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SunPCi™ 1.1 User's Guide

1. Note You can create several C and D drive files all with different applications and configurations and attach a drive as needed Only one C drive and one D drive can be active at any one time They may not be the same file that is do not attach a file as drive C and then attach the same file as drive D Creating and Configuring a New C or D Drive on page 18 contains information on how to create and configure these drives Backing Up Your C Drive Once you have successfully installed Windows 95 NT you can make a copy of the disk image of your C drive This allows you to keep a backup copy of the drive in case you need to recover the contents of your drive at any time Note We strongly recommend that once you have installed and configured SunPCi and your Windows applications that you make a backup copy of your C drive Your C drive is actually a large file stored on the hard disk of your workstation You use the SunPCi cphd copy hard disk command to make a copy of the file To back up your C drive follow these steps Locate the disk image of your C drive It should be located in the directory called pc within your home directory on your workstation To view the contents of the directory type the following commands and press Enter after each 9 5 cd pe ls You should see a listing of files including the name you assigned to your C drive during installation for example C disk
2. If the code page is not specified on the command line dos2unix and unix2dos will check the LANG environment variable to determine which code page to use To check whether your LANG variable is set enter the following in a Solaris command window env grep LANG 94 SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 If you do not have the LANG variable set or if it is set to anything but the settings listed in TABLE B 4 SunPCi software uses the default US code page 437 and the en_US English US SLANG setting TABLE B 4 SLANG Variable Settings SLANG Variable Setting Language Territory C Default C locale es_AR Arabic da Danish de German de_AT Austrian German de_CH Swiss German el Greek en_AU Australian English en_IE Irish English en_NZ New Zealand English en_UK UK English en_US US English es Spanish es_BO Bolivian Spanish es_CL Chilean Spanish es_CO Colombian Spanish es_CR Costa Rican Spanish es_EC Ecuadorian Spanish es_GT Guatemalan Spanish es_MX Mexican Spanish es_NI Nicaraguan Spanish es_PA Panamanian Spanish es_PE Peruvian Spanish es_PY Paraguayan Spanish es_SV Salvadoran Spanish es_UY Uruguayan Spanish es_VE Venezuelan Spanish Appendix SunPCi International Support 95 TABLE 8 4 SLANG Variable Settings Continued SLANG Variable Setting Language Territory fr French fr_BE Belgian French fr CA Canadian French fr CH Swiss French it Italian ja Japanese ko Korean sv Swedish zh
3. Once you have installed the add on backplate you can attach the parallel cable to the backplate s parallel port SunPCi s parallel port is assigned to LPT1 You can assign the printer to the printer port by using the corresponding Control Panel in Windows For more information on setting up printing in Windows 95 refer to Chapter 5 To print to the parallel port with SunPCi simply use the Print command from your PC based application just as you would from a PC Note These instructions apply to a local printer that you would attach to the parallel port on your SunPCi card For information on how to use your Solaris printer with Windows 95 NT refer to Printing From Windows 95 NT Using Solaris Printers on page 50 For information on using USB printers refer to Installing USB Support Software for Windows 95 on page 30 SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 Connecting a Serial Device The optional add on backplate contains a serial port that you can use to connect a modem or serial device to SunPCi This serial port is assigned to COM1 FIGURE 4 2 shows the location of the serial port on the backplate To use the serial port connect the serial cable from your device to the COM port on the add on backplate If you need to install any additional drivers for the device you want to use have the software diskette or CD handy and use the corresponding Control Panel to install the drivers For more information on
4. Remove and reinstall your SunPCi card as described in the SunPCi Installation Guide Update the OBP as described in OBP Open Boot PROM Problems on page 67 e Quit the other session before running SunPCi again If possible remove the card and install it into the PCI slot it first occupied Log in as superuser type in halt at the prompt to halt your system again and restart at the ok prompt using boot r Make sure that the board is securely seated in the PCI slot Refer to the SunPCi Installation Guide for more information Make more space on your host file system 62 SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 Mouse Problems TABLE A 2 shows some common mouse problems and possible solutions TABLE A 2 Mouse Problems Problem Possible Cause Solution Two mouse cursors appear on the SunPCi desktop Mouse movements appear jerky after SunPCi installation You may not yet have installed the SunPCi drivers for Windows 95 You may not yet have installed the SunPCi drivers for Windows 95 To use the mouse before you install the drivers choose Attach Mouse from the Options menu or press Meta M After you have finished installing the drivers the mouse will operate normally Refer to Chapter 3 for information on how to install the drivers After you have finished installing you will notice that the mouse movement appears much more smooth Appendix A Tro
5. Setting the KBCP Environment Variable on page 83 Manually Setting the System Code Page DOS uses the AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files to set up system code pages to support a national language Examples of CONFIG SYS commands are shown later in this chapter Remember when you change your CONFIG SYS file you must reboot the SunPCi window to enable the new settings To set up your system to support a character set follow this procedure In your CONFIG SYS file perform the following steps a Use the country configuration command to control country specific characteristics such as the time format date format currency symbol and character sorting sequence b Use a device configuration command to tell DOS the hardware code page is a device and to allocate buffers for prepared code pages c Use an nlsfunc command to load the memory resident national support functions If you forget to issue the nlsfunc command DOS will not allow you to specify code pages or keyboard codes 2 In your AUTOEXEC BAT file use the following commands SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 a Use a mode cp prepare command to prepare code pages for each device that supports code page switching b Use a keyb command to select the keyboard layout c Use a chcp command to select the code pages for all prepared devices DOS automatically prepares two system code pages and selects the primary code page for your c
6. SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 home auto_home nobrowse xfn xfn auto_master Save the file and exit the text editor Reboot your system The browsing feature should be turned off Displaying Shortname Tails When the DOS window reads a Windows 95 NT style long file name it truncates the long name into DOS format that is an eight character file name followed by a three character extension and adds a number to the file such as 1 this number is called a shortname tail When reading long file names on extended drives in the Windows 95 DOS window or the Windows NT Command window the window can only display shortname tails ending in the number 1 it cannot display 2 3 and so on Note The term DOS window refers to the DOS shell window that you access from Windows 95 called the Command Window in Windows NT It does not refer to DOS windows running under OpenDOS 7 01 Reading Windows Formatted CDs Note This section refers to Windows 95 only If you are running Windows NT skip this section Some versions of Solaris Solaris 2 5 1 and 2 6 are unable to read some Windows formatted CDs such as the RockRidge format If SunPCi cannot read a CD you are trying to use check the contents of the CD as described in the following procedure Appendix A Troubleshooting 7 58 Open a Command Tool window on the Solaris desktop Enter the following commands cd cdrom cdrom0
7. a Make sure the setting in your application matches the setting for the default printer in your Windows 95 NT Network Control Panel The Setup Wizard will have already installed and configured the PostScript printer for you if you performed these steps during installation a Print to a file View the file from a Solaris command window using od a If you see the letters eot anywhere in the file it is an indication that there are D characters present in the file The PostScript printer will not recognize these characters 70 SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 SunPCi Software Problems Installation Problems This section lists some possible problems with installing and running SunPCi software TABLE A 6 SunPCi Installation Error Messages Error Message Not enough disk space to install SunPCi software You need additional swap space to install and run the SunPCi software Possible Cause Your workstation s hard disk or your home directory is out of space SunPCi software requires a minimum of 12 Mbytes of swap space Solution Delete unnecessary files applications or both to make more disk space available If necessary ask your system administrator for assistance When you have created or obtained more disk space start the SunPCi installation again As an alternative you can install SunPCi software on a different disk or system Increase the amount of swap space on your system
8. Click Next to continue The following message is displayed Setup is preparing to initialize Windows NT installation As the setup script sets up Windows NT installation a progress bar appears When the setup process is complete the following message is displayed Setup is configuring your workstation to use Windows NT The Saving Configuration screen appears with a progress bar When the process is complete the SunPCi software reboots When the OS Loader message appears on the Windows NT screen press Return or wait 30 seconds for Windows NT Workstation 4 0 to load The Windows NT login screen is displayed with the following message Press Ctrl Alt Del to log in Chapter 3 Starting SunPCi Software for the First Time 5 16 When you log in for the first time Windows NT executes some additional commands before completing the installation When these commands are complete the Windows NT desktop is displayed Windows NT defaults to an Administrator login with no password Note Your mouse will not be active until after you log in to Windows NT After you have finished installing Windows NT you should install Service Pack 4 0 before installing other software Proceed to the following section Installing Service Pack 4 0 There are two ways to install Service Pack 4 for Windows NT Workstation 4 0 Install from the CD ROM included in the Windows NT full installation package Download a file fro
9. To map a file system drive in Windows NT perform the following steps Click Start and select Programs and Windows NT Explorer from the pop up menus The Exploring screen is displayed 2 From the Tools menu select Map Network Drive The Map Network Drive dialog box is displayed Click on the drop down arrow to the right of the Drive field A list of unassigned drive letters is displayed on the drop down menu Scroll downward until you find the drive letter you want and then click to select it The drive letter is displayed in the Drive field SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 5 Type the following path into the Path field substituting the names of your directory and subdirectory localhost directory subdirectory For example to map a drive to home joeuser on your Solaris workstation use this path localhost home joeuser 6 If you want this drive to map automatically whenever you start up SunPCi click the checkbox next to Reconnect at logon Click OK The new file system drive appears in the Exploring window the next time you open Windows NT Explorer Note You can map long directory paths that is paths with more than two elements in Windows NT For example you can map the path localhost usr local bin in Windowns NT without using a symbolic link but you would need to use the link to map the same directory path in Windows 95 Diskette Drives If the workstation you are
10. ls 1R If the system responds with a message similar to the following it is unable to read the setup file from your CD setup exe No such file or directory total 170 r xr xr xl root sys45 Aug 21 1996 autorun inf dr xr xr x2 root sys2048 Nov 2611 46 doc r xr xr xl root sys11171 Nov 25 10 01 readme txt dr xr xr x2 root sys2048 Nov 26 11 46 setup If this happens you will need to download and install a Solaris patch Instructions for installation are included with the patch You can find the patches at http accessl sun com Download patch 104560 for Solaris 2 5 1 Download patch 105486 for Solaris 2 6 The SunPCi Installation Guide contains instructions on how to install the patches which are also included on the SunPCi software CD Network Neighborhood When you open the Network Neighborhood on the Windows 95 NT desktop the Network Neighborhood window does not show My Workstation The workstation and the SunPCi card share the same network interface so they do not see each other on the network Both can communicate with the network however For more information on networking your workstation with your SunPCi host refer to Networking With SunPCi on page 33 SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 International Keyboard Support Note This section refers to DOS and Windows 95 If you are running Windows NT skip this section DOS uses the file C dos keyb com as its keyb
11. BSMI Class A Notice The following statement is applicable to products shipped to Taiwan and marked as Class A on the product compliance GN 5 HARA Saletan ARMES ER FF ESERIA iB TARIST gt ERE SRE RRNA Regulatory Compliance Statements 5 116 SunPCi 1 1 Users Guide September 9 Declaration of Conformity Compliance ID Compliance ID Product Name SunPCi This product has been tested and complies with the following rules and requirements EMC USA FCC Class B This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation European Union EC This equipment complies with the following requirements of the EMC Directive 89 336 EEC EN55022 CISPR22 1985 Class B EN50082 1 IEC801 2 1991 4 kV Direct 8 kV Air IEC801 3 1984 3 V m IEC801 4 1988 1 0 kV Power Lines 0 5 kV Signal Lines EN61000 3 2 TEC1000 3 2 1994 Pass Safety This equipment complies with the following requirements of the Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC EC Type Examination Certificates EN60950 TEC950 1993 EN60950 w Nordic Deviations Supplementary Information This product was tested and complies with all the requirements for the CE Mark when connected to a Sun workstation or server S S Dennis P Symanski DATE Joh
12. September 1999 4 If you want to attach the disk drive as drive C click the button next to Attach New Hard Drive As C If you want to attach the new drive as drive D click the button next to D If you want to create the drive file but not attach it click the Do Not Attach button 5 Drag the slider to the desired drive size in MB megabytes Make sure that your disk size is at least 256 Mbytes the maximum of 2 Gbytes is preferred depending on the available disk space on your workstation Note An emulated drive is actually a large file and SunPCi allocates disk space for emulated drives in a dynamic manner rather than in a static one This means that although you can allocate a maximum of 2 Gbytes for a hard disk the actual size of the disk depends on the amount of data that is stored in it at a given point in time As the amount of data increases the size of the emulated hard disk increases Make sure that you have enough hard disk space on your workstation to accommodate a C or D drive of the size you specify 6 Click in the Selection field at the bottom of the dialog box Type in the file name you want to use for the new drive for example C newdisk 7 Click on OK to create the disk file SunPCi prompts you to shut down Windows and reboot Click on OK 8 Click on the Start button then Shut Down to shut down Windows 95 or Windows NT 9 From the File menu choose Reset PC to reboot SunPCi You are now read
13. download the driver from the World Wide Web at http www microsoft com HWDEV devdes uskbgame htm Save the file to a floppy disk or to a temporary location on your C drive such as 6 temp To install the driver follow this procedure Click the Start button and then choose Programs and Windows Explorer from the pop up menus The Exploring window is displayed Locate the file USBSUPP EXE and double click on the icon Follow the instructions on the screen to install the driver After Windows 95 restarts you should be able to use USB devices with Windows 95 The README TXT file included with the driver contains information on how to uninstall and reinstall the driver if necessary It also describes how to consult the Microsoft Knowledge Base for more information on the USB driver Connecting a Local Printer or Parallel Device The optional add on backplate included with the SunPCi card features a parallel port that you can use to connect a printer or other parallel device to SunPCi FIGURE 4 2 shows the connectors on the add on backplate Chapter 4 Configuring Peripheral Devices 31 32 Parallel port Serial port FIGURE 4 2 Add On Backplate Connections If you have not already installed the add on backplate you will need to do so before attaching the printer Refer to the SunPCi 1 1 Installation Guide for instructions on how to install the backplate
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15. you may want to increase the amount of VGA memory for more graphics intensive games Note Remember that increasing your video memory decreases the amount of available system memory To increase the amount of VGA memory available to SunPCi perform the following procedure Start up SunPCi If SunPCi is already running exit Windows and then choose Reset PC from the File menu You will see the startup screen and the RAM check routine While the RAM check routine is proceeding press the Del Delete key on your keyboard The startup routine is stopped and the Setup screen is displayed Select Chipset Features Setup Change the VGA Shared Memory Size parameter to a larger value The default is 1 Mbyte This parameter accepts values between 0 5 Mbytes and 4 Mbytes in increments of 5 Mbytes Exit Setup The SunPCi startup routine starts over using your new VGA memory settings Appendix SunPCi Performance Tips 101 102 SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 Safety Agency Compliance Statements Read this section before beginning any procedure The following text provides safety precautions to follow when installing a Sun Microsystems product Safety Precautions For your protection observe the following safety precautions when setting up your equipment Follow all cautions and instructions marked on the equipment Ensure that the voltage and frequency of your power source match the vo
16. 95 NT and paste it into a UNIX Window follow this procedure Use the mouse to highlight the text you want to copy and then use the Standard Windows Copy command Ctrl C To paste the text into the UNIX window position the cursor where you want the text to appear and then press the Paste key Printing From Windows 95 NT Using Solaris Printers This section explains how to configure your Windows 95 NT settings on SunPCi so that you can print using your workstation s network printer SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 Note SunPCi does not support printing as a DOS printer It is possible to select that option during the setup process but it will not function To set up the printer from Windows 95 NT follow this procedure From the Start menu choose Settings and then choose Printers The Printers window is displayed Double click on the Add New Printer icon The Printer Wizard dialog box is displayed Click on Next Select Network Printer and then click the Browse button The Browse for Printer window is displayed Double click on Entire Network to display all of the domains connected to your network Locate SunPCi Host in the list of domains Click on the plus sign next to the name SunPCi Host to show the list of workstations in the domain Locate the name of the system print server that corresponds to the printer you want to use Double click on that machine name to
