I have high hopes for this project. I'm currently working on a bash script to automate the process of sharing CD's on a network, primarily for Windows clients, and others if the need exists. It will initially use dd, mount (fstab), Samba (smb.conf), and NFS (exports). Should be easily translated to a PHP frontend.
Because disk space has become so cheap ($180 for 30GB), this project can become a viable alternative to current software, thin-server, and CD Jukebox solutions costing anywhere from $700 to $4,000.
I'm open to suggestions on an interface for the functionality, and whether this functionality should be incorporated into an already existing tool(s) (such as SWAT - part of Samba). Redefining the scope of the project is also open to discussion (such as general file/dir, printer sharing, etc.).
Let me know what your opinions are.
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2000-10-10
Hello,
Perhaps you should take a look at WEBMIN, a computer administration WEB interface, with hooks into most every service including SAMBA. Open Source!
I have tried out the HOWTO with excellent results.
How many loopback devices are possible? I believe I have to recompile to get more than seven. How would I get 35 or so?
Good luck
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Follow the new section on adding support for more loop devices and kernel tweaking. Yes you'll have to edit the loop.c source file and recompile the kernel. You'll also have to create the actual device files in /dev. I'm not sure what the limit is (but if someone does, I'd love to put it in the HOWTO). Let me know if you need any more help with this.
Randy
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hoi (sorry for typo's in language im dutch)
your project is prommissing and a relief
i'm looking for something like this for a while
trying to put all company-demo-cd's on a fileserver and share the lot for the network
(al 45 of them)
suggestion:
maybe a util to copy a cd-image to the disk ??
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I have high hopes for this project. I'm currently working on a bash script to automate the process of sharing CD's on a network, primarily for Windows clients, and others if the need exists. It will initially use dd, mount (fstab), Samba (smb.conf), and NFS (exports). Should be easily translated to a PHP frontend.
Because disk space has become so cheap ($180 for 30GB), this project can become a viable alternative to current software, thin-server, and CD Jukebox solutions costing anywhere from $700 to $4,000.
I'm open to suggestions on an interface for the functionality, and whether this functionality should be incorporated into an already existing tool(s) (such as SWAT - part of Samba). Redefining the scope of the project is also open to discussion (such as general file/dir, printer sharing, etc.).
Let me know what your opinions are.
Hello,
Perhaps you should take a look at WEBMIN, a computer administration WEB interface, with hooks into most every service including SAMBA. Open Source!
I have tried out the HOWTO with excellent results.
How many loopback devices are possible? I believe I have to recompile to get more than seven. How would I get 35 or so?
Good luck
Hi,
Have you looked at the latest version 1.00 of the HOWTO?
http://www.talcon.com/projects/CDServer-HOWTO/CDServer-HOWTO.html#KERNELTWEAK
Follow the new section on adding support for more loop devices and kernel tweaking. Yes you'll have to edit the loop.c source file and recompile the kernel. You'll also have to create the actual device files in /dev. I'm not sure what the limit is (but if someone does, I'd love to put it in the HOWTO). Let me know if you need any more help with this.
Randy
I almost forgot, thanks for the lead on WEBMIN. I'm going to check it out.
Randy
hoi (sorry for typo's in language im dutch)
your project is prommissing and a relief
i'm looking for something like this for a while
trying to put all company-demo-cd's on a fileserver and share the lot for the network
(al 45 of them)
suggestion:
maybe a util to copy a cd-image to the disk ??