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Mounting a CDROM with long filenames

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by whopi 1 view

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I would like to mount a CDROM containing our archives on a Netware server.
The archive contains word documents using long filenames.
The remote CDROM is mapped to a windows drive letter on each Windows 2000 workstations. But the long filenames are dropped and replaced with short 8.3 names.
Novell says :
CDROM.NLM was not originally designed to support long name spaces (on http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2908888.htm )

If I upgrade this netware 4.10 server to a new version (5.1, 6 or 6.5), will it solve this problem ?

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by budthegrey

The short answer is: yes, you'll be able to read the long file names on the CD with the newer version of NetWare.

However, not to take upgrade $$$ out of Novell's pocket, you might want to consider simply adding a new HDD to the server, making it a volume, and copying the CD to it. Dependin on how many people will be accessing that volume, even an IDE drive might suffice -- though I recommend that only is $$$'s are very tight.

I don't know your particular situation, budget wise. If you do decide to upgrade, you might want to try and stick with Netware 5.1. The hardware requirement for is only slightly higher than 4.1x. NetWare 6.x is a significant increase in required horsepower.

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