[Sorry, this may be a bit off topic but I thought it was the best (only) place I knew of to ask.] I was wondering if anyone has experience setting Samba up with a CD Jukebox under Linux. Any comments on the experience? (the good, bad, and the ugly) I haven't figured out how I will handle the exchange of disks yet but I figure either using the pre/post exec options in Samba or a web-based changer control (or some combination of both) would do the trick. I have yet to pick the Jukebox hardware that will be used (mostly because I can't find any that I'm sure will run with Linux) so any suggestions in that realm would be appreciated too. Thanks in advance for the help. Best, Sean ------------------------------------------ Sean E. Millichamp, Consultant Ingematics - A Division of Compu-Aid, Inc.
On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Sean E. Millichamp wrote:> [Sorry, this may be a bit off topic but I thought it was the best (only) > place I knew of to ask.] > > I was wondering if anyone has experience setting Samba up with a CD > Jukebox under Linux. Any comments on the experience? (the good, bad, and > the ugly) I haven't figured out how I will handle the exchange of disks > yet but I figure either using the pre/post exec options in Samba or a > web-based changer control (or some combination of both) would do the > trick.Well, we have a 486DX/50 linux box for an Internet gateway and cdrom server setup with 5 SCSI CDROM's that used amd to automount the drives as they were accessed. Of course you would have to wait for amd to umount the drives before you could eject the disk. I changed this to use the share options "root preexec" and "root postexec" to mount and dismount the disks setting deadtime to 1 so the shared dismounted quickly. This works well for me.> I have yet to pick the Jukebox hardware that will be used (mostly because > I can't find any that I'm sure will run with Linux) so any suggestions in > that realm would be appreciated too.Jukebox!? I used a adaptec aha1542 and nec 4x cdroms. I would like to hear from anyone who has setup a (real) jukebox. Andy McRory - The PC Doctor - pcdr@pcdr.com **** LiNUX Systems Engineers **** 3009-C West Tharpe St. * Network Integrators * Tallahassee, Florida 32303 * Custom Servers & Workstations * Ph 850.575.7213 Fx 850.575.2901 *** Full Service and Support ***
On 27 Mar 98 at 4:06, Sean E. Millichamp wrote about
"CD Jukebox w/Samba":
}...
} I was wondering if anyone has experience setting Samba up with a CD
} Jukebox under Linux. Any comments on the experience? (the good, bad, and
} the ugly) I haven't figured out how I will handle the exchange of disks
} yet but I figure either using the pre/post exec options in Samba or a
} web-based changer control (or some combination of both) would do the
} trick.
I think you'll have to play such games only if you get an IDE changer.
} I have yet to pick the Jukebox hardware that will be used (mostly because
} I can't find any that I'm sure will run with Linux) so any suggestions
in
} that realm would be appreciated too.
My understanding is that Linux has good support for SCSI CD changers.
It associates each slot with a unique LUN (Logical Unit Number), and
you can mount (and share via Samba) all the CD's simultaneously, as if
they were all on-line. Accessing a file on a slot's mount point causes
that CD to be swapped in automatically.
IDE changers are not so well supported AFAIK, and you have to run a
program to switch from one slot to another. I've got a Win95 server on
my net for no other reason that to share out an IDE CD jukebox. I sure
wish Linux could do the job as well.
- Fred Viles (mailto:fv@episupport.com)