Mounting multiple hard drives as one folder or drive?

[Woodsy]

I am attempting to see a large collection of files that are contained on several hard drives located on an NT4 server
system. I have a program that only knows one directory and it will not see any other drive/folder without user
intervention. Win2k is running the program (jukebox software on a touchscreen pc). Mapping the drives currently works
just do not have access to 3/4 of the files. I am stumped!

 

[Colon Terminus]

I'm not quite sure what, exactly, your problem is. Can you expand on
"mapping the drives currently works, just do not have access to 3/4 of the
files."?

I am attempting to see a large collection of files that are contained on

several hard drives located on an NT4 server

system. I have a program that only knows one directory and it will not see

any other drive/folder without user

intervention. Win2k is running the program (jukebox software on a

touchscreen pc). Mapping the drives currently works

 

[Woodsy]

Jukebox program only willingly accepts one drive(path).
mapping 4 network drives offers 4 paths and the program
only accepts one without user intervention.
Access to network data is working fine.
Just not in a convienient form.

Thanks for the reply!

I'm not quite sure what, exactly, your problem is. Can you expand on
"mapping the drives currently works, just do not have access to 3/4 of the
files."?

I am attempting to see a large collection of files that are contained on

several hard drives located on an NT4 server

system. I have a program that only knows one directory and it will not see

any other drive/folder without user

intervention. Win2k is running the program (jukebox software on a

touchscreen pc). Mapping the drives currently works

 

[Bob I]

You need a bigger hard drive.

Jukebox program only willingly accepts one drive(path).
mapping 4 network drives offers 4 paths and the program
only accepts one without user intervention.
Access to network data is working fine.
Just not in a convienient form.

Thanks for the reply!

 

[Rob Stow]

Jukebox program only willingly accepts one drive(path).
mapping 4 network drives offers 4 paths and the program
only accepts one without user intervention.
Access to network data is working fine.
Just not in a convienient form.

Thanks for the reply!

Sometimes the simplest solutions are the best:
What happens if you simply create a new folder and put shortcuts
to all the files you want Jukebox to see in that folder ?


Should be easy to set up a simple test, and then if it works out
it should be a matter of a few minutes to use Explorer to search
for all the files you want Jukebox to see and create the
shortcuts in the desired folder.

 

[Colon Terminus]

Would it be possible for you to create a Volume Set from the four drives on
the NT4 machine and then map that as a drive on the win2K machine? This
would surely involve a backup and restore of the data on the four drives.

Jukebox program only willingly accepts one drive(path).
mapping 4 network drives offers 4 paths and the program
only accepts one without user intervention.
Access to network data is working fine.
Just not in a convienient form.

Thanks for the reply!

 

[Woodsy]

You need a bigger hard drive.

8X160G on just this one box.(plus boot drive,and 8XCD's internally,7XCD's externally.)
PS. No firewire/usb here.

 

[Woodsy]

Sometimes the simplest solutions are the best:
What happens if you simply create a new folder and put shortcuts
to all the files you want Jukebox to see in that folder ?


Should be easy to set up a simple test, and then if it works out
it should be a matter of a few minutes to use Explorer to search
for all the files you want Jukebox to see and create the
shortcuts in the desired folder.

Now we are cooking! this is a good idea, that I will try ASAP.
Thank you.

 

[Woodsy]

Would it be possible for you to create a Volume Set from the four drives on
the NT4 machine and then map that as a drive on the win2K machine? This
would surely involve a backup and restore of the data on the four drives.

I am spoiled by the strip0 240G (2x120) set on my desktop, nice scratch drive for
processing and temp storage, I hesitate to decrease reliability on the server.
I hope that I misunderstand "Volume Set". It is tempting, the reload is not
that terrible,(xcopy and 15 cd drives) data is archived and little change has been made to data (not a backup done,
just lots of cd's copied over,so incremental is not possible) BUT I would like to avoid the raid approch, hardware
budget has been maxed out, and just covered the storage nessary, and the slots are full with 4 drive controllers,
video and network card, the on board IDE will handle 2 more, and the case may hold one more!
Windows 2000 would cure my problems with the NTFS5 junction points, similar to the shortcut suggestion
above, but the minimum hardware requirements are not met, the "dead bug" 200mhz sitting next to it would
make it meet the minimum, and I mean minimum requirements. I think I will continue to hope that I do not see
the "Volume Set" as you do, while trying the shortcut method. If both those fail, I will dig out another boot drive
and install the "upgrade" CPU and win2k to see how it runs.
Anyone ever try W2kServer on a 200mhz pentium with 64m ram?

Thanks for your time, I will be back!

Jukebox program only willingly accepts one drive(path).
mapping 4 network drives offers 4 paths and the program
only accepts one without user intervention.
Access to network data is working fine.
Just not in a convienient form.

Thanks for the reply!

 

[Colon Terminus]

"Volume Set" is NT4 terminology for JBOD or Spanning. When combined into a
Volume Set, the four physical disks would appear to the O/S as a single
logical drive spanned over the physical disks.

I am spoiled by the strip0 240G (2x120) set on my desktop, nice scratch drive for
processing and temp storage, I hesitate to decrease reliability on the server.
I hope that I misunderstand "Volume Set". It is tempting, the reload is not
that terrible,(xcopy and 15 cd drives) data is archived and little change

has been made to data (not a backup done,

just lots of cd's copied over,so incremental is not possible) BUT I would

like to avoid the raid approch, hardware

budget has been maxed out, and just covered the storage nessary, and the

slots are full with 4 drive controllers,

video and network card, the on board IDE will handle 2 more, and the case may hold one more!
Windows 2000 would cure my problems with the NTFS5 junction points,

similar to the shortcut suggestion

above, but the minimum hardware requirements are not met, the "dead bug"

200mhz sitting next to it would

make it meet the minimum, and I mean minimum requirements. I think I will

continue to hope that I do not see

the "Volume Set" as you do, while trying the shortcut method. If both

those fail, I will dig out another boot drive

and install the "upgrade" CPU and win2k to see how it runs.
Anyone ever try W2kServer on a 200mhz pentium with 64m ram?

Thanks for your time, I will be back!

 

[Woodsy]

"Volume Set" is NT4 terminology for JBOD or Spanning. When combined into a
Volume Set, the four physical disks would appear to the O/S as a single
logical drive spanned over the physical disks.

Rats, I would have rather been wrong.

I am spoiled by the strip0 240G (2x120) set on my desktop, nice scratch drive for
processing and temp storage, I hesitate to decrease reliability on the server.
I hope that I misunderstand "Volume Set". It is tempting, the reload is not
that terrible,(xcopy and 15 cd drives) data is archived and little change

has been made to data (not a backup done,

just lots of cd's copied over,so incremental is not possible) BUT I would

like to avoid the raid approch, hardware

budget has been maxed out, and just covered the storage nessary, and the

slots are full with 4 drive controllers,

video and network card, the on board IDE will handle 2 more, and the case may hold one more!
Windows 2000 would cure my problems with the NTFS5 junction points,

similar to the shortcut suggestion

above, but the minimum hardware requirements are not met, the "dead bug"

200mhz sitting next to it would

make it meet the minimum, and I mean minimum requirements. I think I will

continue to hope that I do not see

the "Volume Set" as you do, while trying the shortcut method. If both

those fail, I will dig out another boot drive