Conference tape::infoserver

2223.0. "How to burn a CD using GEAR on NT" by TAPE::ROURKE () Wed Jun 04 1997 20:51

Here is a procedure for burning a CD-ROM using the InfoServer Client for
Windows NT - V1.1 (FT1). My procedure is based on GEAR, V4.0.

	1. Install GEAR V4.0 and InfoServer Client for Windows NT, V1.1
	   (current version is FT1.0 - see another note for the kit's
	   wherabouts) on an NT V4.0 system.

	2. Create a partition on your InfoServer hard disk large enough to
	   hold all the files you want to burn onto your CD. Note: It's
	   not necessary to put the "to be burned" files onto the
	   InfoServer hard disk. I just did it because the files
	   were being copied from a network share, and, also, I did not
	   want to clutter up my PC's hard drive.

	   To create the partition and service, from the InfoServer command
	   prompt:

	    Infoserver> CREATE PARTITION DK1:MYFILES MEGABYTES 400 ERASE

	    Infoserver> CREATE SERVICE MYFILES FOR DK1:MYFILES CLASS MSDOS

	3. From NT, connect to the service. From an MS-DOS prompt:

	    C:\INFOSRV> INFOCON F: \\BURNER\MYFILES

	4. Format as follows:

	    C:\INFOSRV> FORMAT F: /V:MYFILES /FS:FAT

 
	5. Then copy all files/directories that you want burned to F:

	6. Run the GEAR application.

	7. Select "Create Image". In the dialog box that shows *.vol,
	   I put F:MYIMAGE.VOL. (Again, no need to use the InfoServer
	   hard drive for this step either - but it does save cluttering
	   up your system disk).

	8. Select "Edit Image". This step is used to gather the files into
	   the image. I selected F:, then from the upper right hand display
	   box, I selected the directories one at a time. (Click on a
	   directory, then type Control-C and it will move the directory
	   tree to the image). Repeat on all directories. The lower left
	   box represents the image and will reflect the directories/files
	   that are added to it.

	9. When you are sure that you have all files into the image, select
	   "Create Physical Image". This will create MYIMAGE.P01 on F: This
	   could take a while. When it completes, write down the size,
	   in bytes, of the .P01.

	10. On the InfoServer, create a partition and service to hold the
	    .P01 file. For example:

	  Infoserver> CREATE PARTITION DK1:MYIMAGE MEGABYTES 210 ERASE

	     (210 used since my .P01 file is 209,442,117 bytes.) 

	  InfoServer> CREATE SERVICE MYIMAGE FOR DK1:MYIMAGE CLASS MSDOS

	11. On the NT system, connect and format the partition:

	  C:\INFOSRV> INFOCON G: \\BURNER\MYIMAGE

	  C:\INFOSRV> FORMAT G: /V:MYLABEL /FS:FAT

		MYLABEL is the label that will be burned onto the CD...

	12. Next, copy the .P01 to the new partition:

	  C:\INFOSRV> COPY F:MYIMAGE.P01 G: 
	
	13. Disconnect from the serviCes:

	  C:\INFOSRV> INFOCON F: /DEL
	  C:\INFOSRV> INFOCON G: /DEL


	14. You're now ready to burn the CD. On the InfoServer:

	      Infoserver> SET SERVER STATE OFF

	      Infoserver> RECORD DK1:MYIMAGE DK0: ISO SIZE 209,442,117 TEST

	    If the test record works, repeat above command line without
	    TEST. 


    Just a reminder. If you create a multi-session C/D, you can't read it on
    an InfoServer. The InfoServer can only read CDs that were created
    using the "disk at-once" recording method.