17. Chinese zh_TW Chinese Taiwan Note that the settings listed in the table are the ones that SunPCi supports it does not list all the languages Solaris supports 96 SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 APPENDIX 6 SunPCi Performance Tips This appendix suggests various ways to improve the performance of the SunPCi program and the performance of your Windows 95 applications The following list describes the topics in this appendix Fine Tuning Your SunPCi Configuration Windows 95 Specific Tips Running Game Software on SunPCi Fine Tuning Your SunPCi Configuration The following sections describe some aspects of SunPCi configuration that you can change to improve performance of the SunPCi software Memory The more system memory you have the better the performance of the SunPCi program A minimum of 64 Mbytes on the SunPCi card is suggested for running SunPCi software a 64 Mbyte memory module comes installed on the SunPCi card by default Windows software runs best with at least 48 Mbytes of RAM If you want to increase the amount of RAM allocated to SunPCi you may want to purchase the optional 128 Mbyte memory module You can purchase two of them and replace the 64 Mbytes memory module for a total of 256 Mbytes Refer to the SunPCi Installation Guide for more information or contact your Sun reseller 97 Emulated versus Extended Drives You should specify as large a drive size as possible when creating
18. Display setup is displayed Click Have Disk The Install From Disk dialog box is displayed Type in c sis5598 and then click OK then click OK again Follow the instructions on the screen When you have finished restart SunPCi with the vga switch as follows opt SUNWspci bin sunpci vga Windows NT will now display on your external monitor You may find that a resolution of 1024x768 with 8 bit depth at 75Hz works best For more information on monitor resolution and color depth refer to External Monitor Resolutions on page 41 Note Every time you change the display mode from workstation display to external or back you need to shut down Windows NT and reset SunPCi Restarting SunPCi loads the correct display driver for your monitor Restoring Your Workstation Monitor If you have been using your external monitor for Windows NT and want to change the display back to your workstation monitor follow the same procedure as described for selecting the external monitor At Step 6 instead of typing in Chapter 4 Configuring Peripheral Devices 9 30 c sis5598 type in c sunvideo After you finish the procedure and restart Windows NT the SunPCi window on your workstation monitor will display Windows NT Note Before you change the resolution or display depth of your monitor be sure to shut down all running applications and save your work You do not need to test a new setting before applying it Install
19. Environment Variable The KBTYPE environment variable specifies the keyboard language table to use with the SunPCi software To set KBTYPE refer to Turning On an Environment Variable on page 83 TABLE B 1 lists the values for KBTYPE and the corresponding languages TABLE B 1 KBTYPE Values KBTYPE Value Keyboard Language be Belgium cf Canadian French dk Danish fr French gf Swiss German gr German it Italian la Latin American Spanish nl Dutch Netherlands no Norwegian po Portuguese sf Swiss French sg Swiss German sp Spanish su Finnish sv Swedish uk U K English us U S English 82 SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 Setting the KBCP Environment Variable The KBCP environment variable specifies the keyboard code page The code page specifies the characters set accents currency symbols and so on t be used with a keyboard lists the possible values for the KBCP environment variable TABLE B 2 KBCP Values Value Description 437 United States code page 850 Multilingual code page including all characters for most languages of European North American and South American countries 860 Portuguese code page 863 Canadian French code page 865 Nordic code page including all characters for the Norwegian and Danish languages To set KBCP refer to Turning On an Environment Variable on page 83 For more information on code pages and their functions refer to What Is a Code P
20. NTFS drive NTFS NT File System drives work more quickly under Windows NT The Microsoft NT Workstation Start Here manual the hard copy manual included in your Windows NT installation package discusses the differences between FAT and NTES It also discusses the conversion process how to use Disk Administrator to convert FAT disks to NTFS and the convert function Converting a FAT Disk to NTFS If you have an emulated drive such as drive D in FAT format and you want to convert it to NTFS use the Disk Administrator function in Windows NT to perform the conversion Do not use the convert function from the C command line to convert your D drive To convert a C drive use the following command at the Windows NT Command Prompt C gt convert C fs ntfs Dual Boot Drives If you want to dual boot SunPCi software with both Windows NT and Windows 95 simply create another C drive When you want to run Windows 95 use the Attach Hard Disk command under the Options menu to select the C drive file with SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 Windows 95 on it and then reset SunPCi If you want to run Windows NT use Attach Hard Disk to select the C drive with Windows NT installed and then reset SunPCi How to Proceed Appendix C explains how to fine tune your SunPCi installation for optimum performance If you need help troubleshooting any problems with your SunPCi installation refer to Appendi
21. Replace the CD ROM drive in your system with a Sun supplied drive Download and install speu exe as described in General Protection Failures in Windows NT Applications on page 72 Update the OBP as described in OBP Open Boot PROM Problems on page 67 Appendix A Troubleshooting 1 TABLE A 1 Error Message SunPCi Error Messages Possible Cause Solution Driver not found Can t attach to device Devlinks not created The SunPCi drivers could not be loaded Is another session running Driver couldn t be loaded SunPCi cannot open the device Your BIOS may be out of date System could not transfer file data from butters Your workstation cannot identify the PCI device This can be due to the following reasons Your SunPCi card is not installed securely in the PCI slot Your etc devlink tab file was not updated correctly when you installed SunPCi Your workstation s Open Boot PROM OBP is out of date This message may have appeared for one of the following reasons You already have a SunPCi session running You removed the SunPCi card and then reinstalled it in a different PCI slot in your workstation You started up SunPCi without first restarting your workstation after you installed the card Your SunPCi card may not be properly seated in the PCI slot You need to update your BIOS You have run out of disk space on your host file system
22. Supporting Multiple Languages The following devices can use prepared code pages to switch from one language to another EGA and VGA displays or compatible IBM Proprinter model 4201 or compatible IBM Proprinter model 4208 or compatible IBM Quietwriter III printer model 5202 or compatible m Epson FX850 and FX1050 printers m Printers compatible with the above printers For example you have EGA support with the SunPCi program that allows you to switch between the United States code page and the Multilingual code page by entering the appropriate DOS commands With prepared code pages a single system can support multiple national languages SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 National Language Support Codes When you use commands to set up your system for a national language DOS makes sure the screen printer and keyboard codes you request work together The valid combinations of prepared code pages country codes and keyboard codes are defined in the COUNTRY SYS and KEYBOARD SYS files The supported combinations are listed in TABLE B 3 Both Swiss French and Swiss German use country code 041 Country codes 358 and 972 assume United States code page 437 but include country specific date and time conventions For example if you use country code 351 Portugal you can use prepared code pages 860 and 850 and the po Portugal keyboard code You could not use the us United States keyboard code If you enter a
23. cdromO Note mapped path requires two components so if you want to map a drive to a UNIX subdirectory component that has only one element you will need to use a period as the second element For example home Note Do not use an asterisk in the mapping path or Windows 95 will return a Device not connected error SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 If you want this extended drive to map automatically whenever you start up SunPCi click the checkbox next to Reconnect at logon Click OK The new extended drive appears in the Exploring window Mapping a Drive Letter to a Directory with a Long Path in Windows 95 If you need to map a drive to a UNIX directory that contains more than two path elements directory subdirectory subdir2 you will need to use UNIX symbolic links For example Become root on your machine Create a link from your root filesystem substituting your path for the one shown in the following example Type the following command and press Return In s net typicalmachine filesl anydir anydir Click Start and select Programs and Windows Explorer from the pop up menus The Exploring screen is displayed From the Tools menu select Connect Network Drive The Map Network Drive dialog box is displayed Click on the drop down arrow to the right of the Drive field A list of unassigned drive letters is displayed on the drop down menu Scroll downward
24. connecting and using the serial device refer to the documentation that came with your serial device Networking With SunPCi SunPCi includes a new NDIS driver this driver allows you to connect your SunPCi host to an Ethernet network The new driver support is designed for use with Windows 95 NT Configuring the Network Protocols in Windows 95 and Windows NT You usually configure the network protocols as part of the Windows 95 NT installation procedure If you changed networks or network properties or if you did not set up the network during the installation process you will need to configure TCP IP Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol to connect to your network Refer to the documentation that came with your version of Windows 95 NT To diagnose problems with your network refer to Appendix A Setting TCP IP Properties Before you can configure TCP IP you will need to obtain certain information from the network administrator at your site Make sure you have the following information before you begin Chapter 4 Configuring Peripheral Devices 3 Your SunPCi computer name the one you entered when you installed Windows 95 NT This name also appears on the Identification tab of the Network Control Panel The Network Control Panel is explained in the following procedure The IP address for your SunPCi computer must be different from your workstation s IP address The subnet mask for your site s n
25. country code 002 with a us keyboard code DOS displays an error message when you restart the system TABLE 8 3 National Language Support Country Prepared Key Country Region or Language Code Code Pages Code United States 001 437 850 us Canadian French 002 863 850 cf Latin America 003 437 850 la Netherlands 031 437 850 nl Belgium 032 437 850 be France 033 437 850 fr Spain 034 437 850 sp Italy 039 437 850 it Switzerland 041 437 850 sf sg United Kingdom 044 437 850 uk Denmark 045 865 850 dk Sweden 046 437 850 sv Norway 047 865 850 no Germany 049 437 850 gr English International 061 437 850 Portugal 351 860 850 po Finland 358 437 850 su Israel 972 437 Appendix SunPCi International Support 87 88 TABLE 8 3 National Language Support Country Prepared Key Country Region or Language Code Code Pages Code Japan 081 ja Korea 082 ko Peoples Republic of China 086 ch Taiwan 088 tn Using Code Pages in DOS The following sections explain the basics of using code pages including how to set up your system to support a particular character set Also several examples using different hardware and prepared code pages are provided The examples show you how to manually set up your system to support national languages It is assumed that all DOS files are in the directory dos on drive C Note You can also set up the code pages by using the KBCP environment variable with SunPCi as described in
26. example C gt ping 206 4 151 254 If this ping command succeeds proceed to Step 3 If it returns an error such as Host not found your SunPCi card may be using the wrong subnet or your netmask may be incorrect Contact your network manager to make sure you have the correct information Enter the ping command followed by the name of the system you pinged in Step 2 For example C gt ping bobswk If this ping command succeeds proceed to Step 4 If it returns an error your DNS Domain Name Service needs to be reconfigured Contact your network manager for the host name domain name and IP address of each DNS server on your network Enter the ping command followed by the IP address of a system not on your subnet For example C gt ping 199 172 10 2 If this ping command succeeds proceed to Step 5 If it does not succeed make sure that you have specified the correct network router Contact your network manager SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 5 Enter the ping command followed by the name of a system not on your subnet For example C gt ping maryswk If this ping command succeeds then TCP IP is set up correctly If it returns an error contact your network manager and double check the information you set up for the DNS servers as described in Step 3 Appendix A Troubleshooting 9 80 SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 APPENDIX B SunPCi Internat
27. for your Microsoft Windows applications SunPCi software includes two Windows super VGA display drivers One displays the Windows desktop in an X window on your screen the other displays on an external VGA monitor You can choose to install either option Your familiar PC peripherals The SunPCi product provides Microsoft Mouse and IBM PC keyboard emulation plus access to external peripherals such as printers and modems The SunPCi card and optional add on backplate contain the physical connections for PC peripheral devices m Access to network services files and printers The SunPCi product enables you to connect to your Ethernet network It also allows you to access Solaris files and printers on the network through the physical connections on the accelerator card and backplate 2 The software package includes the Caldera OpenDOS 7 01 operating system You must purchase Windows 95 or Windows NT Workstation 4 0 and your Windows applications separately From the PC User s Perspective From the perspective of a PC user SunPCi software includes the following PC features Emulated hard drives which function like local PC hard drives Extended drives similar to networked drives on a PC IBM PC and PC keyboard emulation Access to serial parallel and USB peripherals such as printers scanners digital cameras and so on 64 Mbytes of on board memory standard plus a second slot for additional memory 64 and 128 Mbyte opt
28. in the path click OK Exit Windows NT and reset SunPCi When SunPCi restarts it will use the CD ROM drive device you specified OBP Open Boot PROM Problems If you see the following message after installing SunPCi software your workstation s Open Boot PROM OBP may be out of date Executing postinstall script Warning etc devlink tab not updated correctly Perhaps the system OBP needs to be updated Another way to check if your OBP is out of date is to see if the file dev sunpcdrv2 exists on your workstation If the file does not exist you will need to update the OBP If it does exist your OBP is current If your workstation s OBP is out of date you will need to update it to be compatible with SunPCi To perform the update go to the following Web site and download the appropriate instructions for your particular workstation http sunsolve sun com pub cgi show pl target patches pub Hardware na Caution Do not update your OBP if the SunPCi software has been working correctly on your workstation Appendix A Troubleshooting 7 68 To update your OBP you will first need to find out the current version of your OBP software and then update the OBP using the software that corresponds to your workstation type To find out your OBP version follow these steps Type the following command at the prompt do not type the 3 usr sbin prtconf V You should see a display similar
29. los ajustes o la ejecuci n de procedimientos distintos a los aqu especificados pueden exponer al usuario a radiaciones peligrosas GOST R Certification Mark gis Safety Agency Compliance Statements 1 Nordic Lithium Battery Cautions Norge Sverige A ADVARSEL Litiumbatteri Eksplosjonsfare Ved utskifting benyttes kun batteri som anbefalt av apparatfabrikanten Brukt batteri returneres apparatleverandgren VARNING Explosionsfara vid felaktigt batteribyte Anv nd samma batterityp eller en ekvivalent typ som rekommenderas av apparattillverkaren Kassera anv nt batteri enligt fabrikantens instruktion Danmark A Suomi A ADVARSEL Litiumbatteri Eksplosionsfare ved fejlagtig h ndtering Udskiftning m kun ske med batteri af samme fabrikat og type Lev r det brugte batteri tilbage til leverandoren VAROITUS Paristo voi r j ht jos se on virheellisesti asennettu Vaihda paristo ainoastaan laitevalmistajan suosittelemaan tyyppiin H vit k ytetty paristo valmistajan ohjeiden mukaisesti 112 SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 Regulatory Compliance Statements Your Sun product is marked to indicate its compliance class e Federal Communications Commission FCC USA e Industry Canada Equipment Standard for Digital Equipment ICES 003 Canada e Voluntary Control Council for Interference VCCI Japan e Bureau of Standards Metrology and Inspection BSMI Ta
30. low density diskettes you must explicitly specify the diskette parameters while formatting To format a low density DOS diskette perform the following step At the DOS prompt enter the DOS format command with t and n options For example enter the following command at the DOS prompt C gt format a t 80 n 9 For more information about the format command enter HELP FORMAT at the DOS prompt CD ROM Drives SunPCi CD ROM drives work differently in Windows NT than they do in Windows 95 The following sections explain how the CD ROM drives works under each version of Windows SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 Windows 95 CD ROM Drives You can connect to CD ROM drives from within the SunPCi program to access DOS and Windows 95 software The CD ROM must be in the High Sierra File System HSFS format which includes most but not all commercially sold CDs and it can only be accessed by creating a SunPCi extended drive The SunPCi software does not support Microsoft CD ROM extensions This default drive mapping does not support long file names for use with Windows 95 To install software from a CD that requires long file names map your CD ROM drive to another drive letter such as Z using Windows Explorer For instructions on how to do this refer to Accessing Solaris Files and CD ROMs From Windows 95 on page 43 Note If you have Solaris Volume Manager enabled the default drive mapping for your
31. options SunPCi Appears to Hang When Browsing Network Drives If you are running Solaris 2 6 on your workstation you may observe a very long time lag when browsing network drives SunPCi may even appear to hang as it searches the contents of the drives This is a feature of Solaris 2 6 and Solaris 7 Solaris 2 6 contains a browsing feature that allows you to automatically view all automount points on your workstation In Solaris 2 5 1 and earlier versions automounted directories are not visible until they have been mounted This may cause Windows 95 NT applications to slow down considerably when browsing for files on your workstation especially on your R drive which is and may cause problems when viewing very large directories with Windows Explorer or saving to a subdirectory in one of these directories You can turn off this problem by editing the Solaris 2 6 auto_master file To edit this file perform the following steps Use a text editor to open the file etc auto_master The file should look similar to the following Master map for automounter auto_master net hosts nosuid nobrowse home auto_home nobrowse xfn xfn Move the auto_master line in the file to the bottom of the list after nobrowse Ifthe nosuid nobrowse and nobrowse keywords are not present in the file add them The result should look similar to the following Master map for automounter net hosts nosuid nobrowse
