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7. You will see the dialog below detailing the active image:
8. Click Reactivate. Access the console window and you will see that another CD drive has
been installed on the host computer. This is the virtual drive you have just set up. You can
access the uploaded CD image as though it were a regular CD. Click Unset to remove the
image.
SAMBA
If you would like to access the share via SAMBA, SAMBA must be set up properly. You may
either edit the SAMBA configuration file /etc/samba/smb.conf, or use the Samba Web
Administration Tool (SWAT) or WebMin to set the correct parameters.
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5.2.3 Drive Redirection
The Drive Redirection feature allows the host system to access the CD-Rom drives, hard drives,
floppy drives etc. on your client PC.
With Drive Redirection you do not have to use an image file but may work with a drive from your
local computer on the remote machine. The drive is hereby shared over a TCP network
connection. Devices such as floppy drives, hard discs, CD ROMs and other removable devices
like USB sticks can be redirected. It is even possible to enable a write support so that for the
remote machine it is possible to write data to your local disc.
Please note that Drive Redirection works on a level which is far below the operating system.
That means that neither the local nor the remote operating system is aware that the drive is
currently redirected. This may lead to inconsistent data as soon as one of the operating systems
(either from the local machine, or from the remote host) is writing data on the device. If write
support is enabled the remote computer might damage the data and the file system on the
redirected device. On the other hand, if the local operating system writes data to the redirected
device the drive cache of the operating system of the remote host might contain older data. This
may confuse the remote host’s operating system.
Therefore, we recommend to use the Drive
Redirection with care, especially the write support.
Disable Drive Redirection
If enabled the Drive Redirection is switched off.
Force read-only connections
If enabled the Write Support for the Drive Redirection is switched off. It is not possible to
write on a redirected device.
Click Apply to submit your changes.
