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Chapter 5: Installing and Removing Software
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2. If you do not have a CD drive connected directly to your system, find a CD drive on
your network.
Choose "Disk Drives" from the Find toolchest.
In the Search window, choose "Type" from the Match menu, and choose
"CD-ROM" from the menu button next to whose type is. See the online help in the
Search window for details.
Click the Search button to find the drive.
When the drive's icon appears, it is labeled systemname
the name of the system to which the drive is connected.
Note: If the search does not find a device that you know is available, choose
"On-line Books" from the Help toolchest and see "Troubleshooting Network
Errors" in the online Personal System Administration Guide.
Contact the administrator of the system to which the drive is connected, and
make sure remote installations are allowed from that CD drive. For more
information, select "On-line Books" from the Help toolchest and search for
"Allowing Remote Users to Install Software From Your CD Drive" in the online
Personal System Administration Guide.
3. Insert the CD into the drive you are going to use.
4. Check the full pathname of the drive.
• If you're using a drive that's connected to your own system, double-click the
drive's icon. The title bar shows the full pathname (for example, /CDROM);
write down the pathname.
• If you're using a remote drive, double-click its icon. A window appears in
which the field labeled "Open Remote Directory" shows the full pathname of
the CDROM directory (for example, /CDROM).Write down the full name, then
click the Cancel button to close this window.
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