32. provided in Creating and Configuring a New C or D Drive on page 18 TABLE 5 2 Options Menu Disk Related Commands Setting Purpose Attach a Hard Drive Specify the emulated hard drive directory file name you want to assign to drive C or D Create a New Hard Create the file you want to use as an emulated drive Drive Attach CD ROM Windows NT only Allows you to attach a CD ROM drive to your system You would use this command if you have more than one CD ROM drive installed in your workstation or if you are not using Solaris Volume Manager vold to control your drives Eject CD Ejects the CD from the CD ROM drive The keyboard shortcut is Meta E Attach Mouse Works the same as Meta M allows you to attach the mouse to the SunPCi window when you are in SMI mode This happens automatically after you install the SunPCi drivers SunPCi Drives SunPCi software uses three different kinds of disk drives Emulated hard drives C and D Extended network hard drives including the CD ROM drive Diskette drives A 40 SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 Emulated Hard Drives When you install the SunPCi software it creates a default C drive and assigns it to an emulated drive file named C diskimage which resides in your pc directory By default all SunPCi windows are booted from this drive C and use the COMMAND COM AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files located on this drive
33. sure you type with no space between the minus sign and the letter 0 If your workstation Ultra 5 or Ultra 10 has an IDE drive the device will be dev dsk c0t2d0s2 4 Exit superuser status If you are not logged in as superuser skip this step 5 In the SunPCi window type the following command at the DOS prompt and press Return 0 lt r cdrom cdrom0 setup exe 6 Press Return to start the setup routine Follow the instructions on the screen During the installation process select the options that are appropriate to your installation typical compact and so on Chapter 3 Starting SunPCi Software for the First Time 9 10 10 11 Note If you needed to mount the CD ROM drive manually replace the cdrom cdrom0 path with the path for the location at which the CD ROM drive is mounted The screen responds with the message Setup is now going to perform a routine check on your system The Scandisk utility executes After the Scandisk utility has completed the screen displays the message Please wait while Setup initializes The Welcome to Windows Setup window is displayed You will notice that the SunPCi window shows two mouse cursors Click on the SunPCi window and then select the Options menu at the top of the window Choose Attach Mouse from the drop down menu You should now see a single mouse cursor The top of the SunPCi window reads Mouse Attached You may notice that the mouse movement is so
34. tenga es posible que se utilice uno de los siguientes s mbolos 0 0 Apagado Elimina la alimentaci n de CA del sistema En espera El interruptor de Encendido En espera se ha colocado en la posici n de En espera Modificaciones en el equipo No realice modificaciones de tipo mec nico o el ctrico en el equipo Sun Microsystems no se hace responsable del cumplimiento de las normativas de seguridad en los equipos Sun modificados Ubicaci n de un producto Sun A A Precauci n Para asegurar la fiabilidad de funcionamiento de su producto Sun y para protegerlo de sobrecalentamien tos no deben obstruirse o taparse las rejillas del equipo Los productos Sun nunca deben situarse cerca de radiadores o de fuentes de calor Precauci n De acuerdo con la norma DIN 45 635 Parte 1000 se admite un nivel de presi n ac stica para puestos de trabajo m ximo de 70Db A 110 SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 Cumplimiento de la normativa SELV El estado de la seguridad de las conexiones de entrada salida cumple los requisitos de la normativa SELV Conexi n del cable de alimentaci n el ctrica A Precauci n Los productos Sun est n dise ados para trabajar en una red el ctrica monof sica con toma de tierra Para reducir el riesgo de descarga el ctrica no conecte los productos Sun a otro tipo de sistema de alimentaci n el ctrica P ngase en contacto con el responsable de man
35. the connections between the systems perform the following steps 1 In Windows 95 NT select the Start button then choose Programs and MS DOS Prompt from the menus 34 SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 2 Type the following command at the DOS prompt do not type the 0 lt prompt C gt ed windows 3 If you want networking to take place every time you start up Windows 95 or Windows NT you will need to create a batch file to add to your Windows Startup folder for example C WINDOWS Start Menu Programs Startup ADDROUTE BAT The file would contain two lines similar to the following substituting the IP addresses for your systems For example echo off route add 192 9 200 2 mask 255 255 255 0 192 9 200 3 4 On the host workstation type the following command substituting the IP addresses of your SunPCi card and router proxy system for the ones used in the example route add 192 9 200 1 192 9 200 3 1 If desired you can enter this information into an etc rc script that will run each time you reboot your workstation 5 On the router which can be another workstation a router or another computer on the same subnet as your workstation and SunPCi host type the following command substituting the IP addresses of your SunPCi card and your workstation for the ones used in the example o route add 192 9 200 1 192 9 200 3 0 route add 192 9 200 2 192 9 200 3 0 You sho
36. time follow the instructions in the section Using Code Pages in DOS on page 88 or use the KBCP environment variablem as described in Setting the KBCP Environment Variable on page 83 Appendix SunPCi International Support 85 86 What Is a Code Page A code page is a table that defines the character set you are using Each character set contains 256 entries specific to a country or language The characters are translated from the code page table and used by your keyboard screen and printer An example is the set of letters numbers and symbols such as accent marks used by French Canadians When the character set is put into a table for use by DOS it becomes the Canadian French code page There are two types of code pages hardware and prepared A hardware code page is built into a device For example a printer manufactured for use in Portugal has a Portuguese hardware code page in it Many devices can use only their own hardware code page Prepared code pages are provided in code page information CPI files in your software OpenDOS includes the following prepared code pages 437 United States code page 850 Multilingual code page including all characters for most languages of European North American and South American countries 860 Portuguese code page 863 Canadian French code page 865 Nordic code page including all characters for the Norwegian and Danish languages Devices
37. while pressing the key to get the third character However there are a few special ways in which the keyboard operates under DOS The keyboard provides access to more characters than are available on the local language DOS keyboard Under both DOS and Solaris operating systems some characters are used both as accents and as separate characters such as the carat and the tilde Under the Solaris system these characters have separate keys one for use as a floating accent and one for the separate character Under DOS there is one key that provides both functions To use the key to enter a floating accent press the key To use the key to enter a separate character simultaneously press the key and the space bar m Characters that are not available on the local DOS keyboard may be ignored when you attempt to use them SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 Windows 95 uses a different keyboard driver than does DOS If you want to manually set up Windows 95 to support international keyboards under you will need to load the DOS keyboard driver Note If you use the environment variables to specify the international keyboard you will not need to manually set up Windows 95 Refer to Using the Keyboard Environment Variables on page 81 for more information on the environment variables For more information on how to perform the manual setup refer to Setting Device Code Pages on page 90 DOS Character Set W
38. you are using Windows NT the procedure for mapping network drives is different from that used in Windows 95 Accessing Solaris Files and CD ROMs From Windows 95 This section explains how to assign and use Solaris extended drives network drives with SunPCi and Windows 95 using the Windows Explorer To map a Solaris drive or directory to work with Windows 95 perform the following procedure Click Start and select Programs and Windows Explorer from the pop up menus The Exploring screen is displayed Chapter5 Using SunPCi Software 3 44 2 From the Tools menu select Map Network Drive The Map Network Drive dialog box is displayed Click on the drop down arrow to the right of the Drive field A list of unassigned drive letters is displayed on the drop down menu Note Any extended drive that is already mapped in the autoexec bat file such as the default drives F H and R will appear on the list but you cannot use them for mapping If you attempt to re map these drives the system will return a Device not connected error Scroll downward until you find the drive letter you want and then click to select it The drive letter is displayed in the Drive field Type the following path into the Path field substituting the names of your directory and subdirectory directory subdirectory or directory For example to map a Solaris CD ROM to work with Windows use this path cdrom
39. 00 must be Caution The workplace dependent noise 70Db A or less SELV Compliance Safety status of I O connections comply to SELV requirements 103 Power Cord Connection A A A Caution Sun products are designed to work with single phase power systems having a grounded neutral conductor To reduce the risk of electric shock do not plug Sun products into any other type of power system Contact your facilities manager or a qualified electrician if you are not sure what type of power is supplied to your building Caution Not all power cords have the same current ratings Household extension cords do not have overload protection and are not meant for use with computer systems Do not use household extension cords with your Sun product Caution Your Sun product is shipped with a grounding type three wire power cord To reduce the risk of electric shock always plug the cord into a grounded power outlet The following caution applies only to devices with a Standby power switch A Caution The power switch of this product functions as a standby type device only The power cord serves as the primary disconnect device for the system Be sure to plug the power cord into a grounded power outlet that is nearby the system and is readily accessible Do not connect the power cord when the power supply has been removed from the system chassis 104 SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide Septemb
40. 8 Las bater as no son elementos reemplazables por el propio cliente Pueden explotar si se manipulan de forma err nea No arroje las bater as al fuego No las abra o intente recargarlas Paquete de pilas A Precauci n Las unidades SunPCi contienen una pila de plomo sellada Productos de energ a port til n TLCO2V50 Existe riesgo de estallido si el paquete de pilas se maneja sin cuidado o se sustituye de manera indebida Las pilas s lo deben sustituirse por el mismo tipo de paquete de pilas de Sun Microsystems No las desmonte ni intente recargarlas fuera del sistema No arroje las pilas al fuego Des chelas siguiendo el m todo indicado por las disposiciones vigentes Tapa de la unidad del sistema Debe quitar la tapa del sistema cuando sea necesario a adir tarjetas memoria o dispositivos de almacenamiento internos Aseg rese de cerrar la tapa superior antes de volver a encender el equipo A Precauci n Es peligroso hacer funcionar los productos Sun sin la tapa superior colocada El hecho de no tener en cuenta esta precauci n puede ocasionar da os personales o perjudicar el funcionamiento del equipo Aviso de cumplimiento con requisitos de l ser Los productos Sun que utilizan la tecnolog a de l ser cumplen con los requisitos de l ser de Clase 1 Class 1 Laser Product Luokan 1 Laserlaite Klasse 1 Laser Apparat Laser KLasse 1 CD ROM A Precauci n El manejo de los controles
41. CD ROM drive is R cdrom cdrom0 Windows NT CD ROM Drives SunPCi 1 1 software contains a direct CD ROM driver for Windows NT so mapping is not necessary if you are running Windows NT To connect to a CD ROM drive other than your default if you are not running vold or if you have more than one CD ROM drive installed use the Attach CD ROM command under the SunPCi Options menu Ejecting a CD From a CD ROM Drive To eject the CD from your CD ROM drive use the Eject CD command under the Options menu or press Meta E Using the Copy and Paste Commands The SunPCi software allows you to copy text between UNIX windows on your workstation and Windows 95 NT This section explains how to use your workstation keyboard keys to copy and paste Chapter5 Using SunPCi Software 49 Note Font information is not passed along in Copy and Paste operations Special characters and fonts may produce unexpected results when copied and pasted between UNIX and Windows For best results use plain text Copying Text From a UNIX Window To Windows 95 NT To copy text from a UNIX Window and paste it into Windows 95 NT perform these steps Use the mouse to highlight the text you want to copy and then press the Copy key To paste the text into a Windows document position the cursor where you want the text to appear and use the standard Windows Paste command Ctrl V Copying Text From Windows 95 NT To a UNIX Window To copy text from Windows
42. FIGURE P 1 in combination with another key The Meta key is located on either side of the spacebar on your keyboard To use any of the keyboard accelerators hold down the Meta key and press the second key For example the Meta E key combination means press both the Meta key and the E key at the same time Preface xi FIGURE P 1 Sun Keyboard Meta Key Customer Support If you cannot find the information you need in this guide call your SunPCi distributor or your local support center For assistance outside the United States contact your Sun sales representative Related Documentation The complete documentation set for the OpenDOS operating system can be found on the World Wide Web at http www caldera com For information on the version of Windows you are using consult the related Windows documentation The following table describes the related Sun documentation for SunPCi TABLE 2 Related Documentation Application Title Installation hardware and SunPCi 1 1 Installation Guide SunPCi software Installation X Option SunPCi DIMM Installation Guide optional 128 Mbyte RAM DIMM Important last minute SunPCi 1 1 Release Notes information on SunPCi Part Number 805 6055 12 805 7205 10 805 6056 11 SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 9 Sun Documentation on the Web The docs sun com web site enables you to access Sun technical documentation on the World Wide Web You can brow
43. From the Options menu in the SunPCi window select Create a Hard Drive Create the drive as drive C For more information about how to create a new drive refer to Creating and Configuring a New C or D Drive on page 18 Click OK when the dialog box asks you to reboot SunPCi The SunPCi software reboots The DOS prompt C lt is displayed Chapter 3 Starting SunPCi Software for the First Time 3 14 3 If you are using Solaris Volume Manager vold to control your CD ROM drive type the following command C gt f drivers winnt setupnt If you are not using Solaris Volume Manager type this command instead substituting the location of the Windows NT files for path C gt drivers winnt setupnt s path The default location for the Windows NT files is R cdrom cdrom0 i386 However if your Windows NT files reside at a different location other than the default CD ROM you need to use the s switch to specify where the files are located For example if your Windows NT disk image is located in your Solaris directory at export home winnt i386 you would use the following command C gt drivers winnt setupnt s r export home winnt i386 The setup process takes a few minutes to complete SunPCi software responds with the following messages Copying Windows NT Setup files Copying Windows NT Boot files Copying Windows NT System files Copying Optional NT files Copying SunPCi Insta
44. Mbytes and reset the VGA memory clock to 70 MHz For information on how to increase the video RAM refer to Running Game Software on SunPCi in the SunPCi User s Guide Note Before you change the resolution or display depth of your monitor be sure to shut down all running applications and save your work You do not need to test a new setting before applying it Note Remember that increasing your video memory decreases the amount of available system memory TABLE A 5 SunPCi External Video Resolutions Color Depth Resolution pixels number of colors Refresh Frequency Hz 640 x 480 256 32K 64K 1 6M 60 72 75 85 800 x 600 256 32K 64K 1 6M 56 60 72 75 85 1024 x 768 256 32K 64K 43 interlaced 60 70 75 85 1 6M 43 interlaced 60 70 75 1280 x 1024 256 43 interlaced 60 75 32K 43 interlaced 60 Printer Problems This section describes some problems you may encounter when printing from applications running under SunPCi software Problems Printing to a PostScript Printer If you are having problems printing from an application to a PostScript printer try the following Appendix A Troubleshooting 69 Print to a file and print the file from a command window using 1p filename If this does not work it may be an indication that your printer is not configured correctly Make sure your default printer and any other printer you are trying to access is set up in your etc 1p printers directory
45. Sun sont con us 108 SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 9 A Attention tous les cordons d alimentation n ont pas forc ment la m me puissance nominale en mati re de courant Les rallonges d usage domestique n offrent pas de protection contre les surcharges et ne sont pas pr vues pour les syst mes d ordinateurs Ne pas utiliser de rallonge d usage domestique avec votre produit Sun Attention votre produit Sun a t livr quip d un cordon d alimentation 4 trois fils avec prise de terre Pour carter tout risque d lectrocution branchez toujours ce cordon dans une prise mise la terre L avertissement suivant s applique uniquement aux syst mes quip s d un interrupteur VEILLEUSE A Attention le commutateur d alimentation de ce produit fonctionne comme un dispositif de mise en veille uniquement C est la prise d alimentation qui sert mettre le produit hors tension Veillez donc installer le produit proximit d une prise murale facilement accessible Ne connectez pas la prise d alimentation lorsque le ch ssis du syst me n est plus aliment Batterie au lithium A Attention sur les cartes CPU Sun une batterie au lithium r f rence MK48T59Y MK48TXXB XX MK48T18 XXXPCZ M48T59W XXXPCZ ou MK48T08 a t moul e dans l horloge temps r el SGS Les batteries ne sont pas des pi ces remplacables par le client Elles risquent d exploser en cas de m
46. SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide Qe SUN microsystems THE NETWORK IS THE COMPUTER Sun Microsystems Inc 901 San Antonio Road Palo Alto CA 94303 4900 USA 650 960 1300 Fax 650 969 9131 Part No 805 6058 11 Revision B September 1999 Copyright 1999 Sun Microsystems Inc 901 San Antonio Road Palo Alto CA 94303 USA All rights reserved This product or document is protected by copyright and distributed under licenses restricting its use copying distribution and decompilation No part of this product or document may be reproduced in any form by any means without prior written authorization of Sun and its licensors if any Third party software including font technology is copyrighted and licensed from Sun suppliers Parts of the product may be derived from Berkeley BSD systems licensed from the University of California UNIX is a registered trademark in the U S and other countries exclusively licensed through X Open Company Ltd Sun Sun Microsystems the Sun logo AnswerBook2 docs sun com Solaris and SunPCi are trademarks registered trademarks or service marks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the U S and other countries All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International Inc in the U S and other countries Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems Inc The OPEN LOOK and Sun Graphical User Interface wa
