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FYI
(Note: The origin of this information may be internal or external to Novell.
Novell makes every effort within its means to verify this information.
However, the information provided in this document is FOR YOUR INFORMATION
ONLY. Novell makes no explicit or implied claims to the validity of this
information.)
TITLE: CD-ROM drive
DOCUMENT ID#: FYI.P.6084
DATE: 04DEC92
PRODUCT: NetWare Lite
PRODUCT VERSION: All versions
SUPERSEDES: NA
LITE FAX DOC #: 2802
SYMPTOM
NA
ISSUE/PROBLEM
CD-ROM drive
The following describes configuring your system to run with NetWare Lite
and a CD-ROM drive:
MSCDEX.EXE, the program provided from Microsoft to run a CD-ROM, assigns
a drive letter to the CD-ROM drive. This can default to the next
available drive, or can be set to a specific drive with the /L:x
parameter, where x is the drive letter. However, there are conflicts
between MSCDEX.EXE and CLIENT.EXE, a NetWare Lite file that is loaded to
make the machine a workstation. A workaround some of these conflicts is
the following:
PREFERRED METHOD
1. Load CLIENT.EXE then run MSCDEX.EXE
SECONDARY METHOD
This has been known to solve some but not necessarily all CD-ROM drive
and NetWare Lite issues. If PREFERRED METHOD fails and the workstation
was a CLIENT-only, it must be made a SERVER-CLIENT.
1. Run MSCDEX.EXE before CLIENT.EXE. This will assign a drive letter
to the CD-ROM.
2. After running CLIENT.EXE, that drive letter is no longer directly
accessible by DOS. Create a network directory that looks at the
drive through the network. For example, if the /L:G parameter was
used in MSCDEX to assign the G: drive to the CD-ROM drive, then
create a network directory (Enter NET; select SUPERVISE THE NETWORK;
select NETWORK DIRECTORIES; press <Insert>; select your SERVER),
call it something like CDROM, and assign the "Actual directory path"
to be the G: drive.
3. Then, when you map a drive to the network directory CDROM, even
though the G: drive is not accessible directly, you can access it as
a mapped drive.
For example: NET MAP J: CDROM would map J: to the CDROM
network directory that will look at the physical drive G: that
MSCDEX.EXE assigned as the CD-ROM drive.
SOLUTION
NA