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1. Appendix A Troubleshooting 5 If you have reconfigured your kernel you may have removed some of the services required by sunpc_install Restore your original kernel and then try running sunpc_install again Command not found Make sure you have changed to the opt SUNWsunpc bin directory before running sunpc_install Also be sure to precede the sunpc_install command with a period and forward slash For example sunpc_install Errors Displayed by the backoutpatch Script The backoutpatch script shows error messages if the backout process fails for some reason TABLE A 1 describes the error messages that can appear and explains their causes TABLE A 1 backoutpatch Error Messages Error Explanation Recommended Action Patch lt patch id gt has not been The user has attempted to back out a patch that was successfully applied to this never applied to this system It is possible that the patch system was applied but that the patch directory var sadm patch lt patch id gt was deleted somehow If this is the case the patch cannot be backed out You may have to restore the original files from the initial installation CD This patch was obsoleted by An older patch revision apparently still exists under patch 1 Patches must be var sadm patch the contents of that patch should backed out in the order in never be restored out of sequence This could undermine which they were installed the integrit
2. Tables TABLE P 1 TABLE P 2 TABLE 3 1 TABLE 3 2 TABLE 3 3 TABLE 4 1 TABLE 4 2 TABLE 4 3 TABLE 4 4 TABLE 4 5 TABLE 4 6 TABLE 6 1 TABLE 6 2 TABLE 6 3 TABLE 6 4 TABLE 6 5 TABLE 6 6 TABLE 6 7 TABLE 6 8 Typographic Conventions xvi SunExpress Contact Information xx New SunPC Installation Checklist 2 SunPC Upgrade Installation Checklist 13 Windows 95 Installation Checklist 8 SunPC Command Line Options 45 SunPC Edit Menu Commands 47 SunPC Operations Menu Commands 8 SunPC Properties Menu Commands 9 Copy and Paste Scenarios 52 Default Printer Port Settings 68 SunPC Properties Dialog Boxes 82 LPT Port Properties Settings 85 COM Port Properties Settings 86 Display Properties Settings 87 Drive Properties Settings 90 Hard Disk Editor Settings 91 Miscellaneous Properties Settings 92 Memory Size Setting for the SunPC Accelerator 94 Tables xi xii TABLE 7 1 SunPC ODI Driver Files 7 TABLE B 2 SLANG Variable Settings 168 TABLE 7 2 Startup Menu Options 178 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 TABLE 6 9 Sun4m Memory Requirements 95 TABLE A 1 backoutpatch Error Messages 126 TABLE B 1 National Language Support 160 TABLE D 1 New SunPC Installation Checklist TABLE D 2 SunPC Upgrade Installation Checklist TABLE D 3 Windows 95 Installation Checklist Preface The SunPC 4 2 User s Guide contains installation and operating instructions for the SunPC 4 2
3. Edit the file in which you set your PATH statement Use the text editing tool you prefer For example to use the Solaris textedit tool to edit the login file enter the following command textedit login amp SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 4 Update your PATH statement to include the opt SUNWsunpc bin directory Be sure to add the SunPC directory before any other directory names containing versions of SunPC Microsoft Windows or the dos2unix and unix2dos utilities Note Make sure that your PATH statement contains the backslash at the end of the series of directory names otherwise you will not be able to log in when you restart 5 Save the file and exit the text editor You are returned to the Solaris command window 6 Exit the OpenWindows environment and log out or log out of CDE 7 Log in again and restart OpenWindows or CDE 8 Finish the SunPC installation by following the instructions in the next section Starting SunPC Software for the First Time Starting SunPC Software for the First Time After running pkgadd and sunpc_install and updating your PATH statement the final step in the SunPC installation process is to start SunPC software for the first time v To start SunPC software for the first time 1 Enter the sunpc command in a command window 9 sunpe It is not necessary to type amp after sunpc because the SunPC program automatically runs in
4. SunPC and DOS software give you the national language support you need to run your applications on an international keyboard The first time you started the SunPC program as described in Starting SunPC Software for the First Time on page 21 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 use the instructions in this appendix This appendix discusses the following topics Using an International Keyboard page 157 DOS Character Set page 158 m Code Pages and SunPC Software page 159 Using an International Keyboard 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 while pressing the key to get the third character However there are a few special ways in which the keyboard ope
5. Press Meta M and then Meta Q and press Return to confirm that you want to exit Copying and Pasting Text You can copy and paste text to and from a SunPC window by using the SunPC Edit menu or the Copy and Paste keys on your keyboard TABLE 4 5 describes some scenarios for working with the Copy and Paste commands and keys TABLE 4 5 Copy and Paste Scenarios If you want to Use these menus or keys Copy and paste text between a SunPC and Use the Copy and Paste keyboard keys Solaris window Copy and paste text within a DOS Use the Copy and Paste functions provided application by the DOS application Copy and paste text between two SunPC Use the Copy and Paste commands from windows the SunPC Edit menu or use the Copy and Paste keys on your keyboard To use the SunPC Copy and Paste commands 1 Select the text you want to copy 2 Choose the Copy command from the SunPC Edit menu 3 Move the pointer to where you want to paste the text 4 Choose the Paste command from the SunPC Edit menu SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 To use the Copy then Paste command The Copy then Paste command is provided for quicker copy and paste operations Select the text you want to copy Move the pointer to where you want to copy the text Choose the Copy then Paste command from the SunPC Edit menu Note If you have problems copying and pasting text using the Edit menu commands try the Copy and Paste comman
6. 82 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Change Bars A change bar is a vertical bar displayed to the left of an entry in a Properties dialog box indicating values you have changed but have not yet applied There are two types of change bars black and gray m Black The setting has been changed to a valid value Gray The setting has been changed to an invalid value or a value that has not yet been validated by the program Creating Multiple Properties Files By default SunPC uses a Properties file named pc sunpcrc As an alternative to modifying your default Properties file you can create a new one This alternative may be useful if you often use different applications that require unique Properties settings because it can eliminate the need to manually re adjust settings each time you use a particular application To create a new SunPC Properties file Open a command window on your Solaris desktop Use the Command Tool or Shell Tool Copy your pc sunpcerc file to a new file For example if you want to the name the new Properties file pc sunperc hercules you could use the following command 9 5 cp pc sunperc pc sunperc hercules Start the SunPC program using the p command line switch The p switch tells SunPC to use an alternate Properties file For example to start SunPC with a Properties filename sunpcrc hercules you would use the following command 5 sunpe p
7. Disk Error Messages If your SunPC window shows the message Non system disk or disk error at startup you may be experiencing one of two problems m Your C drive has been corrupted From your workstation prompt delete the default drive file and then restart SunPC When SunPC restarts it automatically rebuilds the default C drive for you m You havea floppy disk in your floppy drive Press Meta E to eject the floppy disk or use the Eject A command in the SunPC Operations menu You may want to make periodic backup copies of your C drive Refer to Backing Up Your C Drive on page 56 for more information DOS and Windows 3 11 Booting From Drive C If CONFIG SYS File Is Damaged If you install the SunPC program and cannot boot from drive C because you have made an error in the CONFIG SYS file you do not have to reinstall SunPC software Try the following procedure Open a Solaris Command Window Type cd 6 Type mv C sunpc3 C sunpc3 copy This moves your original drive C and renames it to C sunpc3 copy Enter sunpc This starts the SunPC program again to generate a new drive C with default parameters SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 10 11 12 Open the Drive Properties dialog box Use the C sunpc3 copy file as drive D The window will reboot Change to drive D This is where the corrupted CONFIG SYS file is located Edit your CONFIG SYS file Edit the entry you entered inc
8. Microsoft Mouse When you use the mouse in a Solaris window it is referred to as an OpenWindows mouse if you are running OpenWindows or as a CDE mouse if you are running CDE You can use either mode in a SunPC window but you must use the Microsoft Mouse mode to select menu items and execute commands in a DOS or Microsoft Windows application For more information about using the mouse see Using the Emulated Microsoft Mouse on page 50 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 they are called terminal windows Preface xv xvi 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 ls a to list all files computer output You have mail C WINDOWS 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
9. Setting this environment variable decreases the performance of the mouse and the keyboard in the SunPC window It also eliminates floating accent support for international keyboards Problems When Running Non Windows Applications With Windows software you cannot run a DOS session within the Windows environment on a SunPC software only session This is possible with the SunPC Accelerator However you must change some of the settings in your Program Information File PIF v To change the settings in your PIF file 1 Open the Windows PIF Editor 2 Pull down the File menu and choose Open 3 Select the DOSPRMPT PIF file 4 Select High Graphics as the Video Memory option 5 Choose the Advanced button to display the Advanced Options dialog box 6 Select Retain Video Memory as the only Display Option 132 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 7 7 Choose OK to exit the Advanced Options dialog box 8 Pull down the File menu and choose Save 9 Close or exit the PIF Editor Problems Installing Windows 95 or Windows 95 Applications Installing Windows 95 From the Upgrade CD If you are installing from the upgrade CD and the system shows a dialog box with the message Your BIOS is out of date you may be attempting to install from an upgrade to Windows 95 without first having Windows 3 1 installed If this happens use your Windows 3 1 diskettes to install Windows 3 1 on your hard drive and then reinstall Windows 95 Installing
10. 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 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 country 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 country 033 c dos country sys To the AUTOEXEC BAT file add the following line keyb fr c dos keyboard sys 162 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 7 Note The default AUTOEXEC BAT file contains two lines at the end of the file that
11. describes the system requirements for using SunPC software the contents of the SunPC package and steps you should take to prepare your system for SunPC installation Chapter 3 Installing SunPC Software explains how to install SunPC software for the first time as well as how to upgrade from a previous version of SunPC This chapter then describes how to install and configure the Windows 3 11 or Windows 95 operating system Chapter 4 Using SunPC Software describes the basics of using SunPC software and provides detailed descriptions of the SunPC windows menus and command line options It also describes how to work with SunPC emulated and extended drives the mouse diskette drives CD ROM drives printers and serial communications ports Chapter 5 SunPC Daily Use contains procedures shortcuts and other useful information that can help you get the most from SunPC in your day to day operation This chapter contains two sections one describing Windows 3 11 tips and one describing Windows 95 tips Chapter 6 Customizing SunPC Properties describes the SunPC Properties dialog boxes which allow you to customize the way SunPC software uses video displays emulated hard drives LPT and COM ports memory and other features Refer to this chapter for instructions on how to fine tune SunPC software to the way you work Chapter 7 Connecting to PC Based Networks provides instructions and tips for using the Su
12. following command at the system prompt do not type the ae su 2 Enter your superuser password If you do not know the password see your system administrator 3 Enter the cd command at the superuser prompt to change to the patch directory do not type the it is the superuser prompt cd var sadm patch 4 Enter the following command to run the backoutpatch script Substitute the revision number of your previously installed patch for 102924 xx 102924 xx backoutpatch 102924 If the script executes successfully it displays the following message Patch 102924 xx has been backed out If the script returns an error message refer to the README 102924 xx file included with the patch Appendix A Troubleshooting contains explanations for some installation errors and recommends appropriate corrective actions for each error Chapter 3 Installing SunPC Software 5 16 Running the UPGRADE_USERS_RUN_ME_FIRST Script Note If you are upgrading from SunPC 4 0 or 4 1 you need to run the UPGRADE_USERS_RUN_ME_FIRST script If you are installing SunPC for the first time skip this section and proceed to Running the pkgadd Program on page 17 To Run the Upgrade Script Start the UPGRADE_USERS_RUN_ME_FIRST script Type the following command on a single line no breaks cdrom cdrom0 sunpc_4 2 T
13. for each additional Mbyte of DOS memory allocated with the Memory setting in the SunPC Miscellaneous Properties dialog box see page 93 you need an additional Mbyte of swap space For example 8 Mbytes of DOS memory plus the minimum SunPC requirement of 12 Mbytes yields a minimum requirement of 20 Mbytes of swap space Note The amount of swap space on your system must be at least as great as the amount of memory installed in your system Running Out of Swap Space You may find that you cannot run the SunPC program because you have run out of swap space If this happens the SunPC program tells you how much swap space you have available and how much more is required To determine how much swap space you have available at any given time enter the following command in a Solaris command window swap s If you are running out of swap space when running SunPC software you can do one of two things m Increase the amount of swap space on your system either on your local disk or on an NFS partition m Reduce the amount of memory allocated for DOS applications with the Memory setting in the Miscellaneous Properties dialog box The most desirable choice is to increase the amount of available swap space on your local disk Using swap space on an NFS partition can reduce SunPC performance SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Increasing Swap Space on a Local Disk To increase swap space on a local disk
14. fy ga gd hu SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Default C locale Arabic Bulgarian Catalan Corsican Czech Welsh Danish German Swiss German Greek English UK English US English Esperanto Spanish Basque Persian Finnish French Belgian French Canadian French Swiss French Frisian Irish Scots Gaelic Hungarian TABLE 8 22 SLANG Variable Settings Continued SLANG Variable Setting Language Territory is Icelandic it Italian iw Hebrew ja Japanese ji Yiddish kl Greenlandic ko Korean lv Latvian nl Dutch no Norwegian pl Polish pt Portuguese ro Romanian ru Russian sh Serbo Croatian sk Slovak sr Serbian sv Swedish tr Turkish zh Chinese zh_TW Chinese Taiwan Appendix SunPC International Support 169 170 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 APPENDIX 6 SunPC Performance Tips This appendix suggests various ways to improve the performance of the SunPC program and the performance of your DOS or Windows applications under SunPC software The following list describes the topics in this appendix Frame Buffer page 172 Memory page 172 Swap Space page 172 Emulated versus Extended Drives page 173 Display Modes page 173 Sound page 173 SunPC Accelerator page 174 Number of SunPC Sessions page 174 Running SunPC Software Remotely page 174 Using Diskettes page 175 Configuring Boot Options page 177 Backing U
15. on page 114 for more information about this IPX protocol software Installing Windows 3 11 Software SunPC supports Windows 3 0 3 1 and 3 11 as well as Windows for Workgroups 3 11 You can install any of these versions of Windows Windows 3 11 is used here as an example For information about installing Windows 95 refer to Installing Windows 95 Software on page 27 Note This version of SunPC does not include a preinstalled copy of Windows 3 11 You will need to have your original Windows 3 11 disks available in order to perform this procedure Note Before you install Windows on SunPC make sure that you have enough memory allocated to SunPC and that you have hard disk space for the installation For information on SunPC memory refer to Setting Memory Size on page 93 For more information on disk space refer to Setting Drive Properties on page 89 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Windows for Workgroups 3 11 Considerations The SunPC FAQ Frequently Asked Questions document contains useful information for installing and configuring Windows for Workgroups 3 11 Windows 3 x networking information and the answers to a variety of common SunPC questions To obtain a copy of this document send an email message to sunpc faq east sun com The auto responder will mail a copy of the FAQ to you Editing the AUTOEXEC BAT File Before you can run Windows 3 x on SunPC you need to edit y
16. 107 definition 106 how it works 107 Lan Manager 106 NET CFG file 108 NetBEUI 106 NetWare server 113 network interface 109 Novell client 110 other protocols 114 TCP IP 106 109 WINSOCK DLL 106 operating system required 8 opt SUNWsunpc bin directory 21 P package contents 7 Patch backoutpatch script 14 patches removing 14 PATH environment variable 20 pc directory 22 PCFS file system 63 description 65 how to use 65 restrictions 65 Performance tips for Windows 3 11 77 175 performance tips 171 to 175 diskettes 175 display modes 173 emulated hard drive 173 frame buffer 172 memory 172 running SunPC remotely 174 SunPC configuration 172 swap space 172 system configuration 171 pkgadd program 17 pkgadd program 17 PostScript printer port setting 69 prep bat file 31 printing 67 to 73 and Novell NetWare 4 1 121 default port settings 68 Epson output to PostScript printer 72 Epson printer driver 72 from MS Windows 78 implementation in SunPC 71 lp command 69 LPT port properties 84 manually clearing queue 71 permissions 69 PostScript 69 Postscript command 69 Send setting 70 setting up ports 68 69 spreadsheets 73 to a PostScript printer 72 to file 68 to printer 68 troubleshooting 146 to 149 properties 81 to 101 change bars 83 COM Port 85 creating properites files 83 dialog boxes 82 Display 86 Display Size 88 Display Type 87