47. a new C or D drive Depending on the available space on your hard disk you can specify up to 2 Gbytes Remember that the actual file size of your emulated drives varies depending on the applications and data you store on them For more information about using emulated hard disk drives see the section Emulated Hard Drives on page 41 For information about using extended drives see Extended Hard Drives on page 42 Improving Video Performance If your workstation video display is running in 8 bit mode you can improve video performance by selecting a simple pattern or None for your desktop wallpaper A complicated wallpaper pattern causes the screen to repaint more often while you work thus slowing down video performance Note Changing your desktop wallpaper does not affect performance for 24 bit video Improving Emulated Disk Performance By default SunPCi creates your C drive a large UNIX file in a pc directory within your home directory If your home directory is not located on your workstation s hard drive but on the network the performance of your C drive may be affected To improve performance you may want to move your C drive to your local workstation s hard drive Windows 95 Specific Tips This section contains hints and tips that you may find helpful if you are running Windows 95 98 SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 Configuring Boot Options This section contains two tips for c
48. age on page 86 Turning On an Environment Variable To use an environment variable follow these steps Make sure SunPCi is not running or exit SunPCi if it is running Open a terminal window on your desktop To set an environment variable type the following command at the prompt and press Return do not type the Substitute the name of the environment variable for VARIABLE_NAME and the value for the variable if required for value C Shell setenv VARIABLE_NAME value Bourne Shell VARIABLE_NAME value export VARIABLE NAME Appendix SunPCi International Support 3 4 Start SunPCi Turning Off an Environment Variable To turn off an environment variable type the following command and substitute the name of the environment variable for VARIABLE_NAME unsetenv VARIABLE_NAME 84 How an International Keyboard Works Under DOS Your Sun international keyboard fully emulates the local language DOS AT 102 keyboard Each keyboard offers all the characters in the US ASCII and the local AT 102 character set plus any other characters routinely used within that country In general there is nothing unusual about the way this keyboard works for most characters You press the key and the character appears on the screen To get an uppercase character you either hold the Shift key or set the Caps Lock If there are three characters shown on the key you hold the Alt Graph key
49. and dialog boxes The chapter also provides instructions for working with SunPCi drives including diskette and CD ROM drives In addition this chapter explains how to use the Copy and Paste commands to copy and paste text between the X Windows on your workstation and Windows 95 NT as well as how to set up printing on SunPCi The following list describes the topics covered in this chapter The SunPCi Command Line The SunPCi Window SunPCi Drives Using the Copy and Paste Commands Printing From Windows 95 NT Using Solaris Printers 37 38 The SunPCi Command Line To use a command line option with the sunpci command type the command followed by a dash followed by the command line option followed by any required file name or command if needed For example sunpci option filename option is the command line option you want to use filename is the name of the file you want to use with the option Not all options can accept file names Note that there is no space between the dash and the option For example to start SunPCi software and route the Windows 95 screen to an external VGA monitor type the following sunpci vga To start up SunPCi with a C drive other than your default C drive type this command and substitute the name of the new C drive file for C newdrive sunpci C C newdrive TABLE 5 1 lists the available SunPCi command line options TABLE 5 1 SunPCi Command Line Options Option Pur
50. and then try installing SunPCi software again Software Startup Problems When starting SunPCi software you may encounter one of the following error messages Appendix A Troubleshooting 1 72 Command not found Make sure that the SunPCi program directory by default opt SUNWspci bin is in your environment PATH Refer to Chapter 3 for instructions Correct Solaris Installation Required If you do not have the correct Solaris installation on your system you will encounter problems when attempting to start SunPCi software SunPCi software requires at least the End User System Developer System or Entire Distribution installations of Solaris versions 2 5 1 and 2 6 and Solaris 7 SunPCi will not run if you only have the Core System installed Ask your system administrator for assistance in determining which system is installed on your workstation Windows 95 or Windows 95 Application Installation Problems Whenever you install new applications on SunPCi make sure you have your Windows 95 CD available The installation program may require files from the Windows 95 CD Windows NT Problems This section describes some problems you may encounter while using Windows NT General Protection Failures in Windows NT Applications If your Windows applications show General Protection Failure or Null Pointer errors you may need to install the Microsoft Windows Library update patch speu exe This patch is not included with the Wi
51. art SunPCi software the SunPCi window will come up more quickly because these files and directories do not need to be created again 8 When the SunPCi software has finished starting up the screen displays the DOS prompt C gt You can use OpenDOS with your DOS applications or you can install Windows 95 or Windows NT If you want to install Windows 95 proceed to the following section Installing Windows 95 Software on page 8 If you want to install Windows NT proceed to Installing Windows NT Workstation 4 0 on page 12 Note If you do not want to type the full path of SunPCi every time you want to run the software you can modify the path statement in your login or cshrc file For information on how to do this refer to your Solaris documentation Installing Windows 95 Software In order to install Windows 95 on SunPCi you will need one of the following Windows 95 full installation CD or Windows 3 x diskettes and a Windows 95 upgrade CD This section explains how to install Windows 95 and how to install the SunPCi drivers Before you start the installation make sure your home directory contains sufficient disk space Windows 95 requires a minimum of 128 Mbytes of free hard disk space Note For best results create your SunPCi C drive on a local hard disk on your workstation rather than in your home directory Installing Windows takes much less time on a local drive and performance
52. ation screen Video is routed to SunPCi window on workstation screen to use external monitor install the sis5598 driver VGA Monitor Not Connected Video discarded SunPCi window displays Video routed message Video is routed to SunPCi window on workstation screen Video discarded Video is routed to SunPCi window on workstation screen Video is routed to SunPCi window on workstation screen Note If you have the VGA driver installed but do not have an external VGA monitor attached and you want to install the SunPCi drivers for Windows 95 you can follow the instructions in Chapter 3 for installing the SunPCi drivers Configuring an External Monitor With Windows NT Note Do not use the OS Loader screen at Windows NT Startup to boot to your VGA display follow the procedure in this section to set up your external VGA driver If you want to use an external monitor with Windows NT follow this procedure SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 From the Start button choose Settings and then choose Control Panel The Control Panel window is displayed Double click on the Display icon The Display Properties window is displayed Click on the Settings Tab and then click on Display Type The Display Type window is displayed Caution Do not click on the Detect button in the Display Type window Clicking on Detect causes SunPCi to reboot Click Change The Change
53. auvais traitement Ne pas jeter la batterie au feu Ne pas la d monter ni tenter de la recharger Bloc batterie une batterie tanche au plomb produits nerg tiques portatifs n TLC02V50 Il existe un risque d explosion si ce bloc batterie est manipul de facon erron e ou mal mis en place Ne remplacez ce bloc que par un bloc batterie Sun Microsystems du m me type Ne le d montez pas et n essayez pas de le recharger hors du syst me Ne faites pas br ler la batterie mais mettez la au rebut conform ment aux r glementations locales en vigueur Attention Les unit s SunPCi contiennent Couvercle Pour ajouter des cartes de la m moire ou des unit s de stockage internes vous devrez d monter le couvercle de l unit syst me Sun Ne pas oublier de remettre ce couvercle en place avant de mettre le syst me sous tension fonctionner un produit Sun sans le couvercle en place Si l on n glige cette pr caution on encourt des risques de blessures corporelles et de d g ts mat riels Attention il est dangereux de faire Conformit aux certifications Laser Les produits Sun qui font appel aux technologies lasers sont conformes aux normes de la classe 1 en la mati re Class 1 Laser Product Luokan 1 Laserlaite Klasse 1 Laser Apparat Laser KLasse 1 CD ROM r glages ou de performances de proc dures autre que celle sp cifi e dans le pr sent document peut provoquer une exposition
54. des radiations dangereuses Attention L utilisation de contr les de Normativas de seguridad El siguiente texto incluye las medidas de seguridad que se deben seguir cuando se instale alg n producto de Sun Microsystems Precauciones de seguridad Para su protecci n observe las siguientes medidas de seguridad cuando manipule su equipo m Siga todas los avisos e instrucciones marcados en el equipo m Aseg rese de que el voltaje y la frecuencia de la red el ctrica concuerdan con las descritas en las etiquetas de especificaciones el ctricas del equipo No introduzca nunca objetos de ning n tipo a trav s de los orificios del equipo Pueden haber voltajes peligrosos Los objetos extra os conductores de la electricidad pueden producir cortocircuitos que provoquen un incendio descargas el ctricas o da os en el equipo S mbolos En este libro aparecen los siguientes s mbolos personales y da os al equipo Siga las Precauci n Existe el riesgo de lesiones instrucciones contacto Las superficies est n calientes y i Precauci n Superficie caliente Evite el pueden causar da os personales si se tocan Safety Agency Compliance Statements 9 A Precauci n Voltaje peligroso presente Para reducir el riesgo de descarga y da os para la salud siga las instrucciones Encendido Aplica la alimentaci n de CA al sistema Seg n el tipo de interruptor de encendido que su equipo
55. e Always shut down Windows 95 or Windows NT from the Start menu before exiting the SunPCi window Otherwise your files and applications could become corrupted The following steps explain how to shut down SunPCi properly In Windows 95 NT click on Start and then choose Shut down the computer Windows 95 NT closes and displays a message that it is now safe to turn off your computer In Windows 95 installations the message appears in the SunPCi window after Windows 95 shuts down In Windows NT installations a dialog box appears at the Windows NT Login screen 2 From the File menu in the SunPCi window choose Exit SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 How to Proceed m Refer to Chapter 4 if you want to connect peripheral devices such as audio devices and printers to SunPCi m Refer to Chapter 5 if you want to learn the basics of SunPCi operation This chapter explains how to start and exit the software as well as how to use command line options the SunPCi windows and other features of the SunPCi software Refer to Appendix A if you encountered any difficulties while installing or running SunPCi software or Windows 95 NT Chapter 3 Starting SunPCi Software for the First Time 3 24 SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 CHAPTER 4 Configuring Peripheral Devices You can attach a number of peripheral devices to the SunPCi card and optional add on backplate and operate them as if they were connect
56. e conforment aux licences crites de Sun CETTE PUBLICATION EST FOURNIE EN L ETAT ET AUCUNE GARANTIE EXPRESSE OU IMPLICITE N EST ACCORDEE Y COMPRIS DES GARANTIES CONCERNANT LA VALEUR MARCHANDE L APTITUDE DE LA PUBLICATION A REPONDRE A UNE UTILISATION PARTICULIERE OU LE FAIT QU ELLE NE SOIT PAS CONTREFAISANTE DE PRODUIT DE TIERS CE DENI DE GARANTIE NE S APPLIQUERAIT PAS DANS LA MESURE OU IL SERAIT TENU JURIDIQUEMENT NUL ET NON AVENU GS tem Ca Adobe PostScript Preface The SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide provides installation and operation instructions for the SunPCi software In addition this guide explains how to install Windows 95 and Windows NT Workstation 4 0 on your UltraSPARC workstation In order to fully use the information in this document you should first have installed the SunPCi card in your system The SunPCi software will not run properly without the card installed Refer to the SunPCi 1 1 Installation Guide for more information Who Should Read This Book This guide is intended for all users of the SunPCi software Whether you are a general user working with SunPCi regularly or an administrator responsible for installing and maintaining numerous SunPCi setups this guide provides the information you need to install and use the SunPCi software and Windows 95 or Windows NT The topics in this guide are explained with the non technical user in mind However you do need to understand the basics of working w
57. ed to a PC This chapter contains instructions for installing and configuring the following peripherals Audio video and USB connections Connecting a local printer or other parallel device Connecting a serial device Networking with SunPCi Audio Video and USB Connections The backplate of the SunPCi card contains three audio ports Line In Line Out and Microphone an external video port and a USB Universal System Bus port The USB port can accommodate any USB device such as a digital camera or a printer Note Windows NT 4 0 does not support USB devices Note The SunPCi audio ports do not route audio through your workstation s speakers In order to hear the audio you will need to connect a separate set of speakers or headphones to the Line Out port Note If you are connecting external devices to the USB connector you will need to provide an external powered hub for your USB devices If you do not use an external hub your USB devices may fail to power up 25 FIGURE 4 1 shows the ports on the SunPCi card s add on backplate Line Out Line In Microphone In USB Video FIGURE 4 1 SunPCi Cable Connections Connecting an External Monitor to SunPCi You can connect an external VGA monitor to the video output on the SunPCi card This enables you to run PC applications on a different monitor thus saving space on your workstation monitor You may also want to use an external m
58. ems This section describes possible problems you might encounter with Windows 95 or Windows NT and your CD ROM drives Problems with Windows 95 If you are trying to access Solaris files and CD ROM drives from Windows 95 and you are unable to use the Map Network Drive command in Windows Explorer to set up the drive be sure to check the following m Make sure you have the CD in the CD ROM drive This is the most likely reason that a drive mapping may not work Appendix A Troubleshooting 65 66 m Make sure you entered the path for the CD ROM drive as cdrom cdrom0 with two backslashes at the beginning Problems with Windows NT TABLE A 4 describes some problems you might encounter with CD ROM drives possible causes and solutions TABLE A 4 CD ROM Drive Problems in Windows NT Problem Possible Cause Solution When you insert or eject a CD in one CD ROM drive the other CD ROM drive becomes unreachable When you double click on the CD ROM drive in Windows NT Explorer you get the following error message Drive not ready Abort Retry Fail Playing an audio CD in Solaris using the workman utility causes Windows NT to hang Starting Windows NT while an audio CD is playing pauses the audio CD You have two SCSI CD ROM drives in your system Your workstation s Open Boot PROM OBP is out of date Your CD ROM drive may not be a Sun supplied drive Your CD ROM drive is being shared by b
59. en SunPCi software is installed Volume Manager support is disabled for diskette drives and so most users will not encounter a problem However it is possible to re enable Volume Manager on your system and thus encounter the problem at a later time SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 If Volume Manager support for diskette drives has been re enabled on your system and you encounter problems accessing diskette drives through SunPCi try disabling Volume Manager and restarting the SunPCi window If the problem persists try disabling Volume Manager and rebooting your system To disable the Solaris Volume Manager perform the following steps Make sure that SunPCi is not running Become superuser Disable Volume Manager by entering the following command opt SUNWspci bin vold_floppy disable Exit superuser Restart all SunPCi windows Keyboard Problem Backspace Key Does Not Work in DOS Windows 95 Only Do not map the Delete key to the Backspace key If you do this you will not have a Backspace key available when you are working with DOS applications When you press the Backspace key it will not backspace but will instead delete the character at the current cursor location If you have mapped these two keys by modifying your xinitrc file there will be a line in the file that reads xmodmap e keycode 50 delete You should remove this line to restore the original key assignments CD ROM Drive Probl
60. er 1999 Lithium Battery A Caution On Sun CPU boards there is a lithium battery molded into the real time clock SGS No MK48T59Y MK48TXXB XX MK48T18 XXXPCZ M48T59W XXXPCZ or MK48T08 Batteries are not customer replaceable parts They may explode if mishandled Do not dispose of the battery in fire Do not disassemble it or attempt to recharge it Battery Pack A Caution There is a sealed lead acid battery in SunPCi units Portable Energy Products No TLCO2V50 There is danger of explosion if the battery pack is mishandled or incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same type of Sun Microsystems battery pack Do not disassemble it or attempt to recharge it outside the system Do not dispose of the battery in fire Dispose of the battery properly in accordance with local regulations System Unit Cover You must remove the cover of your Sun computer system unit to add cards memory or internal storage devices Be sure to replace the top cover before powering on your computer system A Caution Do not operate Sun products without the top cover in place Failure to take this precaution may result in personal injury and system damage Laser Compliance Notice Sun products that use laser technology comply with Class 1 laser requirements Class 1 Laser Product Luokan 1 Laserlaite Klasse 1 Laser Apparat Laser KLasse 1 CD ROM performance of procedures other than those specified herei
61. erested and then press Return For example to get help on the sunpci command type the following command and then press Return man sunpci The system responds Reformatting page wait and then displays a section of the manual page in the command window To scroll through the manual page press any key To exit the manual page press Control C For information on how to add the SunPCi man page directory to your MANPATH environment variable refer to your Solaris documentation Chapter 1 WhatlsSunPCi 3 Getting Help for Windows 95 or Windows NT To get help for Windows 95 or Windows NT while you are working in the SunPCi window and Microsoft Windows is running press F1 or select Help from the Help menu in any window This brings up the Contents window for Windows 95 or Windows NT help Note Windows 95 NT help does not contain help for the SunPCi application How to Proceed To get started with the SunPCi software installation proceed to Chapter 2 To install the SunPCi software proceed to Chapter 3 Once you have installed and configured the SunPCi software you can continue through Chapter 3 to install Windows 95 or Windows NT Workstation 4 0 and Service Pack 4 Chapter 4 contains information on how to install and configure peripheral devices with SunPCi 4 SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 CHAPTER 2 Getting Started This chapter lists the contents of your SunPCi installation package d
