User`s manual

UNIX and UNIX-like OS (Sun Solaris, and Linux)

If you like to access the share via SAMBA, SAMBA has to 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.

4.3.3 Drive redirection

The Drive Redirection is another possibility to use a virtual disc drive on the

remote computer. 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 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. We recommend using the Drive Redirection

with care, especially the write support.