mgb
It may be that you only need to create the template fragment mentioned and not actually install the old contrib.
On a quick look it only appears to create the template fragment & expand & restart services, so you can probably do the same thing manually.
I tried this and it works OK without installing the old rpm.
The short Howto for sharing a CD drive on sme8 (even though this is being answered in a sme7 forum), is:
Note: Having a CD or DVD drive in a sme server is considered insecure by many system administrators, and not "best practice".
Typically any CD or DVD drive is removed from the server after installation of the SME OS.
If you must insist or require the CD or DVD drive to be accessible to local users, then keep this point in mind.
Log in as root or a user with sufficient privileges.
nano -w /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/smb.conf/95sharedcdrom
edit it to read
[cdrom]
comment = CD-ROM Drive in the Server
path = /media/cdrecorder
read only = yes
writable = no
printable = no
root preexec = "mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrecorder"
root postexec = "umount /media/cdrecorder"
Save with Ctrl o
Exit with Ctrl x
Then do
signal-event console-save
service smb restart
Log off workstations & log back in again (to read the new smb.conf details/shares)
Insert a CD into the CD drive on sme server.
Open Windows Explorer on the workstation and access the sme server name eg
\\smeserver
click on the cdrom share and you should see the contents of the CD displayed (in read only mode of course).
Note that while the drive is accessed, it is mounted, so the CD disk cannot be ejected.
When finished reading/copying the CD, close the share access by closing Windows Explorer.
If other workstations have been accessing the drive, then they will also have to close access
Wait about 15 seconds for the CD drive to be unmounted
Eject the CD disk
Note while mounted, the CD drive eject button will not function.
mgb
Your original request is about accessing a DVD drive in the server, so examine the mount point, and how sme server accesses it (ie /dev/???), and change the custom template accordingly, expand template, restart smb, log off & back on workstations, and the DVD drive should be accessible in the same manner as this Howto describes (at least I assume that will be the case).