62. es der folgenden Symbole benutzt werden Aus Unterbricht die Wechselstromzufuhr O zum Gerat Wartezustand Stand by Position Der Ein Wartezustand Schalter steht auf Wartezustand Anderungen an Sun Geraten Nehmen Sie keine mechanischen oder elektrischen Anderungen an den Ger ten vor Sun Microsystems bernimmt bei einem Sun Produkt das ge ndert wurde keine Verantwortung f r die Einhaltung beh rdlicher Vorschriften Safety Agency Compliance Statements 105 Aufstellung von Sun Ger ten A A Achtung Um den zuverl ssigen Betrieb Ihres Sun Ger ts zu gew hrleisten und es vor Uberhitzung zu sch tzen d rfen die Offnungen im Ger t nicht blockiert oder verdeckt werden Sun Produkte sollten niemals in der N he von Heizk rpern oder Heizluftklappen aufgestellt werden Achtung Der arbeitsplatzbezogene Schalldruckpegel nach DIN 45 635 Teil 1000 betr gt 70Db A oder weniger Einhaltung der SELV Richtlinien Die Sicherung der I O Verbindungen entspricht den Anforderungen der SELV Spezifikation Anschlu des Netzkabels AN A Achtung Sun Produkte sind f r den Betrieb an Einphasen Stromnetzen mit geerdetem Nulleiter vorgesehen Um die Stromschlaggefahr zu reduzieren schliefen Sie Sun Produkte nicht an andere Stromquellen an Ihr Betriebsleiter oder ein qualifizierter Elektriker kann Ihnen die Daten zur Stromversorgung in Ihrem Geb ude geben Achtung Nicht alle Netzkabe
63. escribes the SunPCi system requirements and provides basic information about SunPCi installation The following list describes the topics included in this chapter SunPCi Installation Package Contents System Requirements SunPCi Card SunPCi Installation Package Contents Verify that your SunPCi installation package includes the following items SunPCi CD ROM This includes the SunPCi software and this manual in AnswerBook2 format The SunPCi 1 1 Installation Guide This manual includes information on installing the SunPCi card the AnswerBook2 utility and the SunPCi software If any of these items is missing contact your Sun service representative System Requirements To install and use SunPCi software you need the following PCI based UltraSPARC computer m Solaris 2 5 1 2 6 or Solaris 7 operating environment CD ROM drive either local attached to your system or remote attached to another system on your network Hard disk either local or remote with at least 40 Mbytes of available storage space for the SunPCi package More storage will be required for Windows 95 at least 128 MB or Windows NT Workstation 4 0 at least 177 Mbytes At least 64 Mbytes of random access memory RAM in your SPARC based workstation more is preferred The SunPCi card comes with its own on board RAM Note SunPCi is supported only on Sun supported CD ROM drives CD ROM drives fr
64. etwork The IP address for your router gateway if used The host name domain name and IP address for each DNS Domain Name Service server at your site if used To configure TCP IP use the Network Control Panel in Windows 95 NT Enter the information you obtained in this list in the corresponding fields For more information on setting up networking with Windows 95 or Windows NT refer to the documentation that came with your version of Windows Networking Your Workstation and SunPCi Host By default your workstation and SunPCi host do not see each other on the network If they need to communicate using the network you will need to send the information through your network router To configure your workstation and SunPCi system you will need to know the IP addresses of your workstation your SunPCi card and the network router In addition you need the netmask used on your network If you do not know the IP addresses or do not yet have one assigned to SunPCi see your network manager Note This procedure will not work if you are using DHCP to obtain IP addresses for either your workstation or for SunPCi In this example the systems have the following SunPCi card IP address 192 9 200 1 m Host workstation IP address 192 9 200 2 m Router IP address 192 9 200 3 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Before you start make sure you have account access to the system you are using as a network router To set up
65. h installing Windows 95 you will need to install the SunPCi drivers Proceed to the following section Installing the SunPCi Drivers The setup utility installs the SunPCi drivers You execute this utility from within Windows 95 Click the Start button and select Run from the pop up menu A dialog box is displayed Type the following path into the dialog box and click OK drivers win95 setup The screen responds with the message Setup is preparing the InstallShield Wizard The InstallShield Wizard window is then displayed along with a progress bar The Welcome to the SunPCi Setup Program screen is displayed Note Depending on your installation you may be asked to provide your user name and password for Microsoft Networking Follow the instructions in Step 7 and then continue with drivers setup Click Next to continue The SunPCi Drivers Setup screen appears Choose Workstation Monitor if you plan to run SunPCi from your main workstation monitor or External Monitor if you have connected a VGA monitor to the back of the SunPCi card Click Next The installation proceeds automatically When the installation has finished a dialog box is displayed with the message The installation of the SunPCi drivers has finished The dialog box asks you to exit all applications and reboot Windows 95 Click OK to close the dialog box Click Start and select Shut Down from the pop up menu A dialog box is dis
66. henever you or a program you are using creates a file under DOS the DOS character set is used Whenever you create a file under the Solaris system the ISO 8859 Latin 1 character set is used You do not need to be aware of this unless you want to use a DOS file in the Solaris environment or a Solaris file in the DOS environment To convert files from one format to the other two conversion utilities are provided dos2unix and unix2dos Only characters that are available in both the DOS character set and the ISO 8859 Latin 1 character set can be converted between formats Fortunately most commonly used characters are available in both character sets However if you have a text file that contains special characters these characters may not be convertible Most word processors and text processing programs use special codes in their files to indicate character style or page layout Most of these programs however have options to store the file as text only or to print to a file which eliminates the special codes and allows you to convert the file using the dos2unix and unix2dos commands Code Pages and SunPCi Software DOS provides national language support through the use of language specific code pages The first time you start the SunPCi program code pages are set for you when you are presented with a screen that instructs you to enter the number of the country matching your keyboard If you want to change code pages at some
67. ie Ger te SunPCi enthalten auslaufsichere Bleiakkumulatoren Produkt Nr TLC02V50 f r portable Stromversorgung Werden bei der Behandlung oder beim Austausch der Batterie Fehler gemacht besteht Explosionsgefahr Batterie nur gegen Batterien gleichen Typs von Sun Microsystems austauschen Nicht demontieren und nicht versuchen die Batterie au erhalb des Ger ts zu laden Batterie nicht ins Feuer werfen Ordnungsgem entsprechend den vor Ort geltenden Vorschriften entsorgen Geh useabdeckung Sie m ssen die obere Abdeckung Ihres Sun Systems entfernen um interne Komponenten wie Karten Speicherchips oder Massenspeicher hinzuzufiigen Bringen Sie die obere Geh useabdeckung wieder an bevor Sie Ihr System einschalten Abdeckung besteht die Gefahr von i Achtung Bei Betrieb des Systems ohne obere Stromschlag und Systemsch den Einhaltung der Richtlinien f r Laser Sun Produkte die mit Laser Technologie arbeiten entsprechen den Anforderungen der Laser Klasse 1 Class 1 Laser Product Luokan 1 Laserlaite Klasse 1 Laser Apparat Laser KLasse 1 CD ROM Steuerungen und Einstellungen oder die Durchfhrung von Prozeduren die von den hier beschriebenen abweichen knnen gefhrliche Strahlungen zur Folge haben Warnung Die Verwendung von anderen Conformit aux normes de s curit Ce texte traite des mesures de s curit qu il convient de prendre pour l installation d un produit Sun Microsystems Me
68. ill not be installed and the software will not work correctly If you want to create a repair disk for your SunPCi installation of Windows NT perform the following procedure From the Start Menu choose Shut Down and then choose Restart the Computer Click OK Windows NT shuts down and restarts At the OS Loader screen use the down arrow key to select Previous Operating System on C Press Return SunPCi then boots into DOS When it has finished booting the DOS prompt C gt is displayed Back up the following files to another area on your workstation s hard disk or to a floppy These files are needed in order to initialize the MS DOS environment C winnt system32 Autoexec nt C winnt system32 Config nt Appendix A Troubleshooting 3 74 5 Copy the following files to a floppy disk If Windows NT Workstation 4 0 does not start up you will need this floppy in order to boot Windows NT Ntlar Boot ini bootsect dos Hal 0 0 C Ntdetect com 0 0 1 You might want to make more than one copy of this floppy in case one copy is damaged or lost 6 Copy these registry files to a directory on your workstation s hard disk such as temp You will need these files to restore the Windows NT Registry SHOME Sys Sys Sys Sys Sys Sys Sys Sys Sys Sys Sys Sys Sys Sys Sys Sys Sys Sys ROG SIE SIE SIE Ole Ou OM SISMO lie in
69. image Chapter5 Using SunPCi Software 1 42 2 Make a copy of the file Type the following command substituting the name of your hard disk and the name you want to assign to the copy Press Return opt SUNWspci bin cphd C diskimage C diskimage copy Extended Hard Drives An extended drive is actually a directory that gives you access to the Solaris file system from the SunPCi program They can be accessed on your local system or remotely across the network With extended drives you can share applications and data files The SunPCi program permits up to 22 extended drives for storing applications and files There are three different kinds of extended drives m redirected drives m file system drives network drives Redirected Drives Note Redirected drives work with DOS and Windows 95 only Because Windows NT does not contain DOS you will not be able to use redirected drives with Windows NT If you are using Windows NT skip this section A redirected drive is a drive that is mapped for you in DOS The default extended drives F H and R are redirected drives These drives are automatically set up for you during SunPCi installation and are named in your AUTOEXEC BAT file This means that you do not have to access drive F manually in order to use the DOS commands it contains By default SunPCi assigns the following extended drives m F opt SUNWspci H HOME your home di
70. ing USB Support Software for Windows 95 If you are running an earlier version of Windows 95 for example Windows 95b your operating system software does not automatically support USB Universal System Bus devices You will need to install the Windows 95 USB driver usbsupp exe before using USB devices with SunPCi FIGURE 4 1 shows the location of the USB port on the backplate of the SunPCi board Note Windows NT 4 0 does not support USB devices The usbsupp exe driver works only with Windows 95 Checking Your Windows 95 Version If you do not know which version of Windows 95 you have installed on SunPCi follow these steps You need to know the version number before you can install the USB driver On the Windows 95 desktop click the right mouse button on the My Computer icon The pop up menu is displayed Select Properties and then click on the General tab Your Windows 95 version is displayed If the version number is 4 00 950B or higher you will be able to install the USB driver If the version number is not 4 00 950B or higher you will need to upgrade your copy of Windows 95 before you can use USB devices SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 Installing the usbsupp exe Driver The usbsupp exe driver is located on the Windows 95 OEM Service Release CD ROMs version 2 1 and 2 5 at drive Other USB Folder where drive is the drive letter for your CD drive If you do not have the CD ROM available you can
71. ing space for two prepared code pages in each device Also they load memory resident national support functions To the AUTOEXEC BAT file add the following on separate lines mode con cp prep 865 850 c dos ega cpi mode 1061 cp prep 865 850 c dos 4201 cpi keyb dk c dos keyboard sys chcp 865 Note If the AUTOEXEC BAT file contains two lines at the end of the file that invoke AUTOEXEC BAT files on the E or H drive place the international command lines before these lines These AUTOEXEC BAT commands do the following They load prepared code pages 865 and 850 into memory For the EGA they get the code pages from the EGA CPI file For the printer they get the code pages from the 4201 CPI file m They load the Denmark dk keyboard program They start both devices with the Denmark Norway 865 code page 92 SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 Switching Between Code Pages After using the CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT file commands to set up your system for multiple national languages use the following command to change to a different code page on all devices or for a single prepared device C gt chep code page or C gt mode device cp select code page where code page is one of the pages set up in AUTOEXEC BAT and device is CON or LPT1 Listing Current Code Pages Yo
72. ional Support SunPCi software gives you the national language support you need to run your applications on an international keyboard The first time you started the SunPCi program as described in Chapter 3 you were presented with a list of regional languages and countries from which to choose You entered the number that corresponded to the language or country your keyboard supports These regional languages and country names represent code pages in PC terminology If you want to change your code pages and leyboard language tables use the instructions in this appendix There are two ways to set up international keyboard support for SunPCi software m Use the KBTYPE and KBCP environment variables to select the correct keyboard language table and code page for your installation Refer to Using the Keyboard Environment Variables on page 81 for more information You can use this procedure with Windows NT or Windows 95 Manually set up Windows 95 to use the DOS keyboard driver and code pages Refer to Code Pages and SunPCi Software on page 85 for more information Because Windows NT does not use DOS you can only use manual setup with Windows 95 Using the Keyboard Environment Variables This section describes the following topics Setting the KBTYPE Environment Variable Setting the KBCP Environment Variable Turning On an Environment Variable a a a Turning Off an Environment Variable 81 Setting the KBTYPE
73. ions are available you can install two 128 MByte modules for a maximum 256 MBytes Access to PC based networks including file and print servers Ability to use an optional VGA monitor From the Workstation User s Perspective From the perspective of a SPARC Solaris workstation user SunPCi software provides advantages such as Reliable access to thousands of PC applications including custom internal applications that your company relies on daily Ability to display super VGA graphics with 24 bit color Ability to share network resources between the PC and Solaris environments such as printers and files Ability to copy and paste text between OpenDOS or Windows and OpenWindows CDE applications Access to PC based networks including Novell NetWare file and print servers SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 9 Getting Help for SunPCi Software You can turn to the following additional sources for help with SunPCi software and with Windows 95 and Windows NT Solaris online manual pages m DOS related manual pages Customer Support The following sections explain these sources Solaris Online Manual Pages You may occasionally have questions regarding the Solaris operating system itself For such information try using the Solaris online manual pages also called man pages To use Solaris online manual pages perform the following procedure Type the word man followed by the name of the command in which you are int
74. is significantly better To install Windows 95 on SunPCi follow this procedure If the SunPCi CD is still in your CD ROM drive type eject in a terminal window and then remove the CD Insert your Windows 95 CD into the CD ROM drive The CD should mount automatically and display its contents in a window on the screen If it does not then Solaris Volume Manager may not be enabled on your system SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 2 To find out if Volume Manager is enabled open a terminal window on your workstation desktop and type ps df grep vold The system returns information on the Volume Manager process vold if it is enabled If it is enabled skip steps 3 and 4 and proceed to step 5 If your workstation does not have Solaris Volume Manager enabled you will need to become superuser and mount the CD ROM drive manually as described in the next step Note If you want to use your workstation s floppy drive as drive A you will need to run the vold_floppy_disable script Refer to Diskette Drives on page 47 for more information 3 If Solaris Volume Manager is not enabled become superuser and then type cd to change to the root partition If your workstation has Solaris Volume Manager enabled skip this step If your CD ROM drive is a SCSI drive type the following command in a terminal window on your workstation to mount the CD ROM drive mount o ro F hsfs dev dsk c0t6d0s2 cdrom Note Make
75. ith the Solaris operating environment the OpenDOS operating system and the desired version of Windows software OpenDOS 7 01 is a superset of MS DOS 6 22 Preface ix How This Book Is Organized This guide is divided into five chapters and three appendixes as follows Chapter 1 describes SunPCi and introduces you to its features Chapter 2 lists the contents of your SunPCi package and explains the system requirements that your workstation must meet in order to successfully install and run SunPCi Chapter 3 describes how to install the SunPCi software This chapter also contains instructions for installing Windows 95 or Windows NT Workstation 4 0 and Service Pack 4 Chapter 4 describes how to connect peripheral devices such as printers serial devices and audio devices to the SunPCi card Some of these connections require the optional add on backplate included in the SunPCi package Chapter 5 outlines some helpful hints that you may find useful while running SunPCi Appendix A provides some possible explanations of problems you may encounter and suggests some possible solutions Appendix B describes how to configure SunPCi to work with international keyboards Appendix C includes some suggestions on how to improve SunPCi performance x Document Conventions This manual uses certain document conventions The following sections explain those conventions and how to interpret them SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide Se
76. iwan Please read the appropriate section that corresponds to the marking on your Sun product before attempting to install the product FCC Class A Notice This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if it is not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual it may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Shielded Cables Connections between the workstation and peripherals must be made using shielded cables to comply with FCC radio frequency emission limits Networking connections can be made using unshielded twisted pair UTP cables Modifications Any modifications made to this device that are not approved by Sun Microsystems Inc may void the authority granted t
