained by using the CD
- VOLUME LIST command.
-
- CD DISMOUNT [No.] or [volume name]
- This command dismounts a CD-ROM that has been mounted as a NetWare Volume. The
- [No.] or [volume name] can be obtained by using the CD VOLUME LIST command.
-
- CD CHANGE [No.] or [volume name] <flags>
- This command is used to change a CD-ROM that is mounted as a NetWare volume to
- another CD-ROM. Available flags are listed below. (See the above note about
- CD CHANGE in this document).
-
- CD DIR [No.] [volume name]
- This command is used to list the ROOT DIRECTORY contents of an UNMOUNTED CD.
-
- CD GROUP ([group name] and [group num])
- This command is used to show assigned groups and assign groups to a group
- number 0 through 9. For example: Group "CDGROUP" needs to be assigned to the
- CD group number 1. The syntax would be the following:
-
- CD GROUP CDGROUP 1
-
- NOTE: The "del" as the group name will remove a group number assignment.
-
- The assignment could then be displayed by typing:
-
- CD GROUP
-
- The results would be as follows:
-
- ** CD ROM Access Group List
- *Group: 0 > EVERYONE (assigned by default)
- *Group: 1 > CDGROUP
-
- To assign the group to a CD-ROM, see the available CD MOUNT flags below.
-
- CD PURGE
- This command will destroy all index files.
-
- CD RENAME /D=[No.] [new volume name]
- This command is used to change the name of a CD-ROM. The syntax is as
- follows:
-
- CD RENAME /D=<device #> new name
- CD MOUNT device#|volume name /R
-
- (NOTE: The "/R" must be used when remounting the volume.)
-
- The [No.] or [volume name] can be obtained by using the CD VOLUME LIST
- command.
-
- CD HELP
- This command displays the help screen for CDROM.NLM.
-
- CD MOUNT and DISMOUNT FLAGS
- ■ The "/mac" is used to add Macintosh Name Space Support. This adds the
- necessary DATA and RESOURCE forks so that Macintosh workstations can access
- the information on the CD.
-
- ■ The "/nfs" is used to add NFS Name Space Support.
-
- ■ The "/G=x" is used to set the default volume group access rights. This is
- used with the CD GROUP command previously listed. The mount syntax to assign
- a group to a CD would be as follows:
-
- CD MOUNT <device # | volume name> /G=x
-
- where "x" is the group number assigned to a group. (See CD GROUP command
- above).
-
- ■ The "/R" is used to rebuild the index file on the selected Volume.
-
- NOTE: In previous releases, the /R option forced the CDROM.NLM to reuse an
- index file if it existed. The CDROM.NLM now does this by default.
-
- ■ The "/rx" command is used to rebuild the index file and extend the space
- that would normally be allocated for the file. This is useful when trying to
- mount CD's that have unusually large files or numbers of directories.
-
- ■ The "/dup" command is used to eliminate duplicate file names in directories
- as a CD volume is being mounted. This situation occurs when there are
- extended file names on the CD that look to be duplicate as they are converted
- to 8.3 naming conventions.
-
- ■ The "/X=name" is used to exclude a directory tree from the mounted volume
- as the CD is being mounted.
-
- ■ Special option "/I": This option is used to ignore errors found with the
- CD while attempting to mount the CD.
-
- NOTE: Use of this flag could result in files not showing up after the CD
- mounts.
-
- ■ The "/W" is used to mount a CD volume with the R/O attribute turned off.
- With versions of the CDROM.NLM before v4.10g, the CD would be mounted with the
- R/O option already disabled (that is, the CD would be mounted R/W). This
- allowed the changing of file attributes, inherited rights masks, trustee
- assignments and the adding of groups and users to a CD volume. If an attempt
- is made, with 4.10g version of the CDROM.NLM, to change any of the above
- items, an error writing to the CD will occur. To change the volume to R/W,
- dismount the CD (CD Dismount <cd #| cd volume name> and remount it using the
- "/W" option.
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