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Old 03-13-2019, 06:21 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by Cindy Smith View Post
Good day
I'm hoping someone can help me...otherwise I will need to search through many posts and the user guide. Perhaps I am being a bit lazy!

I have been volunteering at a small not for profit university in Zambia to help them get their e-Library (e-books, articles, etc) organized so that the students and faculty can all use their digital library. I have installed Calibre for Windows (64bit) on about 15 computers which are all running Windows 7 64 bit). The install on the Librarians computer is working great...the e-Library is wonderful and the Librarian in very happy with the product.

I put the e-Library in the public folder on the Librarians computer and set up sharing of public folders. The 15 computers are connected to a LAN.

I then installed Calibre for Windows 7 x64 on the other computers, and then I ran into a big problem. When I open the Calibre e-Book manager on the computers, I immediately get an error message that it can't find the library on u:/ and a long path is displayed.

When I try and connect the Calibre e-Book manager to the e-Library on the Librarians computer (which is in the Public Folder), I select the Library folder and then I receive an error message saying that the library seems to be corrupted. Do I want Calibre to re-build it?

I have answered no, and obviously that doesn't solve my problem.
I have also tried answering yes - and the attempt to rebuild the library begins, but it never finishes...I literally waited hours.

The interesting thing is, when I open Calibre e-Book manager on the Librarians computer, the library is fine...no error messages about corrupt files.

I really need help.
1. Am I installing the software and library correctly for use on a LAN?
2. How can I connect Calibre on the individual computers to the Library on the Librarian's computer? The objective is that we have one master library, which is viewable on individual computers on the LAN.

The university does not have a server.

Has anyone deployed Calibre e-Boook across a LAN? Can you help me with my dilemma?
I suggest skimming the FAQ's would be worth the effort ==>> Frequently Asked Questions. Especially this one: I am getting errors with my calibre library on a networked drive/NAS?

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Do not put your calibre library on a networked drive.
A shared drive is a networked drive.

I also suggest you read the section on The calibre Content server. It doesn't need a high-end server class computer - an old laptop, or a headless Raspberry Pi would do for starters, providing it has enough disk space. Probably best to use a file synch tool to do periodic one-way synchs (e.g. daily) from the librarians computer to the 'server' computer.

BR
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