77. l haben die gleichen Nennwerte Herk mmliche im Haushalt verwendete Verl ngerungskabel besitzen keinen berlastungsschutz und sind daher f r Computersysteme nicht geeignet Achtung Ihr Sun Ger t wird mit einem dreiadrigen Netzkabel f r geerdete Netzsteckdosen geliefert Um die Gefahr eines Stromschlags zu reduzieren schlie en Sie das Kabel nur an eine fachgerecht verlegte geerdete Steckdose an 106 SunPCi 1 1 Users Guide September 1999 Die folgende Warnung gilt nur f r Ger te mit Wartezustand Netzschalter AN Achtung Der Ein Aus Schalter dieses Ger ts schaltet nur auf Wartezustand Stand By Modus Um die Stromzufuhr zum Ger t vollst ndig zu unterbrechen miissen Sie das Netzkabel von der Steckdose abziehen Schlie en Sie den Stecker des Netzkabels an eine in der N he befindliche frei zug ngliche geerdete Netzsteckdose an Schlie en Sie das Netzkabel nicht an wenn das Netzteil aus der Systemeinheit entfernt wurde Lithiumbatterie A Achtung CPU Karten von Sun verf gen ber eine Echtzeituhr mit integrierter Lithiumbatterie Teile Nr MK48T59Y MK48TXXB XX MK48T18 XXXPCZ M48T59W XXXPCZ oder MK48T08 Diese Batterie darf nur von einem qualifizierten Servicetechniker ausgewechselt werden da sie bei falscher Handhabung explodieren kann Werfen Sie die Batterie nicht ins Feuer Versuchen Sie auf keinen Fall die Batterie auszubauen oder wiederaufzuladen Batterien A Achtung D
78. llation files When the setupnt script finishes copying the Windows NT files to your C drive it reboots the SunPCi software The Windows NT Setup screen is displayed When Windows NT Setup has finished copying files it reboots the SunPCi software again After SunPCi software reboots choose Attach Mouse from the Options menu or press Meta M to attach the mouse This enables the mouse to work with Windows NT during the installation process Once the process is completed the proper mouse drivers will be installed and you will no longer need to attach the mouse manually SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 10 11 Click Agree when the Windows NT License Agreement is displayed The Copying Files message appears Type your name and organization into the dialog box and click Next The CD Key dialog box appears Note The names of the dialog boxes in this procedure may change depending on your installation The instructions remain the same Type the CD key from the back of your Windows NT Workstation 4 0 CD ROM envelope When you have finished click Next The Workstation Name dialog box is displayed Type the name of your SunPCi system on the network and click Next Type your administration password in the dialog box and then type it again to confirm that this is the password you want to use When you have finished click Next The Windows NT Networking Setup dialog box is displayed
79. ltage and frequency inscribed on the equipment s electrical rating label Never push objects of any kind through openings in the equipment Dangerous voltages may be present Conductive foreign objects could produce a short circuit that could cause fire electric shock or damage to your equipment Symbols The following symbols may appear in this book Caution There is risk of personal injury and equipment damage Follow the instructions Caution Hot surface Avoid contact Surfaces AN are hot and may cause personal injury if touched reduce the risk of electric shock and danger to Caution Hazardous voltages are present To personal health follow the instructions On Applies AC power to the system Depending on the type of power switch your device has one of the following symbols may be used O Off Removes AC power from the system Standby The On Standby switch is in the d standby position Modifications to Equipment Do not make mechanical or electrical modifications to the equipment Sun Microsystems is not responsible for regulatory compliance of a modified Sun product Placement of a Sun Product of your Sun product Never place a Sun product near a radiator or heat register Failure to follow these guidelines can cause overheating and affect the reliability of your Sun product Caution Do not block or cover the openings level defined in DIN 45 635 Part 10
80. m the Microsoft Web site and install it Installing Service Pack 4 From CD ROM To install Service Pack 4 from the CD ROM follow this procedure At the Windows NT Login screen press Ctrl Alt Del to log in to Windows NT for the first time The Passwords screen is displayed with the user name Administrator appearing in the User field by default Note Your mouse clicks will not work until you log in to Windows NT Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move among the buttons on dialog boxes 2 Press Return to log in as the administrator You can set up the accounts on Windows NT at a later time The Windows NT desktop is displayed 3 Click the Start button and then choose Programs from the pop up menu Choose Windows NT Explorer The Exploring screen is displayed 4 Insert the Service Pack 4 CD into your CD ROM drive The Autorun window is displayed 5 In Windows NT Explorer double click on the icon for your CD ROM drive SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 6 Double click the sp4i386 icon The sp4i386 program extracts the Service Pack 4 files to C temp and automatically runs the update exe program when the extraction process has finished The Windows NT Service Pack Setup dialog box is displayed Note If update exe does not execute for you automatically you can double click on the update exe icon in C temp to start the setup program 7 Read the License Agreement and then click o
81. mewhat jerky This will be fixed when you install the SunPCi drivers Click Continue The Windows 95 Setup Window is displayed along with the message Preparing Windows 95 Setup Wizard The Windows installation program loads some files and then displays the Windows 95 License Agreement Click Yes to continue and then follow the instructions on the screen When the Setup Wizard dialog box appears click Next to continue and then continue through the Setup Wizard s installation process When asked to select options for your installation choose the type of installation you want to perform typical compact and so on For the Windows 95 serial number and other Windows related information refer to your Windows 95 documentation A series of informational screens is displayed as the installation continues When the installation is finished the setup program will automatically reboot SunPCi After the setup process is complete a Welcome to Windows 95 dialog box is displayed Note When the Analyzing Your Computer screen appears do not check any of the devices it has listed for example CD ROM drives Just click Next and continue through the installation process You will install SunPCi specific drivers for these devices later on in this procedure Click Close to close this dialog box The Windows 95 installation proceeds Follow the instructions on the screen SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 After you finis
82. n Accept Click on the checkbox next to the Backup files message to deselect that option and then click Next The Service Pack Setup screen appears The installation process takes several minutes and a progress bar in the screen indicates the overall progress of the installation 8 When you have finished installing Service Pack 4 restart Windows NT Installing Service Pack 4 From the Microsoft Web Site If you do not have the CD ROM available you can download the Service Pack from Microsoft s Web site at http www microsoft com support winnt default htm or follow the links from the BackOffice Products listing Follow the instructions at the Web site To install the downloaded file follow these instructions 1 At the Windows NT Login screen press Ctrl Alt Del to log in to Windows NT for the first time The Passwords screen is displayed with the user name Administrator appearing in the User field by default Note Your mouse clicks will not work until you log in to Windows NT Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move among the buttons on dialog boxes 2 Press Return to log in as the administrator You can set up the accounts on Windows NT at a later time The Windows NT desktop is displayed 3 Click the Start button and then choose Programs from the pop up menu Choose Windows Explorer The Explorer window is displayed 4 Double click on the folder for the directory where you stored the downloaded file f
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84. n may result in hazardous radiation exposure Caution Use of controls adjustments or the Einhaltung sicherheitsbeh rdlicher Vorschriften Auf dieser Seite werden Sicherheitsrichtlinien beschrieben die bei der Installation von Sun Produkten zu beachten sind Sicherheitsvorkehrungen Treffen Sie zu Ihrem eigenen Schutz die folgenden Sicherheitsvorkehrungen wenn Sie Ihr Ger t installieren m Beachten Sie alle auf den Ger ten angebrachten Warnhinweise und Anweisungen m Vergewissern Sie sich da Spannung und Frequenz Ihrer Stromquelle mit der Spannung und Frequenz bereinstimmen die auf dem Etikett mit den elektrischen Nennwerten des Ger ts angegeben sind m Stecken Sie auf keinen Fall irgendwelche Gegenst nde in ffnungen in den Ger ten Leitf hige Gegenst nde k nnten aufgrund der m glicherweise vorliegenden gef hrlichen Spannungen einen Kurzschluf verursachen der einen Brand Stromschlag oder Ger teschaden herbeif hren kann Symbole Die Symbole in diesem Handbuch haben folgende Bedeutung Ger teschaden Befolgen Sie die Achtung Gefahr von Verletzung und Anweisungen da Verletzungsgefahr durch hei e Oberfl che Achtung Hohe Temperatur Nicht ber hren besteht Achtung Gef hrliche Spannungen AN Anweisungen befolgen um Stromschl ge und Verletzungen zu vermeiden Ein Setzt das System unter Wechselstrom Je nach Netzschaltertyp an Ihrem Ger t kann ein
85. n the Enhanced Graphics Adapter should be used and that you are allocating space for one prepared code page Also they load memory resident national support functions To the end of your AUTOEXEC BAT file add the following exactly as shown on separate lines mode con cp prep 437 c dos ega cpi keyb gr c dos keyboard sys chcp 437 These AUTOEXEC BAT commands do the following m Load prepared code page 850 into memory they get the code page from the EGA CPI file Load the German gr keyboard program m Start the system with the United States 437 code page Setting Device Code Pages The following two sections describe two methods for setting a code page for a specific device including a console screen and a printer Setting Screen Code Pages This example uses two prepared code pages no hardware code pages are used to set up the system to support Denmark Norway and the Multilingual national languages SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 To the end of your CONFIG SYS file add the following on separate lines country 045 c dos country sys device c dos display sys con ega 2 install c dos nlsfunc exe c dos country sys These CONFIG SYS commands tell DOS that the EGA s hardware code page is not used and that you are allocating space for two prepared code pages Also they load memory resident national support functions To
86. ndows NT software or with Service Pack 4 Information on the patch and the patch file are located on the Microsoft Web site at the following location http www microsoft com windows downloads contents wurecommended s_wuservicepacks mfclibrary default asp site ntw SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 Problems Installing to Network Drives If you have problems installing Windows NT applications to network drives try installing the applications to your C or D drives The applications should then install correctly Recovering from Windows NT Setup After you have finished installing and configuring Windows NT you may want to use the Windows NT CD again at another time for example to view the Windows NT documentation on the disk If you insert the Windows NT CD into your CD ROM drive an Autorun dialog box is displayed This dialog box includes the Windows NT Setup option Do not use this option to reinstall Windows NT use the Add Remove Software option in the Autorun dialog box or the Add Remove Software Control Panel If you did select the Windows NT Setup option by mistake select a different operating system in the OS Loader screen after SunPCi reboots For example choose Last Operating System on C Creating Windows NT Repair Disks The boot floppies that come with the Windows NT Workstation package do not contain the SunPCi drivers If you try to use these repair disks to recover from a Windows NT the SunPCi drivers w
87. nitor For instructions on how to run the utility refer to Installing the SunPCi Drivers on page 11 For the workstation video SMI mode refers to the way that SunPCi runs DOS Windows installation programs Windows Safe Mode and full screen DOS in Windows This is the video display you see before you install the SunPCi drivers SMI also controls VGA mode for the external video To set up external video for Windows NT refer to Configuring an External Monitor With Windows NT on page 28 Using the Windows Driver Switches With SunPCi To use external VGA with SunPCi type the following command at the system prompt 9 sunpci vga Chapter 4 Configuring Peripheral Devices 7 28 To use SunPCi with the on board workstation video just type the standard sunpci command at the system prompt TABLE 4 1 describes the type of video output that occurs for the operating system you want to use the video driver you have installed and whether or not you typed sunpci vga at the prompt TABLE 4 1 PC Operating System DOS vga switch used DOS vga switch not used Windows 95 VGA driver used Windows 95 SunPCi drivers installed Windows NT SunPCi drivers installed automatically Video Options Matrix VGA Monitor Connected Video is routed to VGA monitor Video is routed to SunPCi window on workstation screen Video is routed to VGA monitor Video is routed to SunPCi window on workst
88. o Extended Hard Drives on page 42 for instructions on how to use Windows Explorer to map network drives Networking Problems Cannot Connect to Other Systems Before you start to diagnose problems using SunPCi to connect to other systems on the network make sure that you have configured SunPCi and your workstation as follows Your workstation and SunPCi host must have different IP addresses Both the SunPCi host and the workstation should be located on the same physical subnet although they may be on different virtual subnets Your workstation and SunPCi must have the same netmask The value of the netmask depends on the type of network you are using contact your network administrator for more information If you are having trouble using SunPCi with TCP IP perform the following steps to determine the cause of the problem Note You will need to know the names and IP addresses of another system on the same subnet as your workstation and of a system not on the same subnet Contact your network manager if you do not have this information Appendix A Troubleshooting 7 78 Diagnosing TCP IP Problems In the SunPCi window open a DOS window In Windows 95 NT choose the Start button and then select Applications and MS DOS Prompt from the pop up menus The DOS Prompt window is displayed Enter the ping command followed by the IP address of a system on your subnet not your workstation For
89. o the user by the FCC to operate this equipment FCC Class B Notice This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for help Shielded Cables Connections between the work
90. oard driver However Windows 95 uses the file C windows keyb com This results in the loss of support for international keyboards when you use Windows 95 The following procedure explains how to modify your autoexec bat and config sys files to use the DOS keyboard driver for international support For more information on international support refer to Appendix B To restore support for international keyboards follow this procedure In the SunPCi window click the Start button and then select Programs and then Accessories from the pop up menus Select Notepad and then open your C autoexec bat file Add the following line to the file C dos keyb com Save the file and close it Open your C config sys file The following line may appear rem DEVICE C DOS SETVER EXE If it does appear remove the rem remark statement and save the file If it does not appear add the line DEVICE C DOS SETVER EXE to the file and then save it Exit Notepad Click the Start button and then select Shut Down from the pop up menu The Shut Down Windows dialog box appears Select Restart the computer in MS DOS mode and then click Yes to reboot SunPCi When SunPCi has finished rebooting the MS DOS prompt appears in the SunPCi window Appendix A Troubleshooting 59 9 Enter the following commands at the DOS prompt C gt CD DOS C gt SETVER keyb c
91. om 7 01 C gt win This sets the keyboard driver to the proper version and starts Windows 95 You will need to enter the CD DOS and SETVER commands every time you start SunPCi You may want to configure your SunPCi system to automatically boot to the DOS prompt each time Refer to Appendix C for instructions on how to configure your system 60 SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 SunPCi Hardware Problems Error Messages The following table shows some error messages that result from hardware problems possible causes of those problems and solutions TABLE A 1 SunPCi Error Messages Error Message Drive not ready Abort Retry Fail General Protection Failure Warning etc devlink tab not updated correctly Perhaps th system OBP needs to be updated Possible Cause If you get this message when you double click on your CD ROM drive in Windows NT Explorer your SunPCi installation may have one of the following problems Your workstation s Open Boot PROM OBP is out of date Your CD ROM drive may not be a Sun supplied drive If running a Windows NT application produces this failure or a Null pointer message your version of Windows may require a software patch Your workstation s Open Boot PROM OBP is out of date Solution Update the OBP as described in OBP Open Boot PROM Problems on page 67 SunPCi only supports Sun supplied CD ROM drives
92. om other manufacturers may not function correctly SunPCi Card You must have a SunPCi card installed in your PCI based system if you want to run SunPCi SunPCi does not support software only operation and it does not run on SBus based systems Refer to the SunPCi 1 1 Installation Guide for more information 6 How to Proceed Once you have determined what you need to install the SunPCi software proceed to Chapter 3 for instructions on how to install the software Windows 95 or Windows NT SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 CHAPTER 3 Starting SunPCi Software for the First Time This chapter discusses the following topics Starting SunPCi Installing Windows 95 Software Installing Windows NT Workstation 4 0 m Creating and Configuring a New C or D Drive Exiting SunPCi Note Make sure that you are logged in as a regular user not as superuser before you perform the procedures in the following sections If you are logged in as superuser type exit to return to the prompt Starting SunPCi To start the SunPCi program type the following command at the prompt and press Return opt SUNWspci bin sunpci The SunPCi program starts and a SunPCi window is displayed When you start SunPCi software for the first time after installation the program takes a few minutes to create a directory named pc in which several SunPCi files are also created When you subsequently rest
93. onfiguring your boot options Choosing your boot options from the Microsoft Windows 95 Startup menu m Automatically booting to the DOS prompt The Microsoft Windows 95 Startup menu contains options that you can choose when you start SunPCi You can choose to boot directly into DOS or start Windows in Safe Mode Choices you make in the Startup menu affect only the current session of SunPCi The next time you reboot the startup mode returns to the default start Windows 95 automatically Accessing the Startup Menu Start SunPCi and press F8 as soon as you see the Starting Windows 95 message The Microsoft Windows 95 Startup Menu appears Microsoft Windows 95 Startup Menu Normal Logged BOOTLOG TXT Safe mode Safe mode with network support Step by step confirmation Command prompt only Yan ow amp W NR Safe mode command prompt only 8 Previous version of MS DOS Enter a choice Appendix SunPCi Performance Tips 9 100 2 Enter the number that corresponds to the option you want to use SunPCi will start in the mode you selected TABLE 5 3 explains the options available in the Startup menu TABLE 5 3 Startup Menu Options Option Description 1 Normal Windows 95 startup 2 Normal startup The file BOOTLOG TXT contains a log of the results of the startup process including any system messages or errors 3 Safe Mode starts your computer with default settings VGA monitor no network Mic
