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Old 07-11-2014, 06:17 PM   #3
Ackis
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Originally Posted by eschwartz View Post
It is not a god idea to use a Windows calibre library on a linux OS. Windows is case-insensitive, as is the db. Linux is case-sensitive and will not be able to find your books.
Already have dealt with that issue. It gets a lot more fun when you have *nix structure shared via Samba.

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You should be able to reemotely access calibre on the server, though: http://courses.cms.caltech.edu/cs11/misc/xwindows.html
Not going to install X on a headless server. I have no need for it.

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You can run as many instances of
Code:
calibre-server --port #### --with-library /path/to/library
as you want. Just make sure they broadcast on different ports.

You could also merge the libraries and separate them via virtual libraries, which can be searched in the server.
Thanks, I'll take a look into this, I think I had tried virtual libraries but ran into some hangups, time to look into them again.
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