Farstone VIRTUAL CD DVD TOWER User Manual

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 About Virtual CD/DVD Tower

Virtual CD/DVD Tower is a Linux-based, stand-alone network
application that emulates a CD-ROM server, allowing you to create,
store and access virtual CD-ROMs across any TCP/IP network. With
Virtual CD/DVD Tower, you can create an image of a CD/DVD on your
Linux Server. This image is known as a Virtual CD or VCD. Virtual
CD/DVD Tower supports most disc formats, including Audio CDs,
CD-ROMs, Video CDs, Photo CDs, Mixed Mode CDs, DVD Videos
(unprotected), DVD Data discs, and even the copy-protected
CD/DVDs.

Virtual CD/DVD T ower is ideal for situations where CD-ROM information
needs to be accessed by multiple users quickly and conveniently over a
LAN or the Internet. Virtual CD/DVD Towe r can be acce ssed thro ugh a
standard web browser or directly from the Virtual CD/DVD T ower Client
software.

1.2 Main Features

 Multiple methods to access Virtual CD/DVD Tower

Users can access the Virtual CD/DVD Tower through a web
browser, My Network Places and th e client side tool.

 Easy Management

The administrator can maintain Virtual CD/DVD Tower through a
web browser. The administrator can even manage the Virtual
CD/DVD Tower remotely via the Internet, which makes the
maintenance a breeze.

 Supports most disc formats, including:

CD-ROM, Audio CD, DVD- ROM, Multi-session CD , Video CD, Photo

CD, Mixed Mode CD and DVD Video (unprotected).

 Copy protection support

Virtual CD/DVD Tower can create VCDs f rom CD/DVDs th at hav e
built-in copy protection (such as SafeDisc1, Safe Disc2, SecuROM,
LaserLock, etc.)

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Building Virtual CDs

Virtual CD/DVD T ower allows administrator s to create an image of
a CD on the server hard drive. The Virtual CD/DVD Tower
incorporates a high-performance compression engine for building
VCD files (ripping a t 50% compression rate).

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VCD Comments
Adding comments on a VCD makes VCD management easier.

 Multi-user Support

Up to 5,000 users can be added to Virtual CD/DVD Tower and
multiple use rs can access a VCD simultane ously .

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Network Configuration

Network configuration allo ws u sers to configure Web server, SMB
Server, NFS Server, etc.

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Live Update

Using the Live Update function, users can get the latest updates
and patches for Virtual CD/DVD Tower from the Internet.

 Backup/Restore

Save your current Virtual CD/DVD Tower configuration file and
apply it at any time.

Chapter 2 Installing Virtual CD/DVD Tower

2.1 System Requirements

● TCP/IP Protocol

● Server Computer Operating Systems:

RedHat Linux 6.2 Release Version /7.3/8.0 SuSE Linux 8.0 Turbo

Linux 8.0

● Client Computer Operating System:
Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP

● Hard Disk Space:
10 MB of free disk space for the Root partition;
50 MB of free disk space for /usr/local;
100 MB of free disk space for storing VCDs.

● IE 5.0, Netscape 7.0, Mozilla 0.9.9 or better

Note: The appearance of the user interface and the system
management functions in Netscape and Mozilla may be different
with its appearance in IE. But this does not affect the use of Virtual
CD/DVD Tower.

2.2 Installation

1. Decompress the setup package. After the decompression, a

folder named Virtual CD/DVD Tower-1.0.0 is created.
Note: The setup package can be decompressed using the
command line tar –xzf filename.

2. In the Virtual CD/DVD Tower-1.0.0 folder, run ./install

command to start the installation.
Carefully read the Software License Agreement. If you accept the
terms of the agreement then click on Yes to continue. Clicking

on No will abort the setup process.

3. Choose a Linux platform according to your current operating

system.
Yo ur oper ating system platform is:
1 --- RedHat Linux 6.2, 7.3 or 8.0
2 --- Turbo Linux 8.0
3 --- SuSE 8.0
4 --- Other
Please choose [1,2,3,4]:
Note:
 Virtual CD/DVD Tower supports the Linux operating systems

listed above. For more detailed information, please refer to
our website: http://www.farstone.com.

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Please carefully choose your current operating system.
Virtual CD/DVD T ower may work abnormally on a mismatched
operating system.

4. Enter your Serial Number.

5. A message (shown below) displays to ask users to confirm the

location of the Apache configuration file:
The Apache configuration file is /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf. Are
you sure? (Yes|No):
If the apache configuration file is located in the default path, click
on Yes or press the Enter key on the keyboard to continue. If it
is not in the default path, please enter the absolute path for the
apache configuration file.

6. Enter the http port that is used by Virtual CD/DVD Tower.

Current http service port is 80, enter Virtual CD/DVD Tower http
port (Default:3333):
Note:

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Pressing Enter will use the default port 3333. If port 3333 is
applied, you can access Virtual CD/DVD Tower using the port
number, e.g. http://192.168.0.1:3333 through a browser.

 If you did not add web service yet and the 80 port is not used

by other programs, we recommend that you set the 80 port as
your Virtual CD/DVD Tower http port.

7. Confirm the location of the samba configuration file (the message

shown below):
Samba configuration file is /etc/samba/smb.conf. Are you sure?
(Yes|No):
If your samba configuration file is located in the def ault path, just
press Enter to continue. If it is not available in the default path,
select No and enter the absolute path of the samba configuration
file.

8. Confirm the location of the samba startup file (the message shown

below):
Samba daemon script is /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb. Are you sure?
(Yes|No):
If your samba startup file is located in the default path, just press
Enter to continue. If it is not available in the default path, select
No and enter the correct absolute path of the samba startup file.

9. Enter the location for storing VCD files (the message displayed

below):
Virtual CD/DVD Tower storage directory location.
The Install Wizard will suggest a default folder in which to store
the VCD files. If you would like to store these files in a different
location, just enter the absolute path directly.
Note:

 At least 100 MB of free disk space is required for storing the

VCD files.

 After the installation is completed successfully, launch the

Virtual CD/DVD Tower program from
/etc/rc.d/init.d./cdserver start.
Note:

 You can log onto Virtual CD/DVD Tower using a browser to

verify whether Virtual CD/DVD Tower works normally.

Note:

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Virtual CD/DVD Tower cannot be installed on Linux X Windows.
Please set up Virtual CD/DVD Tower in Text mode.

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Please install Virtual CD/DVD T o wer with a Root account.

2.3 Uninstalling Virtual CD/DVD Tower

1. In the Virtual CD/DVD Tower fol der, run ./uninstall to launch

the uninstall program.

2. The uninstall program will remove all files created by Virtual

CD/DVD Tower, except the Virtual CD files (files with the “VCD”
extension).