Re: W2K3 Server and NEC Multispin 4x4 changer

OK, I did some more research and got past the available previous
posts.

FYI, the problem is that the 2000+ family doesn't directly support CD
Changers. You have to go through Removable Storage Manager (rsm.exe).
I found a Microsoft document at support.microsoft.com/kb/q227425. It
says you need to get the friendly name of your drive with the

rsm view /tchanger

command, then run a Mount.bat file to mount the individual slots.

My problem - the "rsm view /tchanger" doesn't return any changers. I
can find the drive in the Computer Manager and even locate the
friendly name, but apparently that name isn't included as a "changer".
There must be an RSM database somewhere that I can't find documented.
Apparently I would also need a changer driver for my drive - the
Multispin 4x4 model 251.

The strange thing is that Windows recognizes the device is a changer
and uses the ATAPI changer driver. Computer Manager recognizes the
drive is mountable, but won't give me the option to mount it.

Can anyone help me figure out how to get my CD driver into the changer
list?

Thanks,
Jay

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:45:37 -0600, Reverse first and last names
<shilstone.jay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I am setting up a web server using Win2003 and have just installed an
NEC Multispin 4x4 CD changer. It's old and slow, but not slow compared
to Internet connections. My problem is that the computer is only
recognizing the first drive in the changer. There are 4 drives. I
haven't had this happen on another computer.

When booting up the computer identifies the drive as an NEC 251 drive.
That is what shows up in Device Manager. FYI, the device is a slave on
my second drive controller. Don't want to move it since the other
drives have been used to install applications that expect to find the
drives where the were at install.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Jay
.

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