SHARING A CD DRIVE

You will have to install file and print sharing on the local workstations in order to access the CD-ROM. If you have only CD that you need to share, mount the CD in the server and map drives to it from the workstations.

Like the first answer said, you will need to enable file&printer sharing on the workstations (and probably the MS Family logon processes as well).
You rejected the option about putting the CD on the server, by saying that the server doesn't have a CD.
It's just my opinion, but isn't it worth installing a CD on it, for just such a problem? I presume that this is a very old NW3 server, that has been upgraded across the wire, because otherwise how did you install NW4 on it?

In order to share the cd rom on the server, you must:
1.- Be sure that no config.sys or autoexec.bat line try to load a driver for the cdrom. Put a REM, you will need access to the cdrom if your server fails!, but during normal server operations are unneeded
2.- At the server console type LOAD CDROM.NLM
if it fails to load, you will need to add a controller IDE/SCSI driver.
3.- In order to mount the volume, you need the to know the LABEL of the cdrom.
4.- So, at server console type: CD VOLUME LIST . This will show the cd label Write it down!. (if it fails, try another CD!!!)
5.- To mount the cd volume as a NW Volume
type CD MOUNT
6.- The volume will mount!
7.- At the server type: VOLUMES .You shuold see the CD volume)
8.- At a W95/w98 map a drive using the standart \\server\cdvolume

edt@bancobgn.com

Install the TWO services :

1) File & Printer Sharing for Microsoft
Network.

2) Novell Distributed Print Services.

Then, try sharing again.

Good Luck.

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