17. 4 Using SunPC Software 1 72 Printing Tips The following sections provide tips for printing from applications running under SunPC software Printing to a PostScript Printer The default printer setting for LPT1 and LPT3 Postscript can be used for DOS applications that are not correctly printing PostScript If your application is printing in ASCII or is being rejected altogether it could mean your print file is missing the symbols at the front of the print file The is a signal to the printer that the print job is in the PostScript language Otherwise the file will not print The PostScript setting automatically provides the at the beginning of your print file In addition this setting automatically removes any D characters that are present in your print file Some PostScript files have D characters in them which can cause problems when you are trying to print To use this setting choose the Post script setting for LPT1 or LPT3 Then specify a PostScript printer in your DOS application for this port If you do not know which printer type to choose try selecting an Apple LaserWriter II NT Because the Postscript setting contains the 1p command you only need to enter a printer name after the setting if you want to send data to a printer other than your default printer For example if you want to send data to a specific printer on the network enter Postscript d printername If your application still cannot
18. 7 Connecting to PC Based Networks 9 110 v To change the SunPC network interface Enter the following command in the OpenWindows or CDE command window C shell from which you want to start SunPC software setenv NVL_INTERFACE interface interface is the name of the interface you want to use The default setting is 160 For example to use interface 161 enter the following command setenv NVL_INTERFACE lel All SunPC windows subsequently opened from this SunOS command window will use the network interface you specify here Note Use the Solaris net stat i command to display a list of available network interfaces Most systems only have one network interface named 1e0 Using Novell NetWare Client Software As mentioned above your SunPC 4 2 package includes ODI compliant IPX stack software and a Novell NetWare client shell that you can use with the IPX stack In addition the NET CFG protocol configuration file included with SunPC 4 2 is already set up to work with the IPX stack Using the NetWare client shell with your existing NetWare network is as simple as adding a few lines to your AUTOEXEC BAT file and changing one line in CONFIG SYS Note You must install NetWare software and create a client account on a PC on your network before using the NetWare client or IPX stack Refer to your NetWare documentation for complete instructions Modifying CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT
19. C gt r edrom cdrom0 setup c bsetup inf Note Type this command carefully If you do not enter the command exactly as shown installation will proceed but will not be successful 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 6 If Scandisk displays a results screen for example if you have a D drive press x to exit Scandisk If Scandisk does not display a results screen skip this step The system responds with the message Please wait while Setup initializes The Windows 95 Setup Window is displayed along with the message Preparing Windows 95 Setup Wizard 7 Press Meta M to attach the mouse cursor to the SunPC window or hold down the right mouse button and select Attach Mouse from the drop down menu Note The Meta key 15 the diamond key located on either side of the spacebar on your keyboard Press this key and hold it and then press M to attach the mouse The Windows installation program loads some files and then displays the Windows 95 License Agreement Click Yes to continue If you do not click Yes you will not be able to install Windows 95 The Preparing Directory screen is displayed Do not click on any of the buttons just wait until the Setup dialog box appears
20. Drive 89 Hard Disk Editor 90 LPT Port 84 Memory Size 93 Miscellaneous 91 restoring settings 82 Sound 92 SunOS Output 100 sunperc file 83 Properties drop down menu 29 54 drive properties 29 54 Q queue 71 R rebooting Windows 95 80 regional languages 21 Index 195 removing old SunPC patches 14 removing SunPC software 40 restarting SunPC 100 RS 232 85 5 Safe Mode 177 sales representative 10 screen corruption possible causes 136 Send setting 70 serial communication 74 to 76 accelerator keys 76 attaching COM port 75 COM port properties 85 configuring ports 74 RS 232 85 using SunPC ports 75 setup utility 36 SETVER EXE program 110 112 shortname tails 120 showrev command 14 SMARTDRV EXE disk cache 25 software only sessions 4 Solaris 9 command windows xv installing drivers for SunPC 18 reading Windows formatted CDs 121 versions that support SunPC 4 Solaris drivers installing 20 Sound properties 92 spot help xvii starting SunPC 21 troubleshooting 150 Startup menu 177 for Windows 95 boot options 177 SunOS PCFS file system 63 SunOS Output 100 SunPC Accelerator card 8 77 175 assigning extended drives 58 basic installation to 22 196 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 baud rate 75 boot options 177 booting to the MS DOS prompt 178 changes in version 4 1 4 changes in version 4 1 1 4 COM Port
21. Examine the file output for possible clues to your printing problems Also check that the printer port you set up in your DOS application matches the port you have selected in the LPT Port Properties dialog box Problems Printing to a Default Printer If you are trying to print to any of the default printer settings and nothing is showing up at the printer make sure your default printer is set up in your etc lp printers file or set up in the environment variable SPRINTER To check what your default printer is type lpstat in a command window For more information on configuring printers refer to the documentation that came with your workstation SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Printing to a File When you send data to a file make sure you delete the existing file name next to the chosen File setting in the LPT Port Properties dialog box If you forget to do this you will end up with data being appended to the existing file Another way to handle this problem is to set the LPT1 LPT2 or LPT3 Printer option in the LPT Port Properties dialog box as follows rm f pc lpt n touch pc lpt n cat lt lt pc lpt n This setting removes the previous file you sent data to pc lpt 1 and creates the file 106 1 Only new data is sent to the designated file Problem Printing PostScript From Lotus 1 2 3 Version 3 1 Software There is a problem printing PostScript output from Lotus 1 2 3 version 3 1 The rea
22. Guide November 1997 Type the following path into the Path field If you want this extended drive to map automatically whenever you start up SunPC click the checkbox next to Reconnect at logon Click OK The new extended drive appears in the Exploring window To map a drive letter to a directory 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 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 This command requires two operands so if you want to map a drive to a UNIX subdirectory component that has only one element you will need to use period For example home Note Do not use an asterisk in the mapping path or Windows 95 will return a Device not connected error This is a change from previous versions of SunPC If you want this extended drive to map automatically whenever you start up SunPC click the checkbox next to
23. Installing Applications 3 Diskette Drives 4 Displays 6 Emulated Hard Drives 7 Disk Error Messages 138 Extended Drives 139 Fonts 141 Keyboard 142 Mouse 142 Networking 143 Cannot Contact SunPC From the Workstation 143 Contents vii Cannot Connect to Other Systems 143 Printers 146 Starting SunPC Software 150 Swap Space 152 X11R5 Window Server 154 B SunPC International Support 157 Using an International Keyboard 157 DOS Character Set 8 Code Pages and SunPC Software 159 C SunPC Performance Tips 171 System Configuration 171 SunPC Configuration 172 Using SunPC Software 174 Windows 3 11 Specific Tips 5 Windows 95 Specific Tips 7 D Installation Checklists 181 Checklist for a New SunPC Installation 182 Checklist to Upgrade a Previous SunPC Version 183 Checklist to Install Windows 95 4 Glossary 185 viii SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Figures GURE 3 1 GURE 4 1 GURE 4 2 GURE 4 3 GURE 6 1 GURE 6 2 GURE 6 3 GURE 6 4 GURE 6 5 GURE 6 6 GURE 7 1 GURE 7 2 SunPC Properties Menu 9 SunPC Edit menu 47 SunPC Operations Menu 8 SunPC Properties Menu 9 LPT Port Properties Dialog Box 84 COM Port Properties Dialog Box 6 Display Properties Dialog Box 7 Drive Properties Dialog Box 9 Hard Disk Editor Dialog Box 0 Miscellaneous Properties Dialog Box 1 SunPC ODI Driver Implementation 108 Default NET cFG File 109 Figures SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997
24. Jae tips COMA dew thy Er Heat Hida FIGURE 6 2 COM Port Properties Dialog Box Each of the settings in the COM Port Properties dialog box is described in TABLE 6 3 Refer to SunPC Serial Communication on page 74 for more detailed information about using the settings in this dialog box TABLE 6 3 COM Port Properties Settings Setting Purpose COM1 COM2 The name of the hardware device to assign to COM1 COM2 Software functions that access COM1 or COM2 will be sent to the device s you specify here Refer to Setting Up Serial Communication Ports on page 74 for more information Hardware Xon Xoff Enable or disable Xon Xoff hardware flow control In general you should only enable this setting if you are experiencing data loss problems when sending or receiving data through the serial port 86 Setting Display Properties The Display Properties dialog box lets you specify the type of display adapter and the size of the SunPC window you want to use Caution If you are running Windows 95 your display is already set to use a SuperVGA display adapter Do not change the adapter type SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 SunPCc Display Properties Type YGA Hercules Size Standard Medium Large _Reset Defaults FIGURE 6 3 Display Properties Dialog Box TABLE 6 4 describes each of the settings in this dialog box The sections immediately f
25. Networking is not installed on your workstation Try to log in to the network first If you still cannot connect to the network after logging in you will need to reinstall Windows 95 v To log in to the network Start up SunPC and enter your user name and password when the dialog box prompts you to log in to Microsoft Networking v To log in to the network if you are already running SunPC 1 Click the Start button and then select Exit 2 When the dialog box asks you whether you want to shut down or restart the computer click on Restart 3 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 to Assigning and Using Extended Drives in Windows 95 on page 58 for instructions on how to use Windows Explorer to map network drives DOS and Windows 3 11 Cannot Create Extended Drive With net use This problem could by caused by a typographical error Make sure you have included a space between the drive letter and the directory with which you want to associate it Also make sure to use backslashes when specifying the directory name with two backslashes in front of the first directory in the path after the drive letter 140 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 7 For example net use j home mystuff not net use j home mystuff Available Disk Space Seems Incorrect If you are in a subdirectory of an extended drive
26. R S and T to be NetWare drives and drives U V and W to be LAN Manager drives The only limitations are the amount of RAM in your system and the number of letters in the English alphabet Refer to The NET CFG File on page 108 for more information Similarly the SunPC ODI driver provides support for multiple network adapters or ports in a single system Unlike establishing multiple network connections however SunPC currently supports the use of only one network interface at a time Refer to Changing the Network Interface on page 109 for more information SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 How the SunPC ODI Driver Works ODI support is implemented in SunPC by means of two DOS based executable files a protocol configuration file in ASCII text format and a library of UNIX based network routines In addition SunPC software includes an ODI compliant IPX protocol stack and a Novell NetWare client shell TABLE 7 1 describes each of these files TABLE 7 1 SunPC ODI Driver Files File Description DWODI COM SunPC ODI network driver emulates an Ethernet driver a DOS program responsible for moving network data between the SunPC process and the link support layer below LSL COM Link support layer LSL a DOS executable that provides the interface between DWODI COM and the network protocol stack s of your choice IPXODI COM ODI compliant IPX protocol stack the DOS based protocol stack used by the Nove
27. Your network drive now maps to anydir which is a symbolic link to the destination directory net typicalmachine files1l anydir To map extended drives at startup Click Start and select Programs and Windows Explorer from the pop up menus The Exploring screen is displayed SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 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 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 directory path into the Path field If you want this extended drive to map automatically whenever you start up SunPC click the checkbox next to Reconnect at logon Click OK The new extended drive appears in the Exploring window Every time you start up SunPC this drive will automatically map to the path you specified To map your CD ROM drive to another drive letter Note You only need to do this if you are planning to install Windows 95 software from CD and the software has Windows 95 long file names Long file names appear on DOS based drives with shortname tails such as FILENAME 1 instead of F LLENAMELONG If you see names with shortname tails on the CD from which you are planning to install eject the CD and re
28. as a capital letter O and a lowercase c with no spaces between the minus sign the letter O and the letter c You may want to close the Hard Disk Editor and Drive Properties dialog boxes at this time if you have not already done so After SunPC reboots a menu is displayed in a DOS window on the screen It directs you to select your location from the menu Enter the number in the menu that corresponds to your location Tip If you have been running SunPC with Windows 3 x and have files or documents that you want to preserve and use after upgrading to Windows 95 use the Drive command in the SunPC Properties drop down menu to map your old Windows 3 x C drive C sunpc3 to drive D SunPC will display the OK to Reboot dialog box click OK to Reboot When Windows 95 starts up it will boot from your new C drive but your old files will be accessible on drive D Note If your workstation does not have a floppy drive installed use the Hard Disk Editor to remove the mapping for drive A which is dev rdiskette by default Just use the backspace key to remove the drive mapping SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 To set the memory size Hold down the right mouse button on the Properties button at the top of the SunPC window and select the Miscellaneous command from the drop down menu The Miscellaneous Properties window is displayed In the Memory Size field type in a number or click on the up and dow
29. assigned to a Solaris directory using the net use or extend command A collection of data stored on a disk diskette tape or CD ROM under a single name See permissions Enables you to share files and data with other users A card in the system unit of a computer that controls monochrome display Your default system directory used most often for storing personal work files associated with your user account and other directories A right to use permission that is granted when you purchased SunPC software Lotus Intel Microsoft expanded memory Refers to the method by which some PC applications use memory beyond the standard DOS 640K barrier A term describing the workstation that you are currently using or any device or directory that is part of that workstation for example a local CD drive or local disk drive A Solaris file that contains commands that are executed whenever you log in After installing the SunPC software you must add a line to either the cshrc or login file in order to open a SunPC window without specifying the path A unit of measurement of computer memory approximately one million bytes A pop up window that appears on your screen to inform you of action about to be taken by the SunPC program or to advise you of a problem If there is a problem the message describes it and offers possible solutions Glossary 7 MicrosoMouse mushare namepipe neuse Open Datalink InterfadODI
30. at a time The first time you open a SunPC window the button labeled C is pushed in darkened signifying that it is write enabled and that you have read and write access to the drive If you decide to open another SunPC window to work in drive C will not be write enabled rather it will be write protected You have to write protect drive C in the first SunPC window before you can write to drive C in the second SunPC window However you can read drive C in other SunPC windows whether they are write protected or not v To make a hard drive write protected To make drive C or D write protected depending on which hard drive you are using choose the button labeled C or D The button pops out signifying that the drive is write protected and cannot be written to Chapter 4 Using SunPC Software 55 56 v To make a hard drive write enabled To make drive C or D write enabled depending on which hard drive you are using choose the button labeled C or D The button is pushed in darkened signifying that the emulated drive is write enabled and that you can read from it and write to it Note If the drive letter does not darken it means that either the drive is being used by another SunPC window or that you do not have write permission for the UNIX file you are using for your C or D drive Backing Up Your C Drive Once you have successfully installed Windows 3 1 or Windows 95 you can make a copy of t
31. be available to SunPC with the net use command All letters after the one you specify here will be available for mounting NetWare drives Use the last drive letter that makes sense for the number of NetWare and SunPC extended drives you intend to use For example entering lastdrive r allows for eight NetWare drives drives S through Z Chapter 7 Connecting to PC Based Networks 1 112 5 Enable the SETVE R EXE program For example if you are using the default SunPC CONFIG SYS file remove the REM prefix from the setver statement so the line reads device c dos setver exe SETVER EX E is required for running NETX 6 Save the file and exit the text editor E under DOS 6 22 7 Continue with the instructions in To add network commands to AUTOEXEC BAT v To add network commands to AUTOEXEC BAT Note As mentioned above adding these network commands to your AUTOEX from the DOS command line or from some other batch file EC BAT file is optional If you prefer you can enter the commands directly 1 Open the AUTOEX For example to use the DOS 1 EC BAT file using the text editor of your choice EDIT program enter the following command C gt edit autoexec bat The EDIT program starts and the contents of the AUTOEXEC BAT file are displayed 2 Insert the foll
