Enabling Remote Disc on not-Airs

[bstreiff]

In Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser EnableODiskBrowsing -bool true
defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser ODSSupported -bool true

... and reboot.

I've gotten it to work on both a Mac mini and my Blackbook (screenshot of the latter below).

[aaronw1986]

Or....you can just go into "Sharing" under system preferences and choose "DVD or CD sharing"

[compuguy1088]

Originally Posted by aaronw1986

Or....you can just go into "Sharing" under system preferences and choose "DVD or CD sharing"

I believe that only covers one part of the equation. This would allow you to actually use a shared disk...on other macs other than the MacBook Air.

[callmemike20]

Is there a way to find out if this command worked? I don't see any remote disks on my school network.

[bstreiff]

Yeah, the 'DVD/CD sharing' is just the server-side. The client is what is normally restricted to the Air, and that's what those preferences enable.

DVD/CD sharing is off by default; I haven't seen any other random machines at my campus with it on. I have gotten it to work between machines I have, though.

[callmemike20]

What do I install on my windows machine in order to use this?

[bstreiff]

Originally Posted by callmemike20

What do I install on my windows machine in order to use this?

Which part?

To do the server part, you can install the DVD or CD Sharing service for Windows. This is on the CD included with the Airs, but I think this is it as well:

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macos...orwindows.html

For the client part, that's only a feature of OS X.

[compuguy1088]

Originally Posted by bstreiff

In Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser EnableODiskBrowsing -bool true
defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser ODSSupported -bool true

... and reboot.

I've gotten it to work on both a Mac mini and my Blackbook (screenshot of the latter below).

Lol! fenchurch, hotblack, zaphod....I see your a fan of the Hitchhikers Guide to the galaxy

Your missing FordPrefect!

[bstreiff]

Originally Posted by compuguy1088

Lol! fenchurch, hotblack, zaphod....I see your a fan of the Hitchhikers Guide to the galaxy

Your missing FordPrefect!

I had a prefect once; it was a laptop I had long ago.

Oh, and I don't actually have an iMac, Mac Pro, or XServe just lying around-- those three are Linux boxes and, since I wasn't too keen about them showing up with the BSOD icon, I made avahi send out the appropriate _device-info keys over Bonjour.

Not that I would be terribly opposed to having an iMac, Mac Pro, and/or XServe just lying around, of course...

[Mal]

BTW, it appears to work without rebooting, I simply relaunched the Finder and it came right up.

jW

[compuguy1088]

Originally Posted by bstreiff

I had a prefect once; it was a laptop I had long ago.

Oh, and I don't actually have an iMac, Mac Pro, or XServe just lying around-- those three are Linux boxes and, since I wasn't too keen about them showing up with the BSOD icon, I made avahi send out the appropriate _device-info keys over Bonjour.

Not that I would be terribly opposed to having an iMac, Mac Pro, and/or XServe just lying around, of course...

I wouldn't name your server hotblack....unless it is truly on death support .

[bstreiff]

Originally Posted by compuguy1088

I wouldn't name your server hotblack....unless it is truly on death support .

It kinda is. It's an old IBM Netvista that is, well, black. It uses some sort of custom-form-factor power supply, however, and since I wasn't really keen on the idea of ponying up $110 for a new power supply, I instead took a SPX-style power supply and shortened the case to make it fit in the space where I would have the CD drive (were I the sort of person who used CD drives for more than OS installs.) One consequence of this is that the airflow is a bit different now, so the machine runs a little hotter. I'm not too sure how much hotter (no temperature sensors), though it's been working fine like this for the past year. I try not to do anything too CPU-intensive for long periods of time, just in case.

So, well, it's hot and black. Seemed like a natural choice. ;D

[davidwarren]

cool, works with just a restart.



edit--much later-- I mean just a finder restart.

[HawaiiMacAddict]

Aloha everyone,

Has anyone successfully played a movie on the client using Remote Disc? I tried to do just that today - loaded a movie in my iMac to play on my MacBook Pro - but no joy. I was able to read from both a CD and a DVD, however, but have yet to attempt a write test.

How far have any of you gotten thus far? Also, for those of you who have the MacBook Air, can you play a movie on the Air via Remote Disc on a 2nd Mac? I'm interested in finding the limits of Remote Disc.

HawaiiMacAddict

[jackiecanev2]

Anyone know how to get this going in 10.5.5? Since I upgraded, my remote disc doesn't work anymore... (on my not-air).

[bstreiff]

Originally Posted by jackiecanev2

Anyone know how to get this going in 10.5.5? Since I upgraded, my remote disc doesn't work anymore... (on my not-air).

That's strange; it works fine for me in 10.5.5.

Is it simply not showing up in Finder, or is it failing when you're actually trying to use it?

[jackiecanev2]

It's just not showing up at all. It was working fine before, but now... no dice. Remote sharing is on on my min and MBP, but the not-air doesn't see anything anymore.

[bluepolo]

on my non-Air.

Running 10.5.5

BP

[ViM]

i can see the remote disc but the problem is that i am left just with a "waiting for disc" screen. Is it just my slow wifi?

[ltldrummerboy]

I know this is an old thread, but I just wanted to say that I got a refurbished Nvidia Mac mini and it had remote disc enabled by default. It can see discs I put in my iMac and MacBook. I have no idea why this is since I have a SuperDrive in it already. Still cool if not very useful to me.