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Questions tagged [optical-media]

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.,Is it possible to have multiple simultaneous DVD drives on XenServer?

I'd like to be able to have more than 1 CD/DVD available at a time for a XenServer VM. https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX125520 That article is the closest to what I'm asking for, but it didn't work. I am running XenServer 6.5 SP1. I asked on…
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Create a backup RedHat DVD

Okay I am kind of desperate here. I took a simple backup of my RedHat EL 5 install DVD and now that backup DVD refuses to boot .. Some googling told me that my backup DVD is probably not bootable . I don't have the original DVD now. Is there a way…
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Any alternative to the out of band management virtual drives?

The out of band management systems include a lot features to admin the servers on remote. I'm only interested in alternatives to the virtual CD/DVD drives included with these systems. I would like to install different OS regularly on one of the…
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What type of fiber optical cable do I need to use for the VNX5200?

I have the EMC VNX5200 and two Brocade 300 SAN switches sitting in my office. I now need to order optical cables to connect these devices. Somebody told me that they are not the standard fiber cables that we normally would order and I need to verify…
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IBM x360 DVD drive?

My x360 server has only a CD drive in it. I wish to upgrade and install a DVD drive, so it is easier for me to install software without sharing my workstation DVD drive all the time. According to IBM ServerProven Compatibility, only those two are…
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Can I boot a CD-ROM on a QEMU guest with a hard drive?

If I insert a CD-ROM into my server's physical CD-ROM drive, can I boot that CD-ROM in a QEMU guest to work on that guest's hard drive? I need to use a Windows 7 repair disk. This is a continuation of my previous two questions.
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VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5 with Intel SPL 5000 in Raid 0 no boot from DVD?

I hope this is the correct StackExchange, since I am only using StackOverflow for Web development, but need some help with my server configuration. I would like to install VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5 on my server here at home and run a view machines…
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Find files on a specific sector of a DVD

Is there a tool or way to figure out what file/files are on a specific sector of a DVD? Sometimes when installing from DVD+R's/DVD-R's I get a "Buffer I/O error" message with a sector number of range of sectors listed in the message. Is there a way…
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Why is my functional DVD Drive unable to read current DVDs?

Dunno how to even frame this question... I used to have this issue earlier with CD-drives of yore.. where certain CDs couldn't be read by older drives (I think the discs were recorded with >8x speed). Now I'm seeing this issue with my trusty DVD…
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centOS server ready ISO download

I want to install CentOS 5.6 Final 32bit into a virtual server i have access to. I do not want to download the full DVD -- but I am searching if there is a MINIMAL version available somewhere. What i want to do is to install kloxo and act as a web…
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Setting up PXE boot server for Ubuntu 11.04

I want to setup a pxe boot server for installing linux 11.04 amd64 server edition on some blade servers. I had installed 10.04 last year and it worked nicely. I am following same procedure for 11.04 but it is looking for an installation disk in…
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IMAP mailboxes Backup script

I need some advise to create a script that runs at night on my IMAP mail server, and backup all the mailboxes (50) and once the backup is done, burn such file in a DVD. UPDATED: Im runing CentOS 5.x & iRedMail with mysql backend, DOVECOT and virtual…
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Installing Ubuntu Server fails to detect SATA CD/DVD Drive

O/S: Ubuntu 8.04 Server LTS 64-bit Drive: Lite-On SATA CD/DVD Burner, DS-8A4S Motherboard: Supermicro x8ste Booting from the CD/DVD works fine, but the installer fails to detect the drive with the error: No common CD-ROM drive was detected.
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File system that mounts a set of exchangeable media as single file system and handles media changes transparently

I'd like to build a DVD library (probably later to become a tape library) with a home-built robot that moves media between a store area (i.e. the 'shelves' where the physical DVDs are kept) and the DVD drives, and its own server to interface between…
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CD / DVD Catalog Software For Linux

I'm looking for some Linux cataloging software so I can simply label my disks with a number and be able to punch that into my catalog to see whats on the disc. Any suggestions?
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