32. copy protection schemes based on absolute disk sector offsets or other methods that require files to be in static locations on disk To create an emulated hard drive Start SunPC if it is not already running In a Command Tool window type sunpce at the prompt 9 sunpe Hold down the right mouse button on the Properties button at the top of the SunPC window The Properties drop down menu is displayed Select the Drive command from the drop down menu The SunPC Drive Properties window is displayed Click on the Hard Disks button Type a new drive name for example C win95 in the New Disk Name field Type a number in the Disk Size field or click on the up and down arrows to select a disk size Make sure that your disk size is at least 60 Mbytes 128 Mbytes is preferred depending on the available disk space on your workstation Because this drive will be your Windows startup drive you should make it as large as possible Click on Create Disk The status bar at the bottom of the window responds with Created C win95 and the size of the disk Click once with the right mouse button on the name of the newly created disk inside the list box and then click on Use Selected Disk Name A drop down menu is displayed Click on As Drive C for a startup drive or As Drive D A dialog box is displayed with the following message The window will be rebooted to apply the changes
33. crashed If this happens reduce the SunPC Memory Size either through the SunPC Miscellaneous Properties dialog box recommended but slow or by exiting SunPC and directly modifying your pc sunperc file fast but risky To set the memory size Choose the Miscellaneous command from the SunPC Properties menu The Miscellaneous Properties dialog box is displayed Specify a memory size in the Memory Size field Type in a number or use the arrow buttons to specify the amount of memory you want to use Choose Apply to accept your settings Choose Okay to Reboot to reboot the SunPC window The SunPC window is rebooted with the new memory size enabled Loading the EMM386 EXE Expanded Memory Driver Both MS DOS 6 22 and Microsoft Windows 3 11 include an expanded memory driver called EMM386 EXE and an extended memory manager called HIMEM SYS Used together EMM386 EXE and HIMEM SYS allow you to load DOS into high memory Chapter 6 Customizing SunPC Properties 5 96 and to use upper memory blocks UMBs for loading terminate and stay resident TSR programs into upper memory This is desirable because it leaves as much conventional memory as possible free for your DOS applications In addition some DOS applications require or can use expanded memory The EMM386 EXE expanded memory driver included with DOS and Windows software provides expanded memory services appropriate for such applica
34. driver included with SunPC software It is better to use the emulated Microsoft Mouse driver provided with SunPC software than to use the mouse driver that comes with many DOS applications The performance of the emulated Microsoft Mouse is faster Appendix C SunPC Performance Tips 5 176 m Use one of the SunPC Windows display drivers By default the pre installed Windows package included with SunPC software is configured to use the SunPC 1024 x 768 display driver as described earlier in this section This driver is optimized for running Windows under SunPC software Similarly the 800 x 600 SunPC Windows driver provides superior performance over the standard Windows 640 x 480 VGA driver Only use the standard Windows 640 x 480 VGA driver if you have an application that demands it For example some on screen demos and tutorials require a 640 x 480 display Printing From a Windows Application The following tips can help you achieve the best results when printing from a Windows application Print to a file whenever possible The fastest way to print from Windows is to print to a file then print the file to a printer from the Solaris operating system You can specify the file name from either the Windows Control Panel Printers or the Windows application you are running Printing a PostScript file Use the Postscript printer setting in the SunPC LPT Port Properties dialog box LPT1 or LPT3 This setting removes the D char
35. following section To run the Setup Wizard To run the Setup Wizard Type in your name and company name and click Next The Product ID dialog box is displayed This dialog box requests that you enter a product key for your Windows 95 software Click OK to dismiss the dialog box The screen prompts you to enter the 10 digit Product ID number from the sticker on the back of your CD envelope Type in the number and click Next The Windows 95 Setup Wizard window is displayed with the message Analyzing Your Computer The setup program will analyze your hardware configuration This process may take several minutes and the progress bar may appear to have stalled at 8 and 96 This is normal The mouse cursor in the SunPC window may also appear frozen for several minutes and the setup program may generate several test print jobs The Identification dialog box is displayed This dialog box shows the name of your computer your workgroup and your name SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 3 If desired you may change the information in these fields Click Next when you have finished Your SunPC computer name should be different from your UNIX workstation s name A series of informational screens is displayed as the installation continues When the installation is finished the system displays the message Setup is trying to restart your computer The setup program will automatically reboot SunPC 4 Once SunPC reboo
36. from an X11R5 server you need to set an environment variable that points to the location of the OpenWindows libraries on your system or another system on your network To set this environment variable use the following command C shell setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH path lib Replace path with the complete path to the OpenWindows library you want to use Refer to X11R5 Window Server on page 154 for more information about running SunPC software with an X11R5 window server Cannot Run the sunpc_install Program When attempting to run the sunpc_install program you may receive one of the error messages in this section Refer to Running the sunpc_install Program on page 18 for more information about sunpc_install m Unable to install the SunPC device driver ld Undefined symbol _makefh m mykernel not found These three error messages indicate that there may be a problem with your operating system kernel The sunpc_install program requires the kernel unix kernel If you are using a kernel with a name other than kernel unix because you renamed your kernel you can still run sunpc_instal1 as long as all of the required services are available Try starting the sunpc_install program with the A switch followed by the full path name of the kernel you want to use Type the following command substitutung your path name and kernel name for pathname and kernelname sunpc_install A pathname kernelname
37. information about using the settings in this dialog TABLE 6 2 LPT Port Properties Settings Setting Purpose Printer The name of the printer to associate with this LPT port Print jobs sent to this port will be output to the printer you specify here Refer to Setting Up Printer Ports on page 68 for more information File The name of the file to which print jobs sent to this LPT port are saved Print jobs sent to this port will be printed to file using this file name rather than being output to a printer Send Specifies whether the print job is actually sent to the specified output device If set to No the print job must be sent manually by choosing the Send to LPT command from the SunPC Operations menu Default setting is Send Refer to Manually Clearing the Print Queue on page 71 for more information After The length of time that must elapse before the print job is actually sent to the printer This option can be useful when printing from an application that processes its print jobs slowly allows SunPC to send the job to the printer in one piece Default setting is 60 seconds COM Port Properties The COM Port Properties dialog box lets you assign hardware device names and enable or disable hardware flow control for serial communication COM ports COM1 and COM2 These COM ports are analogous to COM RS 232 ports on a PC Chapter 6 Customizing SunPC Properties 5 005 Wiedaws COM Part Propertii COMI
38. 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 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 in 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 Load prepared code page 850 into memory they get the code page from the EGA CPI file Load the German gr keyboard program Start the system with the United States 437 code page Appendix SunPC International Support 3 164 Setting Device Code Pages The following two
39. map your CD ROM drive to another drive letter as explained in this procedure 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 until you find the drive letter you want for example Z and then click to select it The drive letter is displayed in the Drive field Chapter 4 Using SunPC Software 61 62 5 Type the directory path into the Path field For the CD ROM drive type the Vv following cdrom cdrom0 If you want this extended drive to map automatically whenever you start up SunPC click the checkbox next to Reconnect at logon If you only want to use this new drive assignment for your current SunPC session skip this step Every time you start up SunPC this drive will automatically map to the path you specified If you do not choose Reconnect at logon the drive will re map to its default path of R cdrom cdrom0 after you exit this session and restart SunPC Click OK Your CD ROM drive is now mapped to drive Z and it now supports software with Windows 95 style long file names Using Extended Drives With Windows 3 1 You can only use the net use command
40. print PostScript files correctly it may be because the application print file starts with characters other than D To correct this try substituting the following LPT port setting 5 echo cat Postscript 6 Printing Epson Output to a PostScript Printer The SunPC software provides a filter called Epson_FX80 that lets you print Epson output from a DOS application to a PostScript printer This filter should not be used to print directly to an Epson printer The purpose of this filter is to enable you to print Epson output to a PostScript printer using the Epson printer driver To use this filter select the default printer setting for LPT2 or enter the Epson_FX80 setting on LPT1 or LPT3 Your DOS application should be set to print to the LPT port you choose SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 The printout will go to the default PostScript printer for the LPT port that you choose on the LPT Port Properties dialog box Because the Epson_FX80 filter contains the 1p command you only need to enter a printer name after the filter if you want to send data to a printer other than your default printer Printing Spreadsheets When printing spreadsheets to a PostScript printer keep the following points in mind If you are using Lotus 1 2 3 version 3 x you can print PostScript directly to a PostScript printer In the LPT Port Properties dialog box use the 1p print command You do not need to use the Post
41. print the page and check off the items as you complete them You will need to refer to different pages in this manual in order to perform these procedures The page numbers corresponding to the procedures appear in the Reference column in TABLE 3 2 TABLE 3 2 SunPC Upgrade Installation Checklist Complete Procedure Reference If you are upgrading from SunPC 4 1 and have installed the page 15 102924 patch run the backoutpatch script to remove the old patch If you have not installed the 102924 patch skip this step 0 Insert the SunPC 4 2 CD Run the page 16 UPGRADE_USERS_RUN_ME_FIRST script Oo Run the pkgrm program to remove the old version of SunPC page 17 Run the pkgadd program page 17 Run the sunpc_install program page 19 Start SunPC page 21 Chapter 3 Installing SunPC Software 3 14 Optional Installation Procedures You may want to perform the following additional installation procedures Install Microsoft Windows 3 11 software page 22 Install Windows 95 software page 27 Configure your network drivers page 38 These procedures are optional and are not required for running the SunPC 4 2 software Installing SunPC 4 2 Software Installing SunPC 4 2 involves the following steps Removing old SunPC patches upgrade installation only Running the UPGRADE_USERS_RUN_ME_FIRST script upgrade installation only Removing old versions of SunPC upgra
42. returns an error similar to Error 50995038 Invalid command option specified Please check th command line and try again or type setup for help on the Setup command options it means that you are installing an unsupported version of Windows 95 To check the version of Windows 95 In the SunPC window click Start then choose Settings and then choose Control Panel The Control Panel window is displayed Double click on System to display the System Control Panel Click on the General tab The following information is displayed System Microsoft Windows 95 4 00 950 or 4 00 950A If you see 4 00 950B in the System information display it means that you are installing a version of Windows 95 that was shipped with another computer system SunPC does not support OEM versions of Windows 95 Begin the installation again with a purchased version of Windows 95 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Default Extended Drives SunPC creates an autoexec bat file for you during the installation process This file automatically maps four extended drives E F H and R to certain areas in your filesystem unless you have commented them out in autoexec bat using a rem statement Because these drives can only recognize DOS style 8 3 file names they cannot recognize Windows 95 long file names For this reason do not use the default extended drives to install Windows 95 applications The default extended drives only
43. run the Setup Wizard on page 34 It also appears on the Identification tab of the Network Control Panel The Network Control Panel is explained in the folllowing procedure The IP address for your SunPC host must be different from your workstation s IP address The subnet mask for your site s network m The IP address for your 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 In the Control Panel window on the Windows 95 desktop double click on the Network icon to open the Network Control Panel The Network dialog box is displayed Click on Add The Select Network Component Type dialog box is displayed Select Protocol and then click Add The Select Network Protocol dialog box is displayed Select Microsoft and TCP IP and then click OK to return to the Network Control Panel TCP IP now is displayed in the list of network components Select TCP IP and then click Properties The TCP IP Properties dialog box is displayed Select Specify an IP Address and then enter the IP address for the SunPC host Note Make sure that the IP address you enter is different from your workstation s IP address SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 10 11 12 13 Enter the subnet mask for your network If you are not using a gateway or DNS services click OK to return t
44. sharename could not be found and try again typed it correctly SunPC libfsd so fsd_entry SunPC driver installation failed Network computer could not be found Make sure you bad 5 0002671 to device All of these errors appear when the unset up utility has not been run before running the setup script during Windows 95 installation The setup script updates the old SunPC Windows 95 drivers and you must run unsetup before running setup ir the drivers will not update If you see any of these error messages reinstall Windows 95 as described in Installing Windows 95 on page 32 and be sure to follow each step closely Appendix A Troubleshooting 7 128 DOS Applications The following sections describe some problems you may encounter when installing or running DOS applications under SunPC software Applications Are Not Displayed Correctly If the application you are trying to use is not displayed correctly you may have chosen an unsupported display setting in your application Also make sure that the Display setting on the Properties menu is set correctly for the application you are running For example if the display type setting of the application you are using is set to VGA and your application only runs in Hercules the display that appears on your screen will not be correct For more information about the Display settings see Setting the Display Type on page 87 Cannot Run a DOS App
45. software In addition this guide explains how to install and operate Microsoft Windows 3 11 and Windows 95 on your SPARC workstation Note Appendix D Installation Checklists contains checklists that will help guide you through the installation process Print the installation checklist for your type of installation before proceeding Who Should Read This Book This guide is intended for all users of SunPC software Whether you are a general user working with SunPC regularly or a system administrator responsible for installing and maintaining numerous SunPC setups this guide provides the information you need to upgrade to the latest version of SunPC software and install and use Windows 3 11 and Windows 95 The topics in this guide are explained with the non technical user in mind However you do need to understand the basics of working with the Solaris operating environment the OpenDOS operating system and Windows 3 11 and Windows 95 software OpenDOS 7 01 is equivalent in functionality to MS DOS 6 22 Preface xiii xiv How This Book Is Organized This guide is divided into seven chapters and four appendixes as follows Chapter 1 What Is SunPC describes SunPC s features and functions It also describes how SunPC works and how the software can fit into your work environment This chapter also outlines the changes and new features in this release of SunPC Chapter 2 Getting Started
46. software from your system should you ever want to do so Caution Do not use the instructions in this section if you simply want to prepare your system for a SunPC 4 2 upgrade Instead use the instructions provided earlier in this chapter in Upgrade Installation on page 13 Only use the instructions in this section if you want to completely remove SunPC software from your system and not install it again To remove SunPC software Enter su and then enter your superuser password at the prompt Enter the following command to remove the SunPC installation package pkgrm SUNWsunpc 3 Enter exit to exit your superuser session 40 How to Proceed m Refer to Chapter 4 Using SunPC Software if you want to learn the basics of SunPC operation This chapter explains how to start and exit the software as well as how to use command line options the SunPC windows emulated and extended drives printing and serial communications m Refer to Chapter 5 SunPC Daily Use for information about using Microsoft Windows 3 1 or Windows 95 and related applications under SunPC Refer to Chapter 7 Connecting to PC Based Networks for information about using the SunPC NDIS network driver to connect to PC based networks through your SunPC windows m Refer to Appendix A Troubleshooting if you encountered any difficulties while installing or running SunPC software Windows 3 1 or Windo
