CompuServe Messages

Bruce, Why do you need to "load a new file set" each time you change CD's? You only need to make a file set the FIRST time a CD is mounted – from then on you never need to make the file set again unless you want to change the attributes of the CD volume (Volume name, trustees, etc.). Mount times are usually very fast – SCSI Express does not traverse the CD directory structure when mounting the CD-ROM – it does that during the file set creation process. Novell does need to load the FAT and traverse the directories – but that is obtained from the hard disk where the file set is stored. Volume mount times are usually VERY fast. Less than 5 seconds in most cases. Once a file set has been made for all the discs you use – switching discs can usually be accomplished in 30 seconds or less.