Section 4: Using the Axis CD-ROM ServerAXIS 850/950 User’s Manual 25…Accessing CD-ROMsThe CD-ROM server is integrated into your network operatingsystem just like any other file server and you use the same commandsto access it. To be able to access the CD-ROMs from your Windows,DOS or UNIX applications, you need to make them available to yoursystem, that is to “mount” the CD-ROM server. On PC systems, thisis typically done by mapping the server to a drive letter.The Axis CD-ROM server offers several different possibilities tospecify the access point:• root level access: The top level of the CD-ROM server directorystructure is used as access point. The user of the CD-ROM servercan access all files on the server including the config and volumesfolders. This is useful for system administrators, who have to beable to configure and monitor the CD-ROM server.• cd drive access: The cd folder is used as the access point. The usercan access all CD-ROMs inserted into the drives connected to theserver. On PC systems this makes it possible to use only one driveletter to access all connected drives. This is the recommendedaccess for normal users.• CD-ROM access: A folder for an inserted CD-ROM is used asaccess point. Only the files on that CD-ROM can be accessed.On PC systems this makes it possible to map a drive letter to asingle CD-ROM. This is useful or even necessary with some CD-ROM software which expects to find its data at root level.