47. standard DOS file used in all ODI compliant configurations Refer to The NET CFG File on page 108 for more information Caution IPX COM obtainable from Novell is not ODI compliant and is not compatible with DWODI COM TCP IP and NetBEUI Your SunPC 4 2 package includes ODI compliant IPX stack software IPXODI COM If you want to connect to a network using TCP IP or NetBEUI you must provide the appropriate protocol stack software Such software is widely available For example TCP IP software is included in SunSoft s PC NFS and PC NFSpro packages NDIS It is possible to use NDIS based protocol stacks with the SunPC ODI network driver by running an NDIS to ODI converter in addition to the stack software Such converters are available from SunSoft Novell and Microsoft among others For example SunSoft s PC NFS packages include NFSODI SyYS and Novell offers a converter named ODINSUP SYS The converter you should use depends on the NDIS protocol stack you want to use and the applications you plan on running Contact your SunPC or network reseller for more information Chapter 7 Connecting to PC Based Networks 5 WINSOCK DLL The SunPC ODI driver supports applications written to the Windows Sockets specification using the WINSOCK DLL Such applications include among others the Lotus Notes Client To use Windows Sockets applications you need to supply your own copy of WINSOCK DLL and suitable TCP
48. statement 20 upgrading 22 Windows display drivers 24 78 176 installpatch troubleshooting 123 international keyboard 157 international keyboard support 122 international support 21 J Japanese Windows 95 installation tips 179 installing 179 K keyboard international 157 troubleshooting 142 keyboard accelerators xvi COM ports 76 flush printer queue 71 mouse 51 keyboards international keyboards 122 known problems 117 L Lan Manager 106 languages 21 LASTDRIVE statement 111 license agreement 10 LIM memory 93 LOADHIGH command 113 low density diskettes formatting 64 LPT Port properties 84 M man pages xvii MANPATH environment variable xviii manual pages xvii xviii memory conserving 113 conventional 93 default SunPC setting 93 expanded 93 extended 93 how SunPC uses 93 LIM 93 Memory Size 93 95 performance tips 172 Index 3 with Accelerator 94 Memory Size 8 77 93 94 95 175 Memory size recommended RAM 31 Meta key xvi Microsoft Networking 35 Microsoft Windows to 79 to 176 386 Enhanced Mode 8 display drivers 24 78 176 EMM386 EXE 25 HIMEM SYS 25 installation 22 to installation overview 14 performance tips 77 printing 78 SMARTDRV EXE 25 system requirements 8 SYSTEM INI file 26 troubleshooting to 133 using 77 Miscellaneous properties 91 Auto Pause 99 Memory Size 93 Sound 92 SunOS
49. string that looks similar to the following File not foundPath not foundInsufficient memoryExtended Error Changing Directories If you try to change directories at the DOS prompt to a directory whose UNIX directory name ends in a dot such as CD NEWSWA 1 PM SunPC will not allow you to change to the directory However you can use Windows Explorer to access the directory Displaying Directories on Extended Drives The DOS prompt command dir does not display directories on extended drives that is on drives you set up using Windows Explorer as described in Assigning and Using Extended Drives in Windows 95 on page 58 Use Windows Explorer or File Manager to display the directories Displaying Shortname Tails When DOS reads a Windows 95 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 SunPC DOS window the window can only display shortname tails ending in the number 1 it cannot display 2 3 and so on SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Reading Windows Formatted CDs Solaris 2 5 is unable to read some Windows formatted CDs If you suspect that Solaris cannot read a CD you are trying to use check the contents of the CD as described in the following procedure To check th
50. the serial port you want to access through this port or modify the current Solaris device name Set the flow control if necessary The Hardware Xon Xoff setting controls the flow of data through the communication port to prevent an overflow and possibly loss of data It is a good idea not to enable this setting unless you are having problems sending or receiving data through a communication port SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 5 Choose Apply Your changes are made for this and future SunPC sessions Using Serial Communication Ports Serial communication ports are detached by default when you first open a SunPC window You can attach and detach a COM port through the Operations menu or the SunPC menu Attaching a communication port restricts its use so that it cannot be used by other devices under the Solaris system or by another SunPC window although both communication ports can be used at the same time in different windows However if you are using the port with the Solaris system for example with tip or uucp the port is not accessible under SunPC software The same holds true if you are using the port with SunPC software it is not available under the Solaris system Error free serial communication depends on many variables With this in mind most popular PC communication packages will operate successfully under SunPC 4 2 at speeds up to 19 200 baud but there are no guarantees High speed data transfer prog
51. this drive will be your Windows 95 startup drive you should make it as large as possible Note An emulated drive is actually a large file and SunPC 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 128 Mbytes 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 drive of the size you specify Chapter 3 Installing SunPC Software 9 30 7 10 Click on Create Disk The status bar at the bottom of the window responds with Created C win95 and the size of the disk Click once with the mouse button on the name of the newly created disk inside the list box and then click on Use Selected Disk Name A drop down menu is displayed Click on As Drive C A dialog box is displayed with the following message The window will be rebooted to apply the changes you have made Click on OK to Reboot to reboot the SunPC window Note You can also boot your new C drive from the UNIX workstation prompt For example if you named your new emulated drive C win95 and you stored it in the default location of pc enter the following command sunpe Oc pc C win95 Make sure you type Oc
52. this variable in either your cshrc file or your login file if you are using the C shell Getting Help for Windows 95 To get help for Windows 95 while you are working in the SunPC window and Windows 95 is running press F1 or select Help from the Help menu in any window This brings up the Contents window for Windows 95 help Preface xix Customer Support If you cannot find the information you need in this guide call your SunPC distributor or your local support center For assistance outside the United States contact your Sun sales representative Related Documentation The complete documentation set for OpenDOS can be found on the World Wide Web at http www caldera com XX Ordering Sun Documents SunDocs is a distribution program for Sun Microsystems technical documentation Contact SunExpress for easy ordering and quick delivery You can find a listing of available Sun documentation on the World Wide Web the address is listed in the following table TABLE P 2 SunExpress Contact Information Country Telephone Fax Belgium 02 720 09 09 02 725 88 50 Canada 1 800 873 7869 1 800 944 0661 France 0800 90 61 57 0800 90 61 58 Germany 01 30 81 61 91 01 30 81 61 92 Holland 06 022 34 45 06 022 34 46 Japan 0120 33 9096 0120 33 9097 Luxembourg 32 2 720 09 09 32 2 725 88 50 Sweden 020 79 57 26 020 79 57 27 Switzerland 0800 55 19 26 0800 55 19 27 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 TABLE P 2
53. will be available to you when you run the SunPC program Each time you start the SunPC program the software checks your CONFIG SYS file to see if there are any special settings that need to be executed A routine embedded in commercial software that prevents users from unauthorized copying of software This is a feature of older DOS applications A Solaris startup file found in your home directory that is executed each time you open a Solaris command window which is a C shell This file contains aliases and basic setup information The directory where DOS looks for files The drive where DOS looks for a directory or file A value or setting that is provided by the system This value or setting is assumed to be correct in most cases and is used if you don t provide any other value A piece of hardware such as a printer that performs a specific task The software program that controls a piece of hardware such as a printer The name by which the SunPC program refers to a device such as LPT1 LPT2 LPT3 for printers An abbreviation for Disk Operating System A division or level in an hierarchical file storage system that includes files and possibly other directories A 3 5 inch square magnetic storage device used to store DOS and Solaris files Hardware that supports the use of diskettes to install software onto your system and to extract software Drive A is set up and attached as your default diskette drive to the firs
54. will not run at all until they can generate sound These applications will appear to be hung until the speaker is available SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 The sound option does not affect any of the system beeps that you may have turned on such as those for your Mail Tool System beeps for the Mail Tool are generated through a keyboard device and not through the workstation speakers To set the sound on your workstation Choose the Miscellaneous command from the SunPC Properties menu The Miscellaneous Properties dialog box is displayed Move the sound slider to the desired setting Click and drag the slider with your mouse Choose Apply to accept your setting Setting Memory Size To specify the maximum amount of memory available for applications in a SunPC window use the Memory Size setting in the Miscellaneous Properties dialog box This setting allows you to control the type of memory emulation SunPC uses based on the requirements of your DOS applications The default setting is 2 Mbytes but you will want a minimum of 8 Mbytes to run DOS and Windows 3 11 and a minimum of 16 Mbytes to run Windows 95 How SunPC Uses Memory The three types of PC memory that the SunPC program emulates are Conventional memory This is general purpose memory that includes the first Mbyte of PC memory a Extended memory This is an extension of conventional memory found only on 80286 or greater systems
55. 152 for instructions on how to check your swap space and add additional swap if necessary Memory Size and the SunPC Accelerator Card When you use the SunPC Accelerator Card and you change the memory size the memory size does not change in increments of 1 Mbyte as it does when you are not using the Accelerator The memory size you choose is rounded down to the nearest power of 2 1 2 4 8 or 16 TABLE 6 8 shows the actual memory allocation TABLE 6 8 Memory Size Setting for the SunPC Accelerator Memory Size Setting Actual Memory Size With Accelerator 1 1 2 3 2 4 7 4 8 15 8 16 16 If you are using a Sun4m system SPARCstation 5 10 20 SPARCclassic or SPARC LX system with the Accelerator Card SunPC locks system memory This means that setting SunPC memory too high can seriously degrade the overall performance of your workstation SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 TABLE 6 9 shows how much Sun4m system physical memory you must have installed to achieve each level of SunPC memory TABLE 6 9 Sun4m Memory Requirements Maximum SunPC Memory Available Sun4m System Memory With Accelerator 16 19 1 20 23 2 24 27 4 28 32 8 Greater than 32 16 Caution SunPC software does not verify the setting you enter for Memory Size Entering a SunPC Memory Size greater than the amount of physical memory your system can support will cause your system to slow down dramatically it will appear to have
56. 5 uses the file C windows keyb com This results in the loss of support for international keyboards when you upgrade to 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 SunPC International Support To restore support for international keyboards In the SunPC 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 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 8 Select Restart the computer in MS DOS mode and then click Yes to reboot SunPC When SunPC has finished rebooting the MS DOS prompt appears in the SunPC window 9 Enter the following commands at the DOS prompt C gt CD DOS C gt SETVER
57. ABLE 6 1 SunPC Properties Dialog Boxes Dialog Box Purpose LPT Port Enables you to assign printer file and send settings to parallel ports LPT1 LPT2 and LPT3 COM Port Enables you to associate a SunOS serial communication COM port with a DOS COM port This can be useful for example if you want to use a modem with an application running in a SunPC Window Display Enables you to select display monitor type and SunPC text mode window size Drive Enables you define emulated hard drives drives C and D and configure diskette drives drives A and B Miscellaneous Enables you set memory size for DOS applications auto pause and Solaris output Restoring Original Settings Every Properties dialog box has a Defaults button and a Reset button Defaults Restores the original default factory settings for the current dialog box m Reset Resets the settings in the current dialog box to those you last applied in a SunPC session Using the Defaults button may require you to reboot the SunPC window depending on the types of changes you have made in one or more of the Properties dialog boxes For example if you modified the Memory setting SunPC software will need to be rebooted In such cases the reboot is initiated automatically and a pop up window asks you to confirm the reboot Choosing reboot causes the Properties settings to be restored to the factory defaults if you choose Cancel no changes are made
58. 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 621 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 Supporting Multiple Languages The following devices can use prepared code pages to switch from one language to another EGA and VGA displays or compatible Appendix SunPC International Support 9 160 IBM Proprinter model 4201 or compatible IBM Proprinter model 4208 or compatible IBM Quietwriter III printer model 5202 or compatible Epson FX850 and FX1050 printers Printers compatible with the above printers For example you have EGA support with the SunPC program that allows you to switch betwee
59. B is grayed out indicating the drive is not available 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 to diskette If you want to quickly copy DOS files from a diskette to your workstation you can use a Solaris file system called PCFS which allows you to access DOS files through the Solaris operating system The PCFS file system comes in handy if you want to copy files and you do not have a SunPC window open See the section Accessing DOS Diskettes Through Solaris on page 65 Using Diskette Drives Once you have set up a diskette drive through the Drive Properties dialog box you can attach it to a SunPC window and use it When you are through using a diskette drive detach it to allow other SunPC or Solaris windows to use the drive Chapter 4 Using SunPC Software 3 64 Ejecting Diskettes When you finish using a diskette you can eject the diskette from the drive and detach the drive from the SunPC window If you want to use the same diskette from another window you do not have to eject the diskette from the drive Detach the drive from the first window and attach it to the second window then access the drive You can eject a diskette from drive A by using the Operations or Sun
60. Become superuser Find a disk partition with sufficient space for a swap file Use the following command to display a listing of the amount space used by the various partitions available to you df k Note which partition has the most free space Create a swap file in the partition of your choice Use the mk ile command For example to create a 24 Mbyte swap file named swapfile ina partition named files enter the following command mkfile 24m files swapfile Update your etc vfstab file Add a line to etc vfstab listing the name of the swap file For example files swapfile swap no Enter the swap a command to enable the swap file For example to enable files swapfile enter the following command swap 96 This command adds the swap file to the system s list of files and partitions to use as swap space Verify that the new swap file has been enabled Use the following command swap 1 End the superuser session Appendix A Troubleshooting 3 154 X11R5 Window Server You can run SunPC 4 2 software on a non OpenWindows CDE computer running the X11R5 window server However you should note the following before starting a SunPC window with this window server configuration SunPC software is only supported on SPARCstations Remote display to X11R5 or any other X server is not supported Access to the OpenWindows 3 x librar
61. C performance and improve compatibility with applications that use them Chapter 3 Installing SunPC Software 25 26 v The versions of these files that you choose depends on whether you have a SunPC Accelerator card installed and on which version of Windows 3 x you have installed Refer to Loading the EMM386 EXE Expanded Memory Driver on page 95 for more information on which files to use and how to load the correct drivers for your configuration Your SunPC emulated DOS drives are created with HIMEM SYS from DOS in the C DOS directory EMM386 EXE HIMEM SYS and SMARTDRV EXE from DOS are located in the F DOS or F OPENDOS directory Versions of these files are also included with Microsoft Windows 3 x and are located in your Windows SYSTEM directory Depending on the version of these files you want to use copy the appropriate files to your 6 DOS directory before referencing them in your CONFIG SYS file Modifying SYSTEM INI for Better Windows Performance There are a few changes you can make to your Windows SYSTEM INI file that can enhance Windows performance under SunPC To modify your SYSTEM INT file 1 Open a SunPC window 2 From the DOS prompt change to the Windows directory 3 For example enter the following command C gt ed windows Open the SYSTEM INI file with the text editor of your choice For example to
62. E 7 2 Default NET CFG File This default NET CFG file specifies the SunPC 4 2 network driver DWODI using Ethernet frame type 802 3 running the ipx protocol Note that lines preceded by the pound sign are commented out disabled When using other protocols the installation program or documentation for your particular protocol software package should tell you the specific frame type and protocol settings to use Some protocol software installation programs such as the one included with Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3 11 may automatically modify the NET CFG file for you Note When running TCP IP protocol software with SunPC you must include a line in your NET CFG file that specifies an IP address to use for your SunPC session An example of such 8 line is commented out in the default NET CFG file The IP address assigned to your SunPC session must be different than the one assigned to your Solaris workstation Changing the Network Interface By default SunPC uses the network adapter assigned to the Solaris network interface named 160 If you have more than one network adapter installed on your system those other adapters will be assigned to interfaces other than 1e0 for example lel You can specify which network interface your SunPC windows should use by setting the Solaris NVL_INTERFACE environment variable in the Solaris command window from which you start the SunPC program Chapter