94. onitor for applications using direct VGA control DirectX animation or high performance video 26 SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 To connect the external monitor to SunPCi attach the monitor cable to the video port on the SunPCi card Note For more information on how to fine tune external VGA performance for use with PC based game software refer to Fine Tuning Your SunPCi Configuration on page 97 Selecting and Installing the Video Drivers After you connect the VGA monitor to SunPCi you need to install the correct video drivers for your configuration When you installed the SunPCi software as described in Chapter 3 you installed the SunPCi drivers by default using the setup utility Windows 95 or automatically Windows NT If you always plan to use SunPCi on your workstation s desktop you do not need to install another driver In order to configure the video correctly you need to install the proper drivers for your hardware setup and operating system There are two types of drivers available for Windows 95 the SunPCi drivers for the on board workstation video and SMI for the external VGA video After you install the drivers you choose the video you want to use with the VGA command switch To install the external video driver after you have installed the SunPCi drivers run the setup utility again When the utility asks you which monitor you would like to use to display your video choose External Mo
95. or example C temp Chapter 3 Starting SunPCi Software for the First Time 7 5 Double click on the sp4i386 icon The sp4i386 program extracts the Service Pack 4 files to C temp and automatically runs the update exe program when the extraction process has finished The Windows NT Service Pack Setup dialog box is displayed Read the License Agreement and then click on Accept Click on the checkbox next to the Backup files message to deselect that option and then click Next The Service Pack Setup screen appears The installation process takes several minutes and a progress bar in the screen indicates the overall progress of the installation When you have finished installing Service Pack 4 restart Windows NT Reinstalling Windows NT If you need to reinstall Windows NT at a later date use the Add Remove Software utility in the Control Panel screen or in the Autorun dialog box that appears when you insert the Windows NT CD ROM Caution Do not use the Windows NT Setup option in the Autorun dialog box to reinstall Windows NT Using this option will result in a Windows NT blue screen error and a message indicating an inaccessible boot device If you selected Windows NT Setup from the Autorun dialog box by mistake refer to Problems Installing to Network Drives on page 42 This procedure explains how to recover from this error 18 Creating and Configuring a New C or D Drive When you first ins
96. oth Solaris and Windows NT As soon as Windows NT detects the presence of the CD it pauses the CD Setting Up Your CD ROM Drive If you are not using Solaris Volume Manager vold to control your CD ROM drive or if you have more than one CD ROM drive you will have to specify which drive you want to use with SunPCi To set up your CD ROM drive perform the following procedure SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 You will need to select which CD ROM to use with SunPCi Refer to Setting Up Your CD ROM Drive on page 66 Update the OBP as described in OBP Open Boot PROM Problems on page 67 SunPCi only supports Sun supplied CD ROM drives Replace the CD ROM drive in your system with a Sun supplied drive Disable CD detection in either Solaris or Windows NT The CD cannot be shared by both operating systems Note that once you have disabled CD detection in one operating system you will need to mount the CD manually in that operating system Start SunPCi if it is not already running The console window from which you start the application displays the following message sunpci Your SunPCi ini file does not specify a CD device assuming vol dev aliases cdrom0 From the Options menu choose Attach CD ROM The Specify CD ROM Device File dialog box is displayed Type in the path to the CD ROM device you want to use for example vol dev aliases cdrom0 When you have finished typing
97. ountry If you want to use the other code page prepared for your country you can use the chcp command again Setting Country and Keyboard Codes The first example uses only a hardware code page code page switching is not used The commands tell DOS to accept the country information for France and load the French keyboard program This example is similar in most European countries To the end of your CONFIG SYS file add the following line count ry 033 c dos country sys To the AUTOEXEC BAT file add the following line keyb fr c dos keyboard sys Note The default AUTOEXEC BAT file contains two lines at the end of the file that invoke AUTOEXEC BAT files on the E or H drive If your AUTOEXEC BAT file still contains these lines place the international command lines before them Using Hardware and Prepared Code Pages The next example uses two code pages one hardware and one prepared In this instance the system you are setting up uses the German code page provided in the EGA and the United States code page provided by DOS Appendix SunPCi International Support 89 90 To the end of your CONFIG SYS file add the following on separate lines country 049 c dos country sys device c dos display sys con ega 437 1 install c dos nlsfunc exe c dos country sys These CONFIG SYS statements tell DOS that the hardware code page 437 i
98. played select Restart the Computer and click Yes Chapter 3 Starting SunPCi Software for the First Time 1 12 7 Once SunPCi reboots a dialog box is displayed asking you to enter a network password for Microsoft Networking Type your UNIX workstation user name and password and press Return Confirm your password when the program asks you to Note that after SunPCi reboots the top of the SunPCi window no longer reads Mouse Attached and you will see only one mouse cursor Now that the drivers are installed you do not need to attach the mouse Note You need to log on to Microsoft Networking each time Windows 95 starts up If you do not log on you will not be able to gain access to your extended network drives Extended drives are the drives you set up using Windows Explorer Installing Windows NT Workstation 4 0 After you install the SunPCi software you can install Windows NT and Service Pack 4 Caution Make sure you install Service Pack 4 before using Windows NT on SunPCi otherwise you may experience unpredictable results Before You Start Make sure you have the following available before you start installing Windows NT Windows NT Workstation 4 0 CD ROM full install version Windows NT Service Pack 4 CD ROM or downloaded image The system name for your SunPCi card on your network and the workgroup name for your Windows NT installation on SunPCi Note Follow the installation procedure
99. pose vga Routes the Windows 95 screen to an external VGA monitor For more information on how this option works refer to Connecting an External Monitor to SunPCi on page 26 C filename Boots the SunPCi window using filename as drive C This overrides the default drive specified in the default properties file SHOME pc SunPCi ini D filename Boots the SunPCi window using filename as drive D This overrides the default drive specified in the default properties file SHOME pc SunPC ini SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 TABLE 5 1 SunPCi Command Line Options Continued Option Purpose h SunPCi command line help displays a list of all SunPCi command line options p filename Starts SunPCi with the configuration information in the properties file specified with filename The default properties file for SunPCi is SHOME pc SunPC ini display Displays the SunPCi window on another workstation hostname in hostname domain domain For example to open the SunPCi window on another system 0 0 named willow in the eastern domain type the following command on your workstation where the SunPCi card is installed opt SUNWspci bin sunpci display willow eastern 0 0 The SunPCi Window The first thing you see when you start SunPCi software is the SunPCi window This window provides the emulated DR DOS command prompt from which you run your DOS programs If you have installed Windows 95 NT you will see the DOS
100. prompt displayed for a few seconds before your Windows program starts in the SunPCi window The following sections describe the menus at the top of the SunPCi window File Menu The SunPCi File menu contains two commands Reset PC and Exit Resetting a SunPCi window is the same as pressing Ctrl Alt Delete on a PC also called a warm boot There are three primary reasons to reboot a SunPCi window m To enable changes made to your system as a result of installing certain software packages or modifying DOS files like AUTOEXEC BAT or CONFIG SYS To enable a different SunPCi emulated hard drive see Emulated Hard Drives on page 41 for more information about this If either your keyboard or the application you are running in the SunPCi window is no longer responding The Exit command quits the SunPCi application and closes the SunPCi window Chapter5 Using SunPCi Software 39 When you choose the Reset PC command from SunPCi a dialog box appears asking if you want to reset SunPCi Click OK to dismiss the dialog box and SunPCi reboots Options Menu The Options menu lets you create and choose emulated hard disk drives C and D drives It also enables you to attach the mouse to SunPCi which you will need to do after you have installed Windows 95 but before you install the SunPCi drivers TABLE 5 2 describes the disk related commands in the Options menu Complete instructions for choosing emulated drives is
101. ptember 9 Solaris Command Windows In this guide you are often instructed to open a command window when performing various tasks Depending on your choice you can use either a Solaris Command Tool window or Shell Tool window in OpenWindows These two types of command windows are a standard part of the Solaris operating environment In CDE these command windows are called Console and Terminal windows Typographic Changes and Symbols TABLE P 1 Typographic Conventions Typeface or Symbol Meaning Examples AaBbCc123 The names of commands files Edit your login file and directories on screen Use 1s a to list all files computer output You have mail AaBbCc123 What you type when su contrasted with on screen Password xyz computer output AaBbCc123 Book titles new words or Read Chapter 6 in the User s Guide terms words to be emphasized These are called class options Command line variable You must be root to do this replace with a real name or To delete a file type rm filename value SunPCi Keyboard Accelerators The SunPCi software provides keyboard accelerators combinations of keys used as shortcuts for many of the functions on the menus at the top of the SunPCi window To see the available accelerators hold down the left mouse button on the menu until the drop down menu appears Next to each command is the equivalent keyboard accelerator In CDE and OpenWindows these accelerators use the Meta key
102. r des tiers et qui comprend la technologie relative aux polices de caracteres est prot g par un copyright et licenci par des fournisseurs de Sun Des parties de ce produit pourront tre d riv es des syst mes Berkeley BSD licenci s par l Universit de Californie UNIX est une marque d pos e aux Etats Unis et dans d autres pays et licenci e exclusivement par X Open Company Ltd Sun Sun Microsystems le logo Sun AnswerBook2 docs sun com Solaris et SunPCi sont des marques de fabrique ou des marques d pos es ou marques de service de Sun Microsystems Inc aux Etats Unis et dans d autres pays Toutes les marques SPARC sont utilis es sous licence et sont des marques de fabrique ou des marques d pos es de SPARC International Inc aux Etats Unis et dans d autres pays Les produits portant les marques SPARC sont bas s sur une architecture d velopp e par Sun Microsystems Inc L interface d utilisation graphique OPEN LOOK et Sun a t d velopp e par Sun Microsystems Inc pour ses utilisateurs et licenci s Sun reconnait les efforts de pionniers de Xerox pour la recherche et le d veloppement du concept des interfaces d utilisation visuelle ou graphique pour l industrie de l informatique Sun d tient une licence non exclusive de Xerox sur l interface d utilisation graphique Xerox cette licence couvrant galement les licenci s de Sun qui mettent en place l interface d utilisation graphique OPEN LOOK et qui en outre s
103. rectory m R the root filesystem SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 Note The default extended drives F H and R support only the DOS based short file names 8 3 file names and not the Windows 95 long file names Do not use the default drives to install Windows 95 software instead map a new extended drive or drives and use them to install the software To map an extended drive refer to Accessing Solaris Files and CD ROMs From Windows 95 on page 43 If desired you can use rem remark statements to remove the default drive mappings for H and R from your C autoexec bat file and use them to mount other extended drives File System Drives A file system drive is an extended drive that you map using Windows Explorer to directories on your Solaris file system Unlike the redirected drives file system drives can make full use of long file names in Windows 95 and Windows NT To map a file system drive in Windows 95 refer to Accessing Solaris Files and CD ROMs From Windows 95 on page 43 To map a file system drive in Windows NT refer to Accessing Solaris Files and Directories in Windows NT on page 46 Network Drives A network drive is also mapped through Windows Explorer but it maps to locations on your network To access Solaris files and CD ROMs from Windows 95 you will need to map them as network drives as described Accessing Solaris Files and CD ROMs From Windows 95 on page 43 If
104. rosoft mouse driver and the minimum device drivers required to start Windows 4 Starts the computer in Safe Mode but allows the computer to connect to the network 5 Requests a Yes or No confirmation for each step in the startup process The system displays each line in the CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT files and asks you to confirm each one Press Enter for Yes or Esc for No 6 Boots the system to the MS DOS prompt 7 Boots the system to the MS DOS prompt in Safe Mode 8 Boots the system to a previous version of MS DOS if you have one installed Automatically Booting to the DOS Prompt You can create an empty batch file called WIN BAT that enables you to boot directly into the DOS prompt every time you start SunPCi This allows you to start Windows 95 whenever you choose but allows you to work from the DOS prompt rather than from the DOS shell e To start Windows 95 from the DOS prompt type the following command and press Return C gt windows win SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 Running Game Software on SunPCi Note This procedure applies only if you are using an external VGA monitor with your SunPCi card For more information on how to install and configure an external VGA monitor refer to Chapter 4 This section is designed to help you fine tune game performance on SunPCi Although the default VGA memory setting of 1 Mbyte on your SunPCi card should provide enough VGA memory for most games
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106. s in this section even if you have installed Windows NT on a PC before The setup and configuration procedures for the SunPCi 1 1 software involve some different steps SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 Setting Up Windows NT To install Windows NT on your SunPCi system you create a new C drive and install Windows NT to it If you want to dual boot SunPCi software with both Windows NT and Windows 95 simply create another C drive When you want to run Windows 95 use the Attach Hard Disk command under the Options menu to select the C drive file with Windows 95 on it and then reset SunPCi If you want to run Windows NT use Attach Hard Disk to select the C drive with Windows NT installed and then reset SunPCi Note For best results create your SunPCi C drive on a local hard disk on your workstation rather than in your home directory Installing Windows takes much less time on a local drive and performance is significantly better To install Windows NT on a new C drive follow this procedure If you do not already have the SunPCi software running start SunPCi first Caution Do not use the Windows NT boot diskettes to install Windows NT on SunPCi software You must perform the procedure outlined in this chapter to ensure that the correct drivers are installed If you want to create a repair disk for your Windows NT installation on SunPCi refer to Creating Windows NT Repair Disks on page 43
107. s specified in each of the steps Copy the files you stored on your workstation s hard disk into the specified directories When you have finished copying all of the saved files into their respective directories choose File and Reset PC to restart SunPCi SunPCi boots into Windows NT If you have trouble booting into Windows NT insert the floppy with the Windows NT boot files that you created in Step 5 of the previous procedure in your floppy drive and restart SunPCi again Windows NT should boot from the floppy press F3 to boot to the DOS prompt You can now recopy the Windows NT boot files from the floppy disk onto your C drive Note If you need to restore the Windows NT system password files only restore the following files C System32 config Sam C System32 config Sam log C System32 config Sam sav Appendix A Troubleshooting 75 76 Emulated Hard Drive Problems Attaching Drive C To be sure that you will always be able to attach drive C you can change the permissions on the drive Changing the permissions will keep other users from being able to attach drive C even when you are not using the SunPCi program To change permissions on drive C type the following in a command window chmod 600 pc C diskimage This makes the drive inaccessible to other users Disk Error Messages If your SunPCi window shows the message Non system disk or disk error at startup your C drive may have been corrup
108. se the docs sun com archive or search for a specific book title or subject at http docs sun com The SunPCi product Web site is another useful resource It contains the latest information on the SunPCi product as well as links to software updates The web site is located at the following address http www sun com products desktop sunpci Be sure to check the product Web site regularly for software updates Sun Welcomes Your Comments We are interested in improving our documentation and welcome your comments and suggestions You can email your comments to us at docfeedback sun com Please include the part number of the document for which you are sending comments in the subject line of your email Preface xiii xiv SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 CHAPTER 1 What Is SunPCi SunPCi software and hardware provide a complete PC hardware environment on your PCI based SPARC workstation or server running the Solaris operating environment With the SunPCi product you can run Windows 95 or Windows NT applications on your workstation alongside your Solaris applications SunPCi Features The following list describes some of the PC features that the SunPCi product brings to your Solaris desktop m An Intel compatible PC on your Solaris desktop With the SunPCi card installed in your workstation or server SunPCi contains an Intel compatible PC processor on the board High resolution VGA display
109. show the printer connected to the machine Make sure you know the model of the printer you are using so that you can select the correct printer driver For most PostScript printers the Apple LaserWriter IINTX driver works best Click on the printer and then click OK and then follow the instructions described in the Printer Wizard dialog boxes You are now ready to use your workstation s network printer as a Windows printer For more information on how to print from Windows applications refer to the documentation that came with your copy of Windows Using Windows NT With SunPCi This section explains how to perform some common tasks under Windows NT For more information refer to the Windows NT Workstation 4 0 documentation on the Windows NT CD ROM Chapter5 Using SunPCi Software 1 52 SunPCi 1 1 Hard Disks This section discusses some of the properties of hard drives running under Windows NT For more information about the drives refer to the Windows NT documentation on the Windows NT 4 0 Workstation CD ROM The chapters of the books are in Microsoft Word format Caution Do not partition your C drive You can create some C drives to run Windows NT and others to run Windows 95 as described in Installing Windows NT on page 22 FAT versus NTFS Hard Disks FAT and NTES are file system formats used with Windows hard disks If you are planning to run a D drive on Windows NT you may want to set it up as an
