<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >CDServer-HOWTO</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.63 "><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="introduction.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="article" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="title" ><A NAME="AEN2" >CDServer-HOWTO</A ></H1 ><H3 CLASS="author" ><A NAME="AEN4" >Randolph J Tata</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="affiliation" ><SPAN CLASS="orgname" >Talcon Information Systems<BR></SPAN ><DIV CLASS="address" ><P CLASS="address" >randy@talcon.com</P ></DIV ></DIV ><P CLASS="pubdate" >v1.40 2002/01/10<BR></P ><DIV CLASS="revhistory" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" ><B >Revision History</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v1.40</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2002-01-10</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: rjt</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Added description and link to cdtower shell script.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v1.30</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2002-01-08</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: rjt</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Many additions and changes to markup in DocBook XML source and fix pubdate data.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v1.01</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2002-01-07</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: rjt</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Updated for 2.4 kernels. Added more References and links. Convert to DocBook XML 4.1.2 Change License from LDP boilerplate to GFDL.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v1.00</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2000-09-23</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: rjt</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Conversion from Linuxdoc SGML to DocBook v3.1 SGML</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v0.10</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2000-09-01</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: rjt</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Conversion to Linuxdoc SGML from text/html, added kerneltweak (addloops) section</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v0.01</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2000-08-18</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: rjt</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >First version released in text and html.</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="abstract" ><A NAME="AEN46" ></A ><P ></P ><P > The CD Server HOWTO describes the steps and commands you can use to setup your own CD Server using Linux and some built-in Unix commands along with other freely available software packages. The CD Server can then share the CD's via the network to Windows and/or other client machines. </P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="introduction.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A HREF="introduction.html#audience" >Intended Audience</A ></DT ><DT >1.2. <A HREF="introduction.html#needed" >Things You'll Need</A ></DT ><DT >1.3. <A HREF="introduction.html#reading" >Suggested Reading and References</A ></DT ><DT >1.4. <A HREF="introduction.html#copyright" >Copyright and License</A ></DT ><DT >1.5. <A HREF="introduction.html#disclaimer" >Disclaimer</A ></DT ><DT >1.6. <A HREF="introduction.html#news" >News</A ></DT ><DT >1.7. <A HREF="introduction.html#credits" >Credits</A ></DT ><DT >1.8. <A HREF="introduction.html#translations" >Translations</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A HREF="procedure.html" >Procedure</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >2.1. <A HREF="procedure.html#createimage" >Creating the ISO Images</A ></DT ><DT >2.2. <A HREF="procedure.html#mountimage" >Mounting the ISO Images</A ></DT ><DT >2.3. <A HREF="procedure.html#systemrestart" >Mounting the Image upon System Restart</A ></DT ><DT >2.4. <A HREF="procedure.html#sharing" >Sharing it on a Windows Network using Samba</A ></DT ><DT >2.5. <A HREF="procedure.html#nfs" >Sharing the Images on a Unix network using NFS</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >3. <A HREF="addloops.html" >Adding Support for More Loop Devices</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >3.1. <A HREF="addloops.html#loopmodule" >Adding the Loop Module Option</A ></DT ><DT >3.2. <A HREF="addloops.html#bootprompt" >Appending to the Boot Prompt</A ></DT ><DT >3.3. <A HREF="addloops.html#editkernel" >Tweaking the Kernel</A ></DT ><DT >3.4. <A HREF="addloops.html#loopdev" >Creating the Loop Devices in /dev</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >4. <A HREF="moreinfo.html" >More Information</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >4.1. <A HREF="moreinfo.html#faq" >Frequently Asked Questions</A ></DT ><DT >4.2. <A HREF="moreinfo.html#otherhelp" >Other Instructions Available on the Web</A ></DT ><DT >4.3. <A HREF="moreinfo.html#future" >Under Future Consideration</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >A. <A HREF="gfdl.html" >GNU Free Documentation License</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >0. <A HREF="gfdl-0.html" >PREAMBLE</A ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="gfdl-1.html" >APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS</A ></DT ><DT >2. <A HREF="gfdl-2.html" >VERBATIM COPYING</A ></DT ><DT >3. <A HREF="gfdl-3.html" >COPYING IN QUANTITY</A ></DT ><DT >4. <A HREF="gfdl-4.html" >MODIFICATIONS</A ></DT ><DT >5. <A HREF="gfdl-5.html" >COMBINING DOCUMENTS</A ></DT ><DT >6. <A HREF="gfdl-6.html" >COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS</A ></DT ><DT >7. <A HREF="gfdl-7.html" >AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS</A ></DT ><DT >8. <A HREF="gfdl-8.html" >TRANSLATION</A ></DT ><DT >9. <A HREF="gfdl-9.html" >TERMINATION</A ></DT ><DT >10. <A HREF="gfdl-10.html" >FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="gfdl-use.html" >How to use this License for your documents</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="introduction.html" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Introduction</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >