Purpose

Use at the server console to allow a CD-ROM disk to function as a Novell^® Storage Services^TM (NSS) volume. Your NSS^TM volume will mount immediately.

This version of CDROM replaces the version used in previous NetWare^® releases. (The previous version of CDROM is now named CDINST.NLM and should only be used for NetWare 5^TM installation.)

The NetWare 5 version of CDROM is a simple NetWare module that loads the following:

• NSS
• CD9660.NSS
• CDHFS.NSS

You can use CDINST.NLM as long as CD9660.NSS or CDHFS.NSS are not loaded at the same time.

Using CDROM

IMPORTANT:  Use CD-ROM as a read-only NSS volume. Don't enable block suballocation or use file compression on the volume.

• CDROM won't load unless you have loaded the NWPA.DSK NPA driver (an I/O device-independent driver that interfaces with the Media Manager).
• CDROM autoloads the NSS modules.
• NetWare 5 NSS supports CD-ROM volumes mounted with the Macintosh* and ISO 9660 name spaces.
• CD9660.NSS supports High Sierra and ISO 9660 formats. The HFS (Apple*) file system is supported by CDHFS.NSS. To enable HFS support, load CDROM or CDHFS.NSS.