63. IP stack software Contact your software reseller for more information 116 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 7 APPENDIX A Troubleshooting This appendix provides tips for rectifying problems you may encounter while using SunPC software The following list describes the troubleshooting topics included in this appendix Known Problems With SunPC 4 2 page 117 Problems Installing the SunPC 4 2 Package page 123 Diskette Drives page 134 Displays page 136 DOS Applications page 128 Emulated Hard Drives page 137 Extended Drives page 139 Fonts page 141 Keyboard page 142 Mouse page 142 Networking page 143 Printers page 146 Starting SunPC Software page 150 Swap Space page 152 X11R5 Window Server page 154 This section describes some known problems with this release of SunPC Updates to this information and workarounds if available will be posted to the SunPC Frequently Asked Questions FAQ database To access the database send an email message to sunpc faq east sun com 117 118 This is an auto response mail alias it immediately sends a copy of the most current FAQ document to you by email Running Microsoft Windows 95 Applications Running Windows 95 From CD ROM Windows 95 cannot be installed with the Run From CD ROM option Use any of the other options Errors Running the Install Wizard If you are installing Windows 95 and the system
64. Note This command will only be successful if the A drive is detached from any SunPC window or if SunPC is not running Enter the exit command to end the superuser session You do not have to remain a superuser to access the files in the pcfiles directory Change to the mount point you created for the diskette files For example enter the following command cd pcefiles Now you can use Solaris commands to read create delete and edit the files on your diskette To eject and unmount a diskette mounted through PCFS Change to the root directory Enter the following command ed Become superuser on the system Enter the eject command The diskette is ejected Enter the following command to unmount the pcfiles directory umount pcfiles CD ROM Drives You can connect to CD ROM drives from within the SunPC program to access DOS and Windows 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 SunPC extended drive The SunPC software does not support Microsoft CD ROM extensions SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 By default the path for the CD ROM drive is R cdrom cdrom0 when Solaris Volume Manager is enabled For more information on drive R and default drive mappings refer to Extended Drives on page 57 This default drive m
65. OS application to a printer DOS Application a SunPC Program ao Solaris Printer Before using a printer port check the following in the LPT Port Properties dialog box LPT setting is correct for the printer or file Correct option selected Printer or File m Send setting is correct m Port you set up in your DOS application matches the port you plan to print to on the LPT Port Properties dialog box m Printer you set up in your DOS application corresponds to the print filter on the LPT Port Properties dialog box Manually Clearing the Print Queue If you want to manually clear the print queue to move data to a selected printer port LPT1 LPT2 or LPT3 use the Send to LPT menu item on the Operations menu or the SunPC menu The following steps show how to do this using the Operations menu The procedure is basically the same for the SunPC menu To manually clear the print queue Choose the Send to LPT command from the SunPC Operations menu Select the LPT port you want to flush The printer port you choose to send data to is grayed out when all of the data in the print queue has been sent to the printer Also the message LPT output sent to printer is displayed in the footer when printing is complete To use the keyboard accelerators to flush the print queue Simultaneously press the Meta key and the number key for the LPT port you want to flush For example to flush LPT1 press Meta 1 Chapter
66. OpenWindows More opt SUNWsunpc directory fh PCFSfileystem permissions He pop upindow PostScript A popular type of a hand held pointing tool that can be used with DOS applications in a SunPC window The SunPC program provides you with an emulated Microsoft Mouse A device that enables a machine or terminal to establish a connection and transfer data through telephone lines Stands for modulator demodulator a technical description of how computer signals are sent through telephone lines The term used to define file sharing on extended drives A file that allows two programs to exchange data See also pipe The command used to create extended drives from SunPC to the Solaris operating system The extend command can also be used but net use is preferred A networking interface specification developed by Novell Inc provides a method for supporting multiple network protocols under OpenDOS SunPC 4 2 software provides an ODI network driver and an NDIS driver The Solaris name for a hand held pointing tool used in the Solaris operating system and the SunPC program The default directory in which SunPC software is installed A sequence of directory names separated by either a backslash or a forward slash Abbreviation for a personal computer such as an IBM Personal Computer IBM Personal Computer XT IBM Personal Computer AT or compatible computer File system that allows you to access DOS diskettes
67. Output 100 modems 74 Mouse using in SunPC xv mouse 78 175 accelerator keys 51 DOS applications 50 OpenWindows mouse 50 troubleshooting 142 Windows operation vs Solaris operation xv MS DOS upgrading to 6 22 9 using to xix MS DOS prompt booting directly to the prompt 178 booting to the prompt 177 MS DOS window directory operations 120 N NDIS 115 194 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 NDIS driver 3 123 configuring TCP IP 38 104 setting up other protocols 105 net use command 58 140 mapping extended drives at startup 60 net use command 62 to basic instructions 62 NET CFG file 108 NetBEUI 106 114 115 NetWare performance tips 114 server 113 troubleshooting 145 network installation to 22 installation overview 14 Lan Manager 106 logging in 140 NDIS 115 NET CFG file 108 NetBEUI 106 114 115 NetWare server 113 NetWare tips 114 network interface 109 Novell client 110 ODI driver to 110 PC based 103 to 116 setting properties for other protocols 105 setting TCP IP properties 38 104 TCP IP 106 109 114 115 troubleshooting 143 WINSOCK DLL 106 114 116 Network Control Panel 39 105 network interface 121 Network Neighborhood 121 Network protocols configuring 103 networking protocols 105 setup 105 Novell client 110 Novell server 113 0 ODI driver to 110 123 bundled software 106 component files
68. P IP 106 109 114 115 180 configuring 38 104 information required for configuration 38 104 setting properties 38 104 troubleshooting 143 using with Windows 95 180 technical support xx 386 Enhanced Mode 8 Troubleshooting installation problems 123 troubleshooting 117 to 155 diskette drives 134 to displays 136 DOS applications 128 to 131 emulated hard drives 137 extended drives 139 fonts 141 keyboard 142 Microsoft Windows to 133 mouse 142 networking 143 printers 146 to 149 starting SunPC 150 swap space 152 X11R5 window server 154 U UNIX directories mapping in Windows 95 79 140 unsetup utility 35 upgrading ODI driver 107 overview 13 pc directory 22 Solaris environment 9 to MS DOS 6 22 9 upper memory blocks 78 95 98 113 175 using SunPC 41 to 76 V VGA display type 87 173 Volume Manager 134 WIN BAT file 178 Windows 95 and international keyboards 122 boot options 177 booting to the MS DOS prompt 178 daily use 77 exiting or restarting 80 features supported 3 file name support on SunPC 3 file names read in MS DOS 120 getting help xix installation error messages 133 installing 32 installing applications 79 installing Japanese Windows 95 179 installing the Japanese version 179 long file names 3 mapping to UNIX directories 79 Network Control Panel 39 105 rebooting 80 running from CD ROM 118 Safe Mode 177 Startup menu 177 Start
69. PC Window menu The following step shows how to eject a diskette from drive A by using the SunPC Operations menu The procedure is basically the same for the SunPC Window menu To eject a diskette from a diskette drive Choose the Eject A command from the SunPC Operations menu or press Meta E The diskette is ejected from drive A Detaching Diskette Drives After you access a diskette drive in one SunPC window you may want to access the drive in another SunPC window To do this detach the diskette drive from the first SunPC window and attach the diskette drive to the second window To detach a diskette drive from a SunPC window If you have a diskette in your drive eject it from the diskette drive You can skip this step if you are going to use the diskette in the second SunPC window Choose the A button near the upper right corner of the SunPC window This detaches the diskette drive The button pops out or lightens in color signifying that the drive is detached and available to be used by another window Using Low Density Diskettes Under the SunPC program just as on a PC low density diskettes must be formatted read or written as low density diskettes To format low density diskettes you must explicitly specify the diskette parameters while formatting SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 v To format a low density DOS diskette At the DOS prompt enter the DOS format command with t and n optio
70. PC Accelerator card is installed in your system you should not be using the emm expanded memory driver Instead you should use the EMM386 EXE expanded memory driver For more information refer to Loading the EMM386 EXE Expanded Memory Driver on page 95 Application Runs Then Fails If you are trying to use an application that tests the performance speed of the SunPC program such as Landmark CPU Speed Test and it works but then it fails or does not work at all this may be due to timing problems with the application Long Install Time for an Application If you are trying to install an application on an extended drive and the installation appears to be frozen this may be because the application is searching the network for any existing copies of itself In this case the installation is not frozen but it may take a while to complete You may encounter this problem with Microsoft Windows 3 1 software and some applications that run under Windows software When you have set up extended drives and an application is searching the network it does this based on your extended drives The application will search all of the extended drives their directories subdirectories and any links within them This is why the search can take a long time To avoid this problem follow these steps to install the application At the DOS prompt enter the net use command to get a listing of the extended drives C g
71. RUN_ME_FIRST Script 16 Running the pkgrm Program 6 Running the pkgadd Program 17 Running the sunpc_install Program 8 Updating Your PATH Statement 20 Starting SunPC Software for the First Time 1 Installing Windows 3 11 Software 2 Installing Windows Display Drivers 4 Choosing a Version of HIMEM SYS SMARTDRV EXE and EMM386 EXE 25 Modifying SYSTEM INI for Better Windows Performance 26 Installing Windows 95 Software 27 Creating and Configuring a New C Drive 8 Installing Windows 95 2 Configuring the Network Protocols 38 Removing SunPC Software 40 How to Proceed 40 Using SunPC Software 41 SunPC Basics 41 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Starting SunPC Software 41 Quitting aSunPC Window 2 Closing aSunPC Window 43 Using Command Line Options 3 The SunPC Window 46 SunPC Menus 46 Using the Emulated Microsoft Mouse 0 Rebooting aSunPC Window 1 Copying and Pasting Text 52 SunPC Drives 3 SunPC Drive Terminology 53 Emulated Hard Drives 3 Extended Drives 57 Diskette Drives 63 CD ROM Drives 66 Using Printers with SunPC Software 7 Checking Available Printers 67 Setting Up Printer Ports 68 Printing From SunPC Software 0 SunPC Serial Communication 74 Setting Up Serial Communication Ports 4 Using Serial Communication Ports 5 SunPC Daily Use 77 Windows 3 11 Daily Use 77 Windows Performance Tips 77 Printing With Microsoft Windows Software 8 Windows 95 Daily Use 79 Contents v I
72. Reconnect at logon Click OK The new extended drive appears in the Exploring window Chapter 4 Using SunPC Software 9 60 To map a drive letter to a directory with a long path 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 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 SunPC click the checkbox next to Reconnect at logon Click OK The new extended drive appears in the Exploring window
73. S printer drivers insert these characters into print files The printer type you chose under your application does not match your printer Check the setup file in your application to see what type of printer setting you selected when you installed your application If you are using Microsoft Windows 3 x software you may encounter a problem when you try to print to your default PostScript printer if you have the LPT1 port in the LPT Port Properties dialog box SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 set to 1p Because the standard PostScript printer driver under Microsoft Windows inserts D characters into all print files the 1p setting will not work To remove these characters and print use the Post script setting on LPT1 or LPT3 Problems Printing to a PostScript Printer If you are having problems printing from an application to a PostScript printer try the following 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 Make sure the setting in your DOS application matches the setting in the LPT Port Properties dialog box LPT1 LPT2 LPT3 For example if LPT1 in your DOS application is set to an Apple LaserWriter II NT then the LPT1 port in the LPT Port Properties dialog box can be se
74. Shut Down from the pop up menu The Shut Down Windows dialog box is displayed Click on the desired option Shut Down Restart Restart in MS DOS mode or Close all programs and log on as a different user and then click Yes The following message is displayed It is now safe to reboot your computer Note You may see a corrupted screen instead of the message You can still proceed to the next step In OpenWindows press Meta M and then Meta Q and press Return to confirm that you want to exit In CDE press Alt F4 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 CHAPTER 6 Customizing SunPC Properties Every SunPC window is distinguished by its properties the printer and communication ports you can access monitor display type window size drive attributes and the memory available to DOS applications To customize SunPC software for your own environment including the needs of your particular DOS applications you can use the five SunPC Properties dialog boxes LPT Port COM Port Display Drive and Miscellaneous This chapter discusses the following topics Properties Dialog Box page 82 LPT Port Properties page 84 COM Port Properties page 85 Setting Display Properties page 86 Setting Drive Properties page 89 Setting Miscellaneous Properties page 91 81 Properties Dialog Box TABLE 6 1 lists the name and general purpose of each of the SunPC Properties dialog boxes T
75. SunExpress Contact Information United Kingdom 0800 89 88 88 0800 89 88 87 United States 1 800 873 7869 1 800 944 0661 World Wide Web http www sun com sunexpress Sun Welcomes Your Comments We are interested in improving our documentation and welcome your comments and suggestions You can email or fax your comments to us Please include the part number of your document in the subject line of your email or fax message Email smcc docs sun com Fax SMCC Document Feedback 1 415 786 6443 Preface xxi xxii SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 CHAPTER 1 What Is SunPC SunPC software provides PC hardware environment emulation on your SPARC workstation running the Solaris operating environment With SunPC you can run DOS Microsoft Windows 3 11 and Windows 95 applications on your workstation alongside your Solaris applications Note Appendix D Installation Checklists contains checklists that will help guide you through the installation process Print the installation checklist for your type of installation before proceeding SunPC Features SunPC software provides you with Reliable PC emulation for the Solaris environment SunPC software is used on tens of thousands of SPARC Solaris desktops in countries throughout the world An Intel compatible PC on your Solaris desktop With the SunPC Accelerator card installed in your workstation SunPC emulates an Intel com
76. SunPC 4 2 User s Guide Sun microsystems THE NETWORK IS THE COMPUTER A Sun Microsystems Inc Business 901 San Antonio Road Palo Alto CA 94303 USA 415 960 1300 fax 415 969 9131 Part No 805 2933 10 Revision A November 1997 Copyright 1997 Sun Microsystems Inc 901 San Antonio Road Palo Alto California 94303 4900 U S A 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 OpenDOS is a trademark of Cadera Inc 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 AnswerBook SunDocs Solaris OpenWindows PC NFS PC NFSpro SunLink and SunPC 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 d
77. The Setup dialog box is displayed with the message You must type a name to set up Windows Note If you are installing from the upgrade CD and the system shows a dialog box with the message Your BIOS is out of date you may be attempting to install or upgrade to Windows 95 without having Windows 3 x installed If this happens copy the Windows 3 x directory to your hard drive as described in the following procedure Copying the Windows 3 1 Directory If you do not see this message skip the next procedure and continue on to To run the Setup Wizard on page 34 Chapter 3 Installing SunPC Software 3 34 Copying the Windows 3 1 Directory If you are installing Windows 95 from the upgrade CD and do not already have a version of Windows 3 x installed you will need to install the Windows 3 x directory into a temporary area on your workstation s hard disk The temporary area will require about 12 Mbytes of disk space Windows 3 1 is used here as an example SunPC supports Windows 3 0 3 1 and 3 11 as well as Windows for Workgroups 3 11 To copy the Windows 3 1 directory Insert the Windows 3 11 setup diskette Disk 1 into the floppy drive Type the following command at the DOS prompt in the SunPC window 0 lt a setup The Windows Setup program starts Follow the instructions on the screen Repeat the procedure in Installing Windows 95 on page 32 When you have finished proceed to the
78. To use the NetWare client with SunPC 4 2 software you need to Modify the LASTDRIVE statement in your CONFIG SYS file Enable the SETVER EXE program in your CONFIG SYS file Add four network commands to your AUTOEXEC BAT file SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Adding the network commands to your AUTOEXEC BAT file is optional If you prefer you can enter these commands directly from the DOS command line or execute them from some other batch file However if you regularly use a NetWare client shell it is probably most convenient to include the network commands in AUTOEXEC BAT To modify your CONFIG SYS file for NetWare client software Open a SunPC window Change to the root directory on the C drive if that is not already the current directory For example enter the following two commands cd Open the CONFIG SYS file using the text editor of your choice For example to use the DOS EDIT program enter the following command do not type C gt it is the system prompt C gt edit config sys The EDIT program starts and the contents of the CONFIG SYS file are displayed Modify the LASTDRIVE statement to use a drive letter other than 2 For example change the LASTDRIVE statement so it reads as follows lastdrive r The letter you specify here represents the last drive that will
79. Windows 95 From the Full Release CD If you attempt to install from the full release CD and receive a message similar to 500138 An operating system is already installed on your computer then you already have a copy of Windows 95 or Windows 3 11 installed on your C E or H drives Simple rename the existing windows or win311 directory and then restart the installation Installing Applications Whenever you install new applications on SunPC make sure you have your Windows 95 CD available The installation program may require files from the Windows 95 CD Appendix A Troubleshooting 3 Cannot Run Setup Wizard If SunPC cannot locate a setup exe file on an application CD your workstation may be running an older version of Solaris version 2 5 or under This problem has been fixed in Solaris 2 6 Refer to Reading Windows Formatted CDs on page 121 for more information Setup Wizard Cannot Find Files If the Windows 95 Setup Wizard displays a message that it cannot find files click Browse and search for the requested files in the following locations R cdrom cdrom0 win95 m C windows m C windows system 134 Diskette Drives Cannot Access Diskette in Diskette Drive SunPC 4 2 software conflicts with the Solaris Volume Manager program 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 e
80. a warm boot on a PC that is it is the same as pressing Ctrl Alt Delete There are three primary reasons to reboot a SunPC window m To enable changes made to your system as a result of installing certain software packages or modifying files like AUTOEXEC BAT or CONFIG SYS m To enable a different SunPC emulated hard drive see Emulated Hard Drives on page 53 for more information about this If either your keyboard or the application you are running in the SunPC window is no longer responding Caution Do not reboot the SunPC window while running Windows 95 Always click on the Start button and choose Restart the Computer from the dialog box as described in To exit or restart Windows 95 on page 52 v To reboot 8 SunPC window With the mouse pointer anywhere in the SunPC window press Ctrl Alt Delete just as you would on a PC Be sure to use the Delete Del key on the right keypad or Choose the Reboot command from the SunPC Operations menu Chapter 4 Using SunPC Software 1 52 v or Press the Meta R key combination on your keyboard To exit or restart Windows 95 Click on the Start button and choose Shut Down from the pop up menu The Shut Down Windows dialog box is displayed Click on the desired option Shut Down Restart Restart in MS DOS mode or Restart in Safe Mode and then click Yes The following message is displayed It is now safe to reboot your computer
81. acters that some applications running under Windows software output in their print files Choosing the printer setting Choose the Windows printer setting that most closely matches the printer you will be using If you re not sure of the type of printer you have choose the Apple LaserWriter II NT This is the proper setting for a Sun LaserWriter or SPARCprinter Background printing When printing from Windows software try configuring your application to not print in the background To do this turn off the Windows Print Manager From the Windows Main menu choose Control Panel Click on Printers and remove the X in front of the Use Print Manager option When printing is complete a message is displayed in your application On the SunPC Operations menu check the Send to LPT option for the LPT port you want to print to and see whether it is disabled If it is disabled then your document has printed If you must use background printing in an application such as Lotus Ami Pro make sure the Send setting in the LPT Port Properties dialog box is set to a time that will allow your application to print 45 seconds works for many applications Otherwise your output will print incorrectly You will need to test this setting to find the time that is best for your particular print situation SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Windows 95 Specific Tips This section contains hints and tips that you may find helpful if y
82. allow up to 20 open files at once This may interfere with an application if it opens more than 20 files Running Windows 95 Applications With Solaris 2 6 Solaris 2 6 contains a browsing feature that allows you to automatically view all automount points on your workstation This may cause Windows 95 applications to slow down considerably when browsing for files on your workstation especially on your R drive and may cause problems when viewing very large directories with Windows Explorer This generally occurs only at installation You can turn off this problem by editing the Solaris 2 6 auto_master file To edit the auto_master file 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 nobrowse line above the auto_master line in the file Save the file and exit the text editor Reboot your system The browsing feature should be turned off Appendix A Troubleshooting 9 120 Directory Operations From the DOS Window The problems listed in this section refer to the DOS window that you access from Windows 95 They do not refer to DOS windows running under Windows 3 11 or DOS 6 22 Nonexistent Files or Directories If you try to list or copy the contents of a nonexistent file or directory the system returns a corrupted message
83. and the amount of available disk space seems incorrect it may be a result of the way disk space is computed on extended drives Specifically the disk space is computed based on the full directory path to the extended drive rather than your actual location To display the amount of disk space that is actually available use the df command in a Solaris command window or set up an extended drive that points to the subdirectory Fonts If the text for SunPC menus and buttons does not fit inside the given menu or button the problem could be that your system font is too large for the SunPC program SunPC menus and buttons do not resize to accommodate large fonts You can still use the SunPC menus and buttons if this problem occurs they continue to function correctly However if you want to fix the problem you can specify a font size that the SunPC program can handle by starting SunPC with the Xview wt switch For example sunpe Wt lucida sans Note The wt switch is a general Xview toolkit command line option rather than a SunPC specific option and does not affect the font size used by other Solaris applications Appendix A Troubleshooting 1 Keyboard Backspace Key Does Not Work in DOS 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
84. apping 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 Refer to To map your CD ROM drive to another drive letter on page 61 Using Printers with SunPC Software The SunPC program provides three printer LPT ports which you can use to send data to printers files and command windows This section describes how to set up and use printer ports under SunPC software Note The instructions in this section apply to DOS and Windows 3 x only If you have installed Windows 95 the setup script selected and configured a PostScript printer for you automatically Checking Available Printers Before assigning printers to particular printer ports find out which printers are available to your workstation You can determine this information in one of three ways Ask your system administrator m Use the Print Tool application on your workstation Use the lpstat s command Note For more information about using Print Tool and reading your usr share lib terminfo directory refer to the documentation that came with your system Chapter 4 Using SunPC Software 67 Setting Up Printer Ports The SunPC program provides you with three printer ports to use with your DOS applications These ports are named LPT1 LPT2 and LPT3 the same names used by DOS applications You can set up each of thes
85. are unsure about the frame type used by your NetWare server consult your NetWare documentation or ask your system administrator for assistance Appendix A Troubleshooting 5 Cannot Execute Solaris Commands in a SunPC Window You cannot execute Solaris commands in a SunPC window on drives designated for a NetWare network Switch to a SunPC extended drive or enter the desired commands in a Solaris window Connection to NetWare Server Broken This can occur when timeout settings for an SPX protocol based application such as NetWare Print Server are too low Increase the timeout settings in the NetWare SHELL CFG file Refer to your NetWare documentation for more information 146 Printers This section describes some problems you may encounter when printing from applications running under SunPC software Spooled Binary File Rejected When printing to the default printer you may find that your print job has failed and the following error message has been printed on your banner page Error Spooled binary file rejected Some causes for this error condition include m A missing header at the front of your print file The header should include the symbols which are necessary for all PostScript jobs to print There are D characters present in the print file If you used the Solaris printer program 1p you will not be able to print because 1p rejects print files with D characters embedded in them Some MS DO
86. ared 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 dos2unix and 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 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 Appendix SunPC International Support 7 168 If you do not have the LANG variable set or if it is set to anything but the settings listed in TABLE B 2 SunPC software uses the default US code page 437 and the en_US English US SLANG setting TABLE B 2 SLANG Variable Settings SLANG Variable Setting Language Territory 6 ar bg ca co cs cy da de de_CH el en en_UK en_US eo es eu fa fi fr fr_BE fr_CA fr_CH
87. ault for drives C and D although you can modify these assignments or create new emulated drives In any case the SunPC boot drive must always be an emulated drive Refer to Emulated Hard Drives on page 53 for detailed information about these kinds of drives Chapter2 Getting Started 9 a Extended drives are not physical drives either unlike emulated drives extended drives do not contain a DOS file system but instead point to a directory that exists either locally on your workstation or on a physical drive somewhere on your network A directory to which an extended drive points is treated as a disk drive in the SunPC environment For example a directory named home joeuser stuff on your workstation could be designated as drive H in SunPC Refer to Extended Drives on page 57 for detailed information about extended drives Refer to SunPC Drives on page 53 for more complete information about the different types of drives with which SunPC software can work About Your SunPC 4 2 License When you purchase SunPC software you are purchasing the licensed software either for one user or for multiple users on a network To order additional SunPC licenses contact your local Sun reseller 10 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 CHAPTER 3 Installing SunPC Software This chapter discusses the following topics Installation Overview page 11 m Installing SunPC 4 2 Software page 14 a Installing Win
88. ave control of the diskette drive Refer to Ejecting Diskettes on page 64 for more information Cannot Use Low Density Diskettes The diskette is probably not formatted correctly Refer to Using Low Density Diskettes on page 64 for more information Appendix A Troubleshooting 5 136 Displays Windows 3 11 Text in VGA Mode Is Dim If you are using VGA mode for your SunPC window and find that the text appears dim try using the following steps to correct the problem Enable the ANSI SYS driver To do this add the following line to your CONFIG SYS file device c dos ansi sys Modify the prompt command in your AUTOEXEC BAT file Add or edit the prompt line to read as follows prompt Se 1lmSpS g Reboot the SunPC window to allow the changes to take effect These modifications do not affect the display of text in Hercules mode Windows 95 Screen Display Is Corrupt After Windows 95 Reboots To fix the problem change the display type to standard VGA or set the display driver to the SunPC 1024x768 driver To change the display type In the SunPC window with Windows 95 running click the Start button Select Settings from the pop up menu and then select Control Panel The Control Panel window is displayed on the desktop Double click on the Display control panel The Display Properties window is displayed SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Click
89. commands in the file The plastic holder or tray for inserting a compact disc into a CD drive Each Sun CD drive comes with three caddies A Solaris file that provides the SunPC program with an emulated hard drive which functions like a PC hard drive A card in the system unit of a computer that controls the color display A Solaris window that accepts typed commands and passes them along to the Solaris system for processing Also known as a serial communication port it is where a modem can be connected A disc containing encoded information that can be read only by a compact disc drive The SunPC compact disc contains the software to install and use the SunPC software The information on this disc is read only memory ROM you cannot add information to the disc Short for communication port 1 and communication port 2 these are the names of the two serial communication ports supported by the SunPC program Glossary 5 CONFIG SYS configuratiofile copprotection che currerdirectory currerdrive default devie deviatriver deviaeame IB directory diskette diskett rive displamonitor dos2unix drivietter editdos A file that resides on drive C and contains commands that define memory file space and all hardware devices By modifying this file you can change OpenDOS default configuration settings File that contains information that determines which printers disk drives and other devices
90. correct configuration for your SunPC system Follow the steps in this procedure carefully Note If you are installing the Japanese version of Windows 95 refer to the installation tip Installing Japanese Windows 95 on page 179 Insert your Windows 95 CD into the CD ROM drive Do not remove the CD until after all the drivers are loaded If your workstation does not have Solaris Volume Manager enabled you will need to log in to your workstation as root and mount the CD ROM drive manually as described in the next step To find out if Volume Manager is enabled type ps df grep vold The system returns information on the Volume Manager process vold if it is enabled If Solaris Volume Manager support is not enabled on your workstation change to the root partition and become superuser If your workstation has Solaris Volume Manager enabled skip this step Type the following command to mount the CD ROM drive mount o ro F hsfs dev dsk c0t6d0s2 cdrom Note Make sure you type 0 with no space between the minus sign and the letter o If you do not already have SunPC running start SunPC by entering the following command sunpe If you have Microsoft Windows running from within SunPC exit Windows to the DOS prompt C gt SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 5 In the SunPC window type the following command at the DOS prompt and press Return
91. ctual driver may be located on a different Windows diskette If Windows does not find the driver on the diskette it requested press Meta E to eject that diskette and try another Windows diskette until Windows finds the file it requires You may have to try several diskettes before Windows finds the correct file When Windows finds the correct file it asks you to enter the location of the SunPC display driver Type the name of the directory containing the SunPC display drivers drivers win311 Choose OK to accept your entry Another Change System Settings dialog box is displayed This dialog lists the names of the SunPC display drivers Select the 1024x768 driver if you want a large SunPC window Select the SunPC display driver you want to use and then choose OK You are returned to the original Change System Settings dialog box Choose OK to accept the new driver selection Windows Setup copies the driver to the Windows directory You are then prompted to restart Windows Choose Restart Windows to restart the Windows program Windows restarts with the new display driver enabled Choosing a Version of HIMEM SYS SMARTDRV EXE and EMM386 EXE HIMEM SYS SMARTDRV EXE and EMM386 EXE are respectively the extended memory driver disk cache and expanded memory driver included with both OpenDOS 7 01 and Microsoft Windows software Using these files is optional but they can help fine tune your SunP
92. d drive directory file name you want to assign to drive C or D Note that the drive you specify here must already exist To create or modify an emulated drive definition use the Hard Disks button to display the Hard Disk Editor dialog box Hard Disks Displays the Hard Disk Editor dialog box which allows you to create or modify emulated drive definitions This dialog box is described in TABLE 6 6 FIGURE 6 5 shows the Hard Disk Editor dialog box You use this dialog box to create new emulated hard drives SuePC Hard Dis Disk Directors gt Existing Hard Disks acd Kew Disk Same Dick Site 5 Dak Pound FIGURE 6 5 Hard Disk Editor Dialog Box SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 TABLE 6 6 describes each of the functions in this dialog box Refer to Emulated Hard Drives on page 53 for instructions on how to create an emulated hard drive TABLE 6 6 Hard Disk Editor Settings Setting Purpose Disk Directory The name of the UNIX directory in which you want to create the emulated hard disk Existing Hard Disks The names of all currently defined emulated disks if any New Disk Name The file name you want to use for the new emulated disk Create Disk Creates a new emulated disk drive with the settings you have entered use this button after you have entered all other settings to your satisfaction Use Selected Disk Assign the selected emulated disk to name to PC drive letter C Name or D Cho
93. d the workstation should be located on the same physical subnet although they may be on different virtual subnets Your workstation and SunPC 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 SunPC 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 To diagnose TCP IP problems In the SunPC window open an MS DOS window In Windows 95 choose the Start button and then select Applications and MS DOS Prompt from the pop up menus The MS DOS Prompt window is displayed Appendix A Troubleshooting 3 144 2 Enter the ping command followed by the IP address of a system on your subnet not your workstation For 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 SunPC 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 and then refer to To configure TCP IP on page 38 Enter the ping command followed by the name of the system you pinged in Step 2 Fo
94. de To run Microsoft Windows software in Standard mode or 386 Enhanced mode you must install the DOS HIMEM SYS driver in your CONFIG SYS file This driver is included with the DOS 7 01 software in your SunPC 4 2 package it is also includes with Microsoft Windows 3 11 Note Do not use the HIMEM SYS driver that comes with MS DOS 4 01 Enhanced mode requires that you have the SunPC Accelerator installed Cannot Run Windows Application After installing Windows software and a Windows application you receive one of the following Windows error messages when you try to start the Windows application for the first time m Application Error General Protection Fault Appendix A Troubleshooting 1 m Unrecoverable Application Error This may mean that the Windows application requires a 80386 PC and you are running the SunPC software that emulates a 80286 PC To run 80386 applications with the SunPC software you must use the SunPC Accelerator card The Accelerator card an SBus card that boosts the performance of the SunPC software must be installed before you install Windows software Window Freezes When Printing From Microsoft Works Your window may freeze when printing from Microsoft Works software in a SunPC software only session To avoid this problem set the following Solaris environment variable in a command window and start the SunPC program from the same window setenv GET_INPUT_FROM_XNEWS Note
