User manual FARSTONE VIRTUAL CD DVD TOWER

[. . . ] Ch apt er 1 In t rodu ction 1. 1 About Virtual CD/DVD Tower Virtual CD/DVD Tower is a Linux-based, stand-alone network application that emulates a CD-ROM server, allowing you to create, store and access virtual CD-ROMs across any TCP/IP network. With Virtual CD/DVD Tower, you can create an image of a CD/DVD on your Linux Server. Virtual CD/DVD Tower supports most disc formats, including Audio CDs, CD-ROMs, Video CDs, Photo CDs, Mixed Mode CDs, DVD Videos (unprotected), DVD Data discs, and even the copy-protected CD/DVDs. Virtual CD/DVD Tower is ideal for situations where CD-ROM information needs to be accessed by multiple users quickly and conveniently over a LAN or the Internet. [. . . ] Users can edit the properties of an existing tower, such as its name, description and access privileges. To add a VCD to a Tower, click the Add button on the right-hand side of the tower to open the Add VCD page. In this page, select the VCDs you want to add and then click on the Add VCDs to this tower button. The VCD tower can be removed from Virtual CD/DVD Tower by clicking the Delete button. You can carry out the following operations with the VCDs in this folder: Click on the Insert/Eject button to insert or eject a VCD. Click on the "Edit" button to edit the VCD properties (such as its name, location, maximum connections and whether or not to insert this VCD when the server boots). Clicking on the "Delete" button will put the VCD into the Recycle Bin. Note: The tower named "Public" cannot be deleted. If a VCD was not deleted in Virtual CD/DVD Tower, but removed using other methods, a message "VCD not found" will be displayed on the page. If a VCD was moved to a CD tower, users access this VCD according to the access privileges assigned to the tower. But if the VCD has its own access privileges, the access privileges assigned to it will remain in effect. "Maximum Connects" allows the administrator to control how many users can access a VCD at the same time. 3. 2. 2 Build VCDs Select Build VCD from the General Functions list and then double-click on either of the following buttons to launch the VCD Building program: CDBuild: Create an image of a CD on the server. Customize: Create your own VCDs with selected files from a CD or hard drive. Figure 3. 2. 2 Note: Users can only build VCDs using Internet Explorer in a Windows operating system. Windows 98 and Windows ME users will be required to copy the driver to the local machine the first time they are building a VCD. After installing the driver file, the system will ask them to reboot their systems. Click "Yes" to continue. VCDs built from common CDs will be stored on the server hard disk as *. VCD files. VCDs built from DVDs or Mixed Mode CDs have the extension *. D00, *. D01, etc. The size of the file you include in the VCD cannot exceed 8 GB (No more than 1 GB for RedHat 6. 2). 3. 2. 3 Virtual CD/DVD Tower Device Selecting Virtual CD/DVD Tower Device from the General list will display the detailed information about Virtual CD/DVD Tower and its folder information. Figure 3. 2. 3 Virtual CD/DVD Tower Information shows information such as the Virtual CD/DVD Tower version, manufacturer, license, etc. Saving Folder displays the Virtual CD/DVD Tower folder information as its path, SMB share name, location, size, etc. [. . . ] 3. 2. 14 Virtual CD/DVD Tower NFS Server The NFS Server is enabled by default. This function sets a user's access permission when the user's address is entered in the input box (a comma must separate each address). A computer cannot access the NFS Server if its address does not include a valid client address. If no address is entered, all client computers may access the NFS Server. [. . . ]