110. station and peripherals must be made using shielded cables in order to maintain compliance with FCC radio frequency emission limits Networking connections can be made using unshielded twisted pair UTP cables Modifications Any modifications made to this device that are not approved by Sun Microsystems Inc may void the authority granted to the user by the FCC to operate this equipment 113 ICES 003 Class A Notice Avis NMB 003 Classe A This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Cet appareil num rique de la classe A est conforme la norme NMB 003 du Canada ICES 003 Class B Notice Avis NMB 003 Classe B This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Cet appareil num rique de la classe B est conforme a la norme NMB 003 du Canada VCCI 5 114 HEIDIT 222 AVCCI DT 252 7 33 04 2 7 0610 68 EME 2 ME MEET CEDEX PHROHADKRIET DER eK SE EHE VCCD D PERES lt 2 A RELATE Ai Co COR EAR CHATS CERES HOEFT SAH EI I ok ERINA TENDEN ET 2722 B VCCI DT YFABVCCI DER WE 55 7 5 3 107 a MER 75 ABRAM CT CHSOMMICI FRORAMRY LET EUX PS ee a A EB WA VCC DHEILHE DS FA a KATI COREL ARSE CHE T2 ARAN 2 0 EV 58 UL TEH 415 Ee SSeS iaa 350 ES MRAR gt 0 gt Y SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999
111. sures de s curit Pour votre protection veuillez prendre les pr cautions suivantes pendant l installation du mat riel Suivre tous les avertissements et toutes les instructions inscrites sur le mat riel V rifier que la tension et la fr quence de la source d alimentation lectrique correspondent la tension et la fr quence indiqu es sur l tiquette de classification de l appareil Ne jamais introduire d objets quels qu ils soient dans une des ouvertures de l appareil Vous pourriez vous trouver en pr sence de hautes tensions dangereuses Tout objet conducteur introduit de la sorte pourrait produire un court circuit qui entra nerait des flammes des risques d lectrocution ou des d g ts mat riels Symboles Vous trouverez ci dessous la signification des diff rents symboles utilis s et de d g ts mat riels Veuillez suivre les Attention risques de blessures corporelles instructions Evitez le contact La temp rature des surfaces est lev e et leur contact peut provoquer des blessures corporelles Attention surface temp rature lev e Attention pr sence de tensions AN dangereuses Pour viter les risques d lectrocution et de danger pour la sant physique veuillez suivre les instructions MARCHE Votre syst me est sous tension courant alternatif Un des symboles suivants sera peut tre utilis en fonction du type d interr
112. tall the SunPCi software and start the application for the first time SunPCi automatically creates a new C drive for you called C diskimage This file resides in the pc subdirectory in your home directory If you want to create and attach a hard drive file for drive D or attach a different file to drive C follow the procedures in this section SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 Note When you installed Windows 95 NT in the previous procedure you installed it on the C drive file C diskimage If you create a new drive and attach that new drive as drive C you will need to install Windows 95 NT on that drive as well You do not have to install Windows 95 NT on a D drive Chapter 3 Starting SunPCi Software for the First Time 9 Creating a Hard Drive File To create a new hard drive file follow these steps 1 Start SunPCi if it is not already running 2 Choose the Options menu at the top of the SunPCi window The Options drop down menu is displayed FIGURE 3 1 shows the Options menu Attach a Hard Drive Create a New Hard Drive Eject CD Attach CD ROM Attach Mouse FIGURE 3 1 SunPCi Options Menu 3 Select the Create New Drive command from the drop down menu The Create a New Hard Drive dialog box is displayed FIGURE 3 2 shows the Create a Hard Drive dialog box Alih cy Herel Dring a 34 hee rra Bar fre A 25 FIGURE 3 2 Create New Hard Drive Dialog Box 20 SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide
113. ted or you have a non bootable floppy disk in drive A If you do not have a floppy disk in drive A delete the default C drive file in SHOME pc and then restart SunPCi You may want to make periodic backup copies of your C drive Refer to Backing Up Your C Drive on page 41 for more information Extended Drive Problems Cannot Mount Extended Drives With Windows Explorer If you cannot mount extended drives networking may not be installed on SunPCi Try to log in to the network first If you can reach the network from the UNIX side then go to the Start menu in SunPCi and select Control Panel then double click on Network Set up your SunPCi installation on the network Refer to your Windows documentation for more information If you still cannot connect to the network after logging in you will need to reinstall Windows 95 To log in to the network follow this procedure Start up SunPCi and enter your user name and password when the dialog box prompts you to log in to Microsoft Networking SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 To log in to the network if you are already running SunPCi follow these steps Click the Start button and then select Exit When the dialog box asks you whether you want to shut down or restart the computer click on Restart When the Microsoft Networking dialog box appears type in your user name and password and press Return You will then be able to mount extended drives Refer t
114. tenimiento o con un electricista cualificado si no est seguro del sistema de alimentaci n el ctrica del que se dispone en su edificio Precauci n No todos los cables de alimentaci n el ctrica tienen la misma capacidad Los cables de tipo dom stico no est n provistos de protecciones contra sobrecargas y por tanto no son apropiados para su uso con computadores No utilice alargadores de tipo dom stico para conectar sus productos Sun Precauci n Con el producto Sun se proporciona un cable de alimentaci n con toma de tierra Para reducir el riesgo de descargas el ctricas con ctelo siempre a un enchufe con toma de tierra La siguiente advertencia se aplica solamente a equipos con un interruptor de encendido que tenga una posici n En espera A Precauci n El interruptor de encendido de este producto funciona exclusivamente como un dispositivo de puesta en espera El enchufe de la fuente de alimentaci n est dise ado para ser el elemento primario de desconexi n del equipo El equipo debe instalarse cerca del enchufe de forma que este ltimo pueda ser f cil y r pidamente accesible No conecte el cable de alimentaci n cuando se ha retirado la fuente de alimentaci n del chasis del sistema Bater a de litio A Precauci n En las placas de CPU Sun hay una bater a de litio insertada en el reloj de tiempo real tipo SGS N m MK48T59Y MK48TXXB XX MK48T18 XXXPCZ M48T59W XXXPCZ o MK48T0
115. the AUTOEXEC BAT file add the following exactly as shown on separate lines mode con cp prep 865 850 c dos ega cpi keyb dk c dos keyboard sys chcp 865 Note If the AUTOEXEC BAT file contains two lines at the end of the file that invoke AUTOEXEC BAT files on the E or H drive place the international command lines before these lines These AUTOEXEC BAT commands do the following m They load prepared code pages 865 and 850 into memory they get the code pages from the EGA CPI file m They load the Denmark dk keyboard program They start the system with the Denmark Norway 865 code page Note Refer to your DOS manual for information on the PRINTER SYS file and the types of printers it supports for code page switching Setting Parallel Printer Code Pages The second example also uses two prepared code pages It assumes you have an IBM Proprinter model 4201 connected to LPT1 The system is set up to support Denmark Norway and the Multilingual national languages Appendix B SunPCi International Support 1 To the end of your CONFIG SYS file add the following on separate lines country 045 c dos country sys device c dos display sys con ega 2 device c dos printer sys lpt1 4201 2 install c dos nlsfunc exe c dos country sys These CONFIG SYS commands tell OpenDOS that the hardware code page is not used and that you are allocat
116. to the following OBP 3 11 2 1998 04 20 15 37 In this example the OBP version is 3 11 2 Make note of your OBP version You will need this information when you update your OBP The README file for the hardware upgrade contains information on the latest OBP revision number for your workstation type Obtain the latest OBP version for your platform You should get the latest OBP from your Service Provider or from the sunsolve sun com Web site described earlier in this section The OBP version required by your workstation depends on the workstation model Open the README file for the OBP in any text editor and print it The README file contains detailed and specific instructions on how to update your OBP including the necessary hardware changes moving a jumper on your workstation s CPU It also shows the latest OBP revision number for your workstation type Because you will have to turn off power to your system in order to move the jumper you will need a printed copy of the instructions in order to complete the procedure Note You may find it helpful to use a flashlight while moving the jumper 5 Follow the update instructions carefully SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 Video Display Problems External Monitor Resolutions TABLE A 5 shows the external VGA display resolutions that SunPCi supports For best results you may want to increase the amount of available video RAM from 1 Mbyte the default to 4
117. u can list the current prepared and selected code pages for your console screen or a parallel printer by using the mode command in the following form C gt mode device cp Displaying Current Device Code Pages To display the current code pages for your console screen device enter the following C gt mode con cp OpenDOS displays a message similar to this one Active code page for device CON is 437 hardware code pages Code page 850 prepared code pages Code page 437 Code page 850 Appendix SunPCi International Support 3 Code page not prepared Code page not prepared MODE Status Code page function completed Refreshing Lost Code Pages It is possible for prepared code pages to be lost due to hardware errors For example suppose you had selected the Canadian French code page 863 as the active code page for your console screen CON But because of a hardware error the active code page was lost You can use the refresh keyword with the mode command to restore the lost code page for your screen by entering the following C gt mode con cp refresh The SLANG Variable There are two Solaris commands usr bin dos2unix and usr bin unix2dos that enable you to specify code pages For example to convert the task_list file created with code page 850 from a DOS to a Solaris format use the dos2unix command and enter the following C gt dos2unix 850 task_list task_list
118. ubleshooting 63 64 Diskette Drive Problems TABLE A 3 shows some problems that can occur with the diskette drive and SunPCi TABLE A 3 Diskette Drive Problems Problem Possible Cause Solution Cannot access the There is a conflict between SunPCiand Refer to Diskette Drive diskette in the the Solaris Volume Manager vold for Conflicts on page 64 diskette drive control of the drive The file dev rdiskette may not have read write permissions Check the permissions on the file and change them if necessary Cannot eject the Another Solaris command window Refer to Ejecting diskette The error may have control of the diskette drive Diskettes on page 48 for message eject more information open failed on dev rdiskette Device busy is displayed Cannot use low The diskette is probably not formatted Refer to Ejecting density diskettes correctly Diskettes on page 48 for more information Diskette Drive Conflicts SunPCi software and the Solaris Volume Manager program vold tend to conflict with each other for control of the diskette drive Volume Manager provides automatic mounting services for peripheral devices attached to your system such as diskette drives The conflict arises when Volume Manager support is enabled on your system and you attempt to access a diskette drive through a SunPCi window In such instances an error message is displayed and the diskette access fails By default wh
119. uld now be able to ping the SunPCi host from the workstation and the workstation from the SunPCi host Refer to Networking Problems on page 77 for more information on troubleshooting TCP IP connections Using PC Launcher With SunPCi Software Once you have configured your workstation and network to communicate using TCP IP you can use PC Launcher software to launch SunPCi from your Solaris desktop PC Launcher is a CDE utility it is not available for OpenWindows Chapter 4 Configuring Peripheral Devices 35 Before PC Launcher will work with SunPCi you need to enter name server information in the TCP IP settings in the Network Control Panel Refer to Setting TCP IP Properties on page 33 for more information on how to enter name server DNS information Consult your network manager to make sure that your workstation also contains the correct name server information Note Make sure that the SunPCi host and your workstation can ping each other by name not just by IP address PC Launcher needs to identify both hosts by name before it will work 36 How to Proceed Once you have configured SunPCi software to work with your peripheral devices you are ready to use the product Refer to Chapter 5 for more information on the SunPCi software and its menus and commands SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 CHAPTER 5 Using SunPCi Software This chapter explains how to use the SunPCi window command line menus
120. until you find the drive letter you want and then click to select it The drive letter is displayed in the Drive field Type the following path into the Path field substituting the names of your directory for anydir anydir If you want this extended drive to map automatically whenever you start up SunPCi click the checkbox next to Reconnect at logon Chapter5 Using SunPCi Software 5 46 9 Click OK The new extended drive appears in the Exploring window Your network drive now maps to anydir which is a symbolic link to the destination directory net typicalmachine filesl anydir Installing Windows 95 Applications on Extended Drives You can install Windows 95 applications on either of your emulated drives C and D or on any of the drives that you create using Windows Explorer Because of the DOS file name limitations on the default extended drives F H and R you should avoid installing Windows 95 applications on the default extended drives Refer to Extended Hard Drives on page 42 for more information on the default extended drives Accessing Solaris Files and Directories in Windows NT Note You do not have to map CD ROMs in Windows NT Windows NT contains a separate CD ROM driver Because Windows NT allows you to map files and drives on your local machine or on other machines in your workgroup you need to specify that a file system drive resides on your Solaris workstation
121. upteur de votre syst me ARRET Votre syst me est hors tension O courant alternatif VEILLEUSE L interrupteur Marche I Veilleuse est en position Veilleuse Safety Agency Compliance Statements 107 Modification du mat riel Ne pas apporter de modification m canique ou lectrique au mat riel Sun Microsystems n est pas responsable de la conformit r glementaire d un produit Sun qui a t modifi Positionnement d un produit Sun Attention pour assurer le bon AN fonctionnement de votre produit Sun et pour l emp cher de surchauffer il convient de ne pas obstruer ni recouvrir les ouvertures pr vues dans l appareil Un produit Sun ne doit jamais tre plac 8 proximit d un radiateur ou d une source de chaleur Attention Le niveau de pression acoustique N au poste de travail s leve selon la norme DIN 45 635 section 1000 8 70 dB A ou moins Conformit SELV S curit les raccordements E S sont conformes aux normes SELV Connexion du cordon d alimentation pour fonctionner avec des alimentations monophas es munies d un conducteur neutre mis 8 la terre Pour carter les risques d lectrocution ne pas brancher de produit Sun dans un autre type d alimentation secteur En cas de doute quant au type d alimentation lectrique du local veuillez vous adresser au directeur de l exploitation ou un lectricien qualifi Attention les produits
122. using has an internal diskette drive it is referred to in Windows as drive A Note If you are running Solaris Volume Manager vold on your workstation you will need to disable Volume Manager s control of the floppy drive before the floppy will function under SunPCi The script vold_floppy_disable located in the opt SUNWspci bin directory disables vold control of the floppy To use the script run it before you start up SunPCi Otherwise you will not be able to use the floppy drive as drive A Most workstations come with one diskette drive however there are some SPARCstation systems that do not have a built in diskette drive If you have a SPARCstation system that does not have a built in diskette drive you will need to have one installed if you intend to install software or copy data from diskette Chapter5 Using SunPCi Software 47 48 Ejecting Diskettes To eject the diskette from the drive first use the following command in a UNIX window eject floppy The system returns the following message dev rdiskette can now be manually ejected Press the manual eject button on your workstation s floppy drive to eject the diskette Using Low Density Diskettes Note Since Windows NT does not use DOS you will not be able to perform this procedure on a Windows NT system Under the SunPCi program just as on a PC low density diskettes must be formatted read or written as low density diskettes To format
123. x A Chapter5 Using SunPCi Software 3 54 SunPCi 1 1 User s Guide September 1999 APPENDIX A Troubleshooting This appendix provides tips for rectifying problems you may encounter while using SunPCi software If you have a question or encounter a problem with SunPCi such as a Windows NT blue screen please contact your support provider It is most helpful if you include the following information in your email What you observed including any error messages that were displayed What you were doing at the time The application you were using including the application version number m Steps to recreate the problem very important The following list describes the troubleshooting topics included in this appendix Known Problems With SunPCi This section describes some known problems with this release of SunPCi Additional information on this release appears in the SunPCi 1 1 Release Notes Updates to the information in this section and workarounds if available will be posted to the SunPCi home page at http www sun com desktop products sunpci Note The SunPCi home page contains software updates patches and other information about the SunPCi product Visit the home page frequently for all the latest information 55 56 Running Microsoft Windows 95 NT Applications Running Windows 95 From CD ROM Windows 95 cannot be installed with the Run From CD ROM option Use any of the other
124. y to install other Windows programs on your new disk drives Attaching a Drive File to C or D If you have already attached the drive file in the previous step skip this procedure After you have created a drive file you need to attach it to one of your emulated hard drives You can either do this in the Create New Hard Drive dialog box as explained in the previous section or you can attach the drive file in a separate step For example if you clicked the Do Not Attach button in the Create New Hard Disk dialog box you would need to attach the drive file before using it To attach the file perform the following procedure 1 From the Options menu choose the Attach a Hard Drive command The SunPCi Drive Attach dialog box is displayed Chapter 3 Starting SunPCi Software for the First Time 1 Type in the path and file name of the file you created in Creating a Hard Drive File on page 20 If you want to make this file a new C drive type it into the C Drive field If you want the file to attach to a D drive type the path and file name into the D Drive field Click OK The file is now attached to C or D From the File menu choose Reboot to apply your changes SunPCi displays the Reboot dialog box Click OK SunPCi reboots and uses the new attached drives 22 Exiting SunPCi To exit SunPCi you need to perform two steps Exit Windows 95 or Windows NT Exit the SunPCi window Not

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