95. de installation only Running the pkgadd program all installations Running the sunpc_install program all installations Removing Old SunPC Patches Note You only need to perform this procedure if you are upgrading from a previous version of SunPC 4 0 or 4 1 and you have SunPC patches installed If you are installing for the first time or you have not installed any SunPC patches then skip this procedure The backoutpatch script removes previously installed versions of SunPC patches You need to run this script before you can install an updated patch If you do not know the revision number of the previously installed patch use the showrev command to obtain the number You will need to know it in order to remove the old patch SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 v To obtain the revision number of a previously installed patch 6 Type the following command 9 showrev p grep SUNWsunpc If you have a previously installed SunPC patch on your system this command shows the revision number and the package SUNWsunpc that the patch updates If you do not have any previous SunPC patches installed your workstation returns only the system prompt 3 In that case skip the following procedure and proceed directly to Running the UPGRADE_USERS_RUN_ME_FIRST Script on page 16 v To run the backoutpatch script 1 Become superuser on the system on which you plan to install SunPC Type the
96. 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 Windows 95 International Keyboards Do Not Work Windows 95 uses a different keyboard driver than does DOS 6 22 To enable international keyboard support under Windows 95 refer to International Keyboard Support on page 122 142 Mouse You cannot move the mouse pointer out of a SunPC window if the emulated Microsoft Mouse is attached in that window You must detach the mouse use the Meta M key combination before you can move the mouse pointer out of the SunPC window Refer to Using the Emulated Microsoft Mouse on page 50 for more information about attaching and detaching the emulated Microsoft Mouse SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Networking Cannot Contact SunPC From the Workstation Your UNIX workstation and SunPC share the same network interface therefore your workstation cannot contact SunPC even though both can communicate with the network Cannot Connect to Other Systems Before you start to diagnose problems using SunPC to connect to other systems on the network make sure that you have configured SunPC and your workstation as follows Your workstation and SunPC host must have different IP addresses Both the SunPC host an
97. dows 3 11 Software page 22 Installing Windows 95 Software page 27 m Removing SunPC Software page 40 Note Be sure to read Chapter 2 Getting Started before proceeding with the instructions in this chapter Caution The installation procedures for SunPC 4 2 and Windows 95 involve a number of steps Before you start the installation process print out the checklists in Appendix D Installation Checklists that correspond to your installation first time or upgrade Make sure you follow the instructions precisely to ensure a successful installation even if you have installed other Solaris products previous versions of SunPC or Windows 3 x or Windows 95 before Installation Overview There are two types of SunPC installation Basic or first time installation Upgrade installation from a previous version of SunPC software 12 Basic Installation The basic SunPC 4 2 installation process can be divided into three steps Copy the SunPC 4 2 files from the SunPC CD ROM to your system using the pkgadd program page 17 m Install the SunPC device driver on your system with the sunpc_install program page 19 Start the SunPC software on your system for the first time which automatically creates several SunPC program files and directories in your home directory page 21 The following checklist outlines the steps you need to follow if you are installing SunPC for the first ti
98. ds it to a PostScript printer Use this setting for printing if your DOS applications are set up to print to an Epson printer 68 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 TABLE 4 6 Default Printer Port Settings Continued Port Setting Purpose LPT2 File pc lpt 2 Sends data to the 106 2 file in your pc directory LPT3 Printer Postscript Sends data to the default printer and enables DOS applications to print PostScript correctly by removing any D characters in the print file and adding the to the beginning of the print file You can also print ASCII text files with this setting LPT3 File pc 1lpt 3 Sends data to the 1pt 3 file in your pc directory Note You can set up both the Printer and File options for each LPT port at the same time However only one remains selected pushed in or darkened When you send data to an LPT port it is sent to the option currently selected Printer or File You can use these ports as they are or you can modify them For example the Postscript setting can be used on LPT2 as well as on LPT1 and LPT3 Other printer settings must begin with a valid Solaris command such as 1p echo or tee The Solaris command to send a job to a printer is 1p For more information on these commands see the man pages Before you can access an LPT port through a SunPC window make sure you have execute permission to the setting for the port For instance if you do not have execut
99. ds on your keyboard SunPC Drives This section describes the various types of SunPC drives and how to use them SunPC Drive Terminology SunPC software uses four different kinds of disk drives Emulated hard rrives Extended network hard drives Diskette drives CD ROM drives Emulated Hard Drives The SunPC program comes with an emulated hard drive C already configured for your use When you install the SunPC software it creates a default C drive and assigns it to an emulated drive file named C sunpc3 which resides in your pc directory By default all SunPC windows are booted from this drive C and use the COMMAND COM AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files located on this drive If you installed Windows 95 you created a new C drive file An emulated drive is actually a large file and SunPC 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 128 Mbytes 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 Chapter 4 Using SunPC Software 3 54 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 drive of the size you specify Because SunPC emulated drives contain an emulated DOS FAT structure you can use them to hold programs that use
100. e New NDIS Driver SunPC 4 2 also includes a new NDIS driver for improved connection to Ethernet based PC networks The new driver also supports NDIS based protocol stacks Note This new NDIS driver supports Windows 95 only If you are not installing Windows 95 you do not need to install this new driver Chapter 1 WhatlsSunPC 3 4 What s Changed in SunPC 4 2 This section describes the features that have changed in this version of SunPC System Requirements The following system requirements have changed for the SunPC 4 2 release Operating systems supported SunPC 4 2 supports Solaris releases 2 4 2 5 2 5 1 and 2 6 Hardware supported SunPC 4 2 supports SPARC workstations that have both CD ROM and floppy disk drives installed Caution Do not install the SunPC Coprocessor card in a SPARCstation 10 Model 514MP four processor model SunPC is not supported on this model For more information on how to find your model type and number of processors refer to Finding Your Model Number and Processor Type on page 2 of the SunPC 4 2 AnswerBook System RAM required This version of SunPC requires a minimum of 32 Mbytes of physical RAM installed in your SPARCstation in order to run Windows 95 more than 32 Mbytes is preferred m Free disk space required To install the SunPC software Windows 95 and all associated patches and drivers you will need a minimum of 60 Mbytes of hard drive
101. e November 1997 TABLE 8 1 National Language Support Country Prepared Key Country Region or Language Code Code Pages Code 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 Japan 081 ja Korea 082 ko Peoples Republic of China 086 ch Taiwan 088 tn Using Code Pages 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 set up your system to support national languages It is assumed that all DOS files are in the directory dos on drive C 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 SunPC window to enable the new settings Appendix SunPC International Support 1 v To set up your system to support a character set 1 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
102. e Network Control Panel You specified this name in Step 3 of To run the Setup Wizard on page 34 Enter the domain name of the DNS server and then enter the server s IP address Choose Add If you have more than one DNS server repeat Steps 10 and 11 for all of the servers If you want to specify a search list for domain name suffixes such as com org edu and so on enter the list in the Domain Suffix Search Order field If you are not using DNS service skip this step When you have finished configuring TCP IP click OK to return to the Network Control Panel A progress bar is displayed while Windows 95 installs the TCP IP drivers When the process is complete the progress bar exits and returns you to the SunPC desktop When the dialog box is displayed asking you to restart the computer click Yes Setting Properties for Other Protocols You can also use the Network Control Panel to configure other protocols for use with SunPC Each of the various protocols requires specific information from your network manager Refer to Chapter 7 Connecting to PC Based Networks for more information Note Now that you have finished installing and configuring Windows 95 you may want to create a backup copy of your emulated C drive Refer to Backing Up Your C Drive on page 56 Chapter 3 Installing SunPC Software 9 Removing SunPC Software This section provides instructions for completely removing SunPC
103. e are several other ways to enhance Windows 3 11 performance under SunPC Increase the SunPC Memory setting At least 8 Mbytes of SunPC memory is recommended for running Windows 3 11 Note that you may need to increase the physical memory and swap space on your workstation to keep pace with the SunPC Memory setting you choose See System Requirements on page 8 Setting Memory Size on page 93 and Swap Space on page 152 for more information Use a SunPC Accelerator card Most new Windows applications require a system with at least an 80386 processor The SunPC Accelerator card provides an 80486 compatible processor without the SunPC Accelerator card SunPC software emulates an 80286 based PC Do not use the SunPC expanded memory driver The expanded memory driver included with SunPC software see Loading the SunPC Expanded Memory Driver on page 97 should only be used if you do not have a SunPC Accelerator card installed in your system and if you want to run DOS applications that require expanded memory Note that Windows can provide expanded memory as needed for non Windows applications the SunPC expanded memory driver is unnecessary m Use EMM386 EXE to access upper memory blocks UMBs EMM38 6 EXE provides access to UMBs which frees more conventional DOS memory for your DOS applications running within and without Windows Use the emulated Microsoft Mouse
104. e command on the SunPC Operations menu Chapter 6 Customizing SunPC Properties 9 100 Automatically Suspending SunPC Use the following procedure to automatically suspend SunPC operation To enable or disable the Auto Pause option Choose the Miscellaneous command from the SunPC Properties menu The Miscellaneous Properties dialog box is displayed Select On or Off as desired for the Auto Pause option Auto Pause is enabled On by default Choose Apply to accept your setting Manually Suspending a SunPC Window You can manually suspend a SunPC window regardless of whether the Auto Pause setting is turned on or off You may find a situation where the Auto Pause setting is turned on your window is active but you need to suspend it Or you may have the Auto Pause setting turned off and you want to suspend an inactive window To manually suspend a SunPC window Choose the Pause command from the SunPC Operations menu The text on the Pause button changes to Run indicating that the window is suspended a message in the SunPC status bar also reads Paused Restarting a Suspended SunPC Window Use the following procedure to restart a suspended SunPC window To restart a suspended SunPC window Click the mouse or type anywhere in the window or choose the Run command from the SunPC Operations menu Setting Solaris Output You can enter Solaris commands in a SunPC window and have the output go to either a SunPC w
105. e contents of a CD Open a Command Tool window on the Solaris desktop Enter the following commands ed cdrom cdrom0 ls 1 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 x1 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 Network Neighborhood When you open the Network Neighborhood on the Windows 95 desktop the Network Neighborhood window does not show My Workstation The workstation and the SunPC card share the same network interface so they do not see each other on the network Both can communicate with the network however Printing and Novell NetWare 4 1 If you perform a print operation after starting Novell NetWare 4 1 the print operation will not return you to the DOS prompt You should either perform your print operation before loading the NetWare client software on your system or copy the file to be printed 0 1 Appendix A Troubleshooting 1 122 Multi headed Systems Multi headed systems are systems that contain more than one CPU SunPC performance on multi headed systems is slower than on those systems with a single CPU installed International Keyboard Support DOS uses the file C dos keyb com as its keyboard driver However Windows 9
106. e file exists the printed data will be appended to the file Set the Send setting The Send setting controls when a job actually gets sent to a printer or a file By default the Send setting is on with a delay of 60 seconds The delay allows the SunPC software to send output from a slow printing application to the printer or file in one piece To choose a Send setting between 1 and 900 seconds you can use the arrow buttons or type in a number If the Send setting is off data will not get sent to the printer unless you manually send the data by using the Send to LPT option on the Operations menu or the SunPC menu or if you quit from the SunPC window See the section Manually Clearing the Print Queue on page 71 Choose Apply Your changes are made for this and future SunPC sessions Printing From SunPC Software Once you have set up your printer ports LPT1 LPT2 and LPT3 under the SunPC program you should be able to print directly from your DOS applications or by using the print command Use the DOS HELP PRINT command for details on the print command You can use the three printer ports to send information to a printer or to a file SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 When you print from a DOS application under the SunPC program your printer output must travel through SunPC software and the Solaris operating system before it reaches the printer The following illustration shows the flow of data from a D
107. e permission to 1p you will not be able to use your default printer settings or the Postscript or Epson_FX80 settings which use lp To set up the printer ports to assign them to different printers or files use the LPT Port Properties dialog box To set up printer ports Choose the LPT Ports command from the SunPC Properties menu The LPT Port Properties dialog box is displayed To assign a port to a printer choose Printer Choose the Printer button that corresponds to the port you want to set up or modify LPT1 LPT2 or LPT3 Chapter 4 Using SunPC Software 9 70 3 Modify the printer setting For example you can specify a printer other than the default by typing d printername Replace printername with the actual name of your printer When you start changing this line a gray change bar appears indicating that your choice is not validated until you apply it Note With all SunPC printer settings including Postscript Epson_FX80 and lp you can specify d_printername To assign a port to a file choose File Choose the File button for the port you want to set up or modify LPT1 LPT2 or LPTS3 Modify the file name A file setting can be any file name under any valid path name However the name you enter must conform to Solaris file naming conventions and you must have write permission to the directory If the file does not exist it will be created when you send a job to this port If th
108. e ports in two ways Assign a port to a printer This option lets you assign the port to your default printer or any other printer you have access to All printers serial and parallel are accessed from SunPC software through printer ports Serial printers can also be accessed through COM ports Assign a port to a file This option lets you assign the port to a file or a command window This option is useful if you want to save output to a file so that you can later print the file You can set up both of these options for each of the three printer ports However for each port you can only use one of the options printer or file at a time For the printer option you can enter a printer name such as Postscript or Epson_FX80 For the file option you can only enter valid Solaris file names and device names such as dev console or dev ttya or dev ttyb TABLE 4 6 lists the default settings for the three printer ports TABLE 4 6 Default Printer Port Settings Port Setting Purpose LPT1 Printer Postscript Sends data to the default printer and enables DOS applications to print PostScript correctly by removing any D characters in the print file and adding the to the beginning of the print file You can also print ASCII text files with this setting LPT1 File pc lpt 1 Sends data to the 106 1 file in your pc directory LPT2 Printer Epson_FX80 Takes Epson output converts it to PostScript and sen
109. e sunPC NetWare client software and the NetWare SunLink server software on the same workstation In other words your workstation cannot be a NetWare SunLink server to its own SunPC NetWare client Other Network Protocols As mentioned earlier in this chapter because the ODI specification can support multiple protocol stacks the SunPC ODI driver lets you connect SunPC windows to any network using an ODI compliant protocol such as TCP IP and NetBEUI However you need to have the appropriate network protocol stack software to do this SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Note that the LSL COM IPXODI COM and NETX EXE programs are true DOS programs that will run on any PC with the appropriate ODI driver The only two files that are specific to the SunPC environment are DWODI COM and libodi so 1 1 DWODI COM 110061 50 1 1 and LSL COM are required no matter which protocol stack you want to use LSL COM is a standard DOS program obtainable from Novell and other sources you can use the latest version available but you should not use a version older than the one included with SunPC 4 2 IPXODI COM and NETX EXE are useful only if you are running Novell NetWare If you want to use another protocol you can replace these two files with the stack and shell software of your choice Remember the frame types for any ODI compliant protocol you want to use must be defined in the NET CFG file which is also a
110. ears When you use the emulated Microsoft Mouse the left and middle buttons on the mouse work like the left and right buttons of the Microsoft Mouse The right button always opens the SunPC Operations menu When the emulated Microsoft Mouse is attached you have access to the SunPC menu but not to any of the SunPC buttons or menu items at the top of the SunPC window Attaching the Mouse To attach the Microsoft Mouse Choose the Attach Mouse command from the SunPC Operations menu or Press the E lem key combination called Meta M on your keyboard The Meta key is located on either side of the spacebar on your keyboard The word Mouse is displayed in the SunPC status bar SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Detaching the Mouse Use the SunPC Window menu or the keyboard accelerators to detach the mouse You cannot detach the mouse through the Operations menu because the OpenWindows CDE mouse is needed to use this menu Once you attached your Microsoft Mouse you lost the use of the OpenWindows CDE mouse you need to detach the Microsoft Mouse again to regain use of the OpenWindows CDE mouse v To detach the Microsoft Mouse Hold down the right mouse button and then choose the Detach Mouse command from the SunPC Window menu or Press the em Meta M key combination on your keyboard The word Mouse is no longer displayed in the SunPC status bar Rebooting a SunPC Window Rebooting a SunPC window is the same as
111. eating and Configuring a New C Drive If you are upgrading from a previous version of SunPC you may already have a C drive that you have been using Depending on the size of the files already installed on your existing C drive the drive may not be large enough to accommodate Windows 95 You should create a new C drive as described in this section and attach your existing C drive as drive D This procedure describes how to use the Hard Disk Editor 28 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 v To create a new C drive 1 Start SunPC if it is not already running In a Command Tool window type sunpe at the prompt 9 sunpe 2 Hold down the right mouse button on the Properties button at the top of the SunPC window The Properties drop down menu is displayed FIGURE 3 1 shows the Properties menu LPT Ports COM Ports Display Drive Miscellaneous FIGURE 3 1 SunPC Properties Menu 3 Select the Drive command from the drop down menu The SunPC Drive Properties window is displayed 4 Click on the Hard Disks button The Hard Disk Editor window is displayed 5 Type a new drive name for example C win95 in the New Disk Name field 6 Type a number in the Disk Size field or click on the up and down arrows to select a disk size Make sure that your disk size is at least 60 Mbytes 128 Mbytes is preferred depending on the available disk space on your workstation Because
112. ection FIGURE 7 1 SunPC ODI Driver Implementation The NET CFG File NET CFG is a network protocol configuration file used by the SunPC ODI driver and whatever ODI compliant protocol stacks you want to use The file is in simple ASCII text format and contains among other information configuration settings for Ethernet frame types and protocol stacks Note NET CFG is a standard file used in all ODI complaint implementations as specified by Novell Inc Complete information about specific settings for other protocol stacks and frame types you may want to use should be provided with your particular stack software and is also available from Novell The default SunPC 4 2 NET CFG file contains configuration settings that let you use the IPXODI stack included in your SunPC 4 2 package Any other protocol stacks and or frame types you want to use in addition to or instead of the IPXODI stack must be defined in this NET CFG file SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 FIGURE 7 2 lists the contents of the default NET CFG file included with SunPC 4 2 software Link driver DWODI Frame ETHERNET_802 3 ip address Frame ETHERNET_IT Frame ETHERNET_802 2 Frame ETHERNET_SNAP int 1 15 Protocol ipx 0 ETHERNET_802 3 Protocol ip 800 ETHERNET_II Protocol arp 806 ETHERNET_II FIGUR
113. ed 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 CPT file They load the Denmark dk keyboard program m They start both devices with the Denmark Norway 865 code page 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 You 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 166 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 7 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 Code page not prepared Code page not prepared MODE Status Code page function completed Refreshing Lost Code Pages It is possible for prep
114. elerator card Upgrading Your Solaris Environment SunPC software supports the Solaris 2 4 2 5 2 5 1 and 2 6 operating environments only If you have not yet upgraded to the Solaris 2 4 environment or later you need to do so before installing SunPC software Contact your system administrator for information about upgrading your Solaris environment About SunPC Drives Most PCs use one or more fixed disk drives otherwise known as hard disks as their primary data storage devices Moreover there is one particular fixed disk drive on any given system that is designated as the boot drive The boot drive contains the operating system and start up files used when you start the PC For example most PCs boot from a disk drive designated as C the familiar 0 gt DOS command line prompt refers to the PC s C drive Throughout this manual the terms emulated hard drive and extended drive or network drive appear frequently Emulated hard drives and extended drives are the two means by which SunPC software provides the functionality of DOS fixed disk drives ma Emulated drives are not physical disk drives at all rather they are UNIX files containing an emulated DOS FAT directory structure in which you can store other DOS files These drives are dynamic in size rather than static as you install files on an emulated drive its size increases until it reaches the maximum file size of 128 Mbytes SunPC uses emulated drives by def
115. entry in the etc devlink tab file is invalid or was changed Check the etc devlink tab file to see if it includes the following line type ddi_pseudo name sunpcdrv minor 128ereg0 If the line is not there quit the SunPC window and run the sunpc_install program again Refer to Running the sunpc_install Program on page 18 for instructions Device busy There is another SunPC session on your machine connected to a NetWare server Only one SunPC window at a time can be a NetWare client Make all your NetWare connections from the same SunPC window Could not load Novell Library The Novell ODI library file libodi so 1 1 is missing or damaged or you do not have execute permission for the directory in which this file is stored by default opt SUNWsunpc novell 1ib Usually this error indicates a problem with SunPC installation Install SunPC software again Refer to Installing SunPC 4 2 Software on page 14 for instructions A File Server could not be found This is a NetWare system message The problem could be that the Ethernet frame type listed in your NET CFG file does not match the frame type used by the NetWare server Verify that NET CFG and your NetWare server are using the same Ethernet frame type The NET CFG file included with SunPC 4 1 is located by default in the opt SUNWsunpc dos6 novell directory Refer to The NET CFG File on page 108 for more information about this file If you
116. ervice server at your site if used To configure TCP IP In the Control Panel window on the Windows 95 desktop double click on the Network icon to open the Network Control Panel The Network dialog box is displayed Click on Add The Select Network Component Type dialog box is displayed Select Protocol and then click Add The Select Network Protocol dialog box is displayed Select Microsoft and TCP IP and then click OK to return to the Network Control Panel TCP IP now is displayed in the list of network components Select TCP IP and then click Properties The TCP IP Properties dialog box is displayed Select Specify an IP Address and then enter the IP address for the SunPC host SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 10 11 12 13 Note Make sure that the IP address you enter is different from your workstation s IP address Enter the subnet mask for your network If you are not using a gateway or DNS services click OK to return to the Network Control Panel If you are using a gateway click on the Gateway tab at the top of the TCP IP Properties dialog box and enter the IP address of the gateway If you are not using a gateway skip this step If you are using DNS services select the DNS Configuration tab at the top of the dialog box Choose Enable DNS Enter the SunPC host name which must be the same as the Computer Name on the Identification tab of th
117. et the Memory Size to 8 Mbytes then you need 20 Mbytes of swap space Also note that the amount of swap space must be at least as great as the amount of RAM on your system 1 Mbyte of available disk space on the drive on which the tmp directory is located optional 10 Mbytes of available space on the disk on which you want to install Microsoft Windows 3 11 software For Windows 95 you will need at least 60 Mbytes of disk space SunPC Accelerator Card You must have a SunPC Accelerator card installed in your system if your applications require an 80386 or 80486 processor For example Microsoft Windows 3 11 running in 386 Enhanced Mode requires at least an 80386 based PC Without a SunPC Accelerator card installed on your system the SunPC software operates in software only mode Software only mode emulates a fast 80286 based PC This means for example that Microsoft Windows 3 11 will run only in Standard Mode Note The Accelerator card is required if you want to run Windows 95 with SunPC SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 SunPC software automatically detects whether a SunPC Accelerator card is installed in your workstation If one is found SunPC software uses it without further intervention on your part You can buy a SunPC Accelerator bundled with your SunPC package or you can purchase one separately at a later time Contact your Sun sales or service representative for more information about obtaining a SunPC Acc
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119. g to the procedures appear in the Reference column in TABLE D 1 TABLE D 1 New SunPC Installation Checklist Complete Procedure Reference Cl Insert the SunPC 4 2 CD and run the pkgadd program page 17 Run the sunpc_install program page 18 Update your PATH statement by editing either your login page 20 file or your cshrc file Start up SunPC page 21 Once you have completed the steps in this checklist you can run DOS within the SunPC window or you can go on to install Windows 3 1 or Windows 95 To install Windows 3 1 insert Disk 1 into your floppy drive and type a setup at the DOS prompt Follow the instructions on the screen To install Windows 95 refer to Checklist to Install Windows 95 on page 184 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Checklist to Upgrade a Previous SunPC Version The following checklist outlines the steps you need to follow if you are upgrading a previous version of SunPC You will need to refer to different pages in this manual in order to perform these procedures The page numbers corresponding to the procedures appear in the Reference column in TABLE D 2 TABLE D 2 SunPC Upgrade Installation Checklist Complete Procedure Reference Cl If you are upgrading from SunPC 4 1 and have installed the page 15 102924 patch run the backoutpatch script to remove the old patch If you have not installed the 102924 patch skip this Update you
120. he dash and the option Special characters that can be misinterpreted by the Solaris operating system should be enclosed in double quotes character For example to start SunPC software with an alternative Properties configuration file named myproperties enter the following command 9 sunpc p myproperties To start SunPC software and copy all files with a doc extension to a directory named c files mydocs enter the following command sunpe c copy doc c files mydocs In the preceding example note the double quotes surrounding the asterisk in the copy command SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 TABLE 4 1 lists the available SunPC command line options TABLE 4 1 SunPC Command Line Options Option Purpose Oc filename 0d_ filename c command E fp p filename Boots the SunPC window from the DOS COMMAND COM on the emulated drive C specified with filename Refer to SunPC Drive Terminology on page 53 for more information about emulated drives Boots the SunPC window from the DOS COMMAND COM on the emulated drive D specified with filename Starts SunPC software with the SunPC Accelerator card attached if an Accelerator card is not available SunPC software does not start Note that SunPC software automatically uses the SunPC Accelerator card if one is detected upon startup that is you do not need to enter this option if all you want to d
121. he disk image of your C drive This allows you to keep a backup copy of the drive in case you need to reinstall the software Note We strongly recommend that once you have installed and configured SunPC 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 SunPC cphd copy hard disk command to make a copy of the file v To back up your C drive 1 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 ed pe ls You should see a listing of files including the name you assigned to your C drive during installation for example C win95 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 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 SUNWsunpc bin cphd C win95 C win95 copy Extended Drives An extended drive is a directory that gives you access to the Solaris file system from the SunPC program Extended drives are used to store DOS applications and data files that are not copy protected They can be accessed on your local system or remotely across the network With extended drives you can
122. he following command C shell setenv DFBOVERRIDE Some SunPC window menus may not display correctly If you encounter this problem choose Refresh from the Root menu SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 The SunPC window may not display correctly with X11R5 With some releases of X11R5 the SunPC window is jumbled when you first start the program To correct this move the window then refresh the screen The OPENWINHOME directory must be accessible to execute Solaris commands from a SunPC window Ordinarily you can execute Solaris commands editdos or 1s for example in a SunPC window With X11R5 however the following error message will appear when you enter a Solaris command UNIX Command Error The OPENWINHOME directory is not accessible to your system This directory is required to run UNIX commands from a SunPC Window To correct this problem set an environment variable to point to the location of the OPENWINHOME directory on your system or another system in your network with the following command C shell setenv OPENWINHOME path For path substitute the complete path to the OPENWINHOME directory This line can be added to your login or cshrc file so that this environment variable is set for all SunPC sessions Appendix A Troubleshooting 155 156 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 APPENDIX B SunPC International Support
123. help you achieve the best results when printing from a Windows application Print to a file whenever possible The fastest way to print from Windows is to print to a file then print the file to a printer from the Solaris operating system You can specify the file name from either the Windows Control Panel Printers or the Windows application you are running Printing a PostScript file Use the Postscript printer setting in the SunPC LPT Port Properties dialog box LPT1 or LPT3 This setting removes the D characters that some applications running under Windows software output in their print files Choosing the printer setting Choose the Windows printer setting that most closely matches the printer you will be using If you re not sure of the type of printer you have choose the Apple LaserWriter II NT This is the proper setting for a Sun LaserWriter or SPARCprinter SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Background printing When printing from Windows software try configuring your application to not print in the background To do this turn off the Windows Print Manager From the Windows Main menu choose Control Panel Click on Printers and remove the X in front of the Use Print Manager option When printing is complete a message is displayed in your application On the SunPC Operations menu check the Send to LPT option for the LPT port you want to print to and see whether it is disabled If it i
124. ied pkgadd displays the following message Installation of SUNWsunpe was successful Select package s you wish to process or all to process all packages default all q 6 Enter q to exit the pkgadd program 7 Enter the exit command to end your superuser session You are returned to your normal user session 8 Continue the SunPC installation by following the steps in To run the sunpc_install program Running the sunpc_install Program After you run the pkgadd program or installed the patch you are ready to run the sunpc_install program This program installs the SunPC device driver into your operating system kernel 18 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 v To run the sunpc_install program 1 Exit the OpenWindows environment If you are running CDE use the Command Line Login option under the options menu and log in as root rather than as superuser Caution The sunpc_install program must be run outside the OpenWindows environment 2 Become superuser Enter the following command ae su 3 Enter your superuser password If you do not know this password contact your system administrator 4 Change to the opt SUNWsunpc bin directory Enter the following command do not type the prompt cd opt SUNWsunpc bin 5 Start the sunpc_install program Enter the following command sunpc_install The sunpc_install1 program sta
125. ies is required To run the SunPC software with X11R5 the OpenWindows 3 x libraries must be in the library path on your system If you have removed these libraries from your local system update your library path to point to the location of the OpenWindows libraries on another system in your network with the following command setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH path 1lib For path substitute the complete path to the OpenWindows libraries You will receive the following error message if you try to install or run the SunPC software with X11R5 and your system does not have access to the OpenWindows 3 x libraries ld so 1 spc sva_svr4_prod can t find file libxview so 3 SunPC Direct Graphics Access DGA is available only if the SunPC window is unobscured This means that if you move a window over the SunPC window the speed and performance of the application running in the SunPC window will be greatly reduced An asterisk appears in the lower right corner of the SunPC window to indicate DGA is not available The solution is to move the window so that it does not touch the SunPC window Occasionally windows that you move over the SunPC window will have display problems To correct this refresh the screen You can also correct this display problem by disabling SunPC DGA but this greatly reduces the performance of the application running in the SunPC window To disable SunPC DGA set the DFBOVERRIDE environment variable with t
126. indow or a Solaris SunOS window By default this setting sends the output to a SunPC window For example to see a listing of files on any extended drive you can type the Solaris 1s command If you are used to looking at file SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 listings in the SunOS system more than in DOS this is a helpful feature because you can see your files listed just as they would be listed in the SunOS system If you have a long listing of files you may want to send your output to a SunOS window so that you can scroll through the output However you cannot work in the SunPC window while you have the SunOS window open v To send SunPC output to SunPC or SunOS 1 Choose the Miscellaneous command from the