This approach requires three CD devices or a CD juke box to be installed on the server. Insert all the MSDN CDs into the CD ROM device(s) on the server. Create shares for all the CDs and give everyone access to the CDs. Please see your Windows NT or Win9x documentation for more information on creating shares.
When you have all the shares created, each user can connect to the share point for MSDN Disc 1 by using a UNC path and running SETUP.EXE. For example, click Start, then click Run and type \\myserver\disc1, where "myserver" is the server name and "disc1" is the share point for MSDN Disc 1.
The MSDN Library includes what we call advanced media support by including HTML Help viewer version 1.21. HTML Help version 1.21 includes full support for advanced media, which, if you use MSDN Library CD-ROMs, prompts you a single time for the correct location of the CDs in the event that they are located in a CD changer or in multiple CD-ROM drives. You have the ability to enter a local, UNC, or mapped network drive path. You are also prompted if the CD is no longer available at the designated location. Now you can run the MSDN Library from a local or network location using multiple CD-ROM drives or a CD changer (also known as a CD Jukebox) without being prompted to specify the CD location each time you select a topic that is located on a different CD.
Important Only a Typical Setup is supported from MSDN Library CDs placed in multiple CD-ROM drives or a network CD changer because the MSDN Library program prompts you to insert different CDs but does allow you to browse to, or enter a new location. To run a Custom or Full Setup, you must be able to insert Disc 2 and Disc 3 into the same drive as Disc 1.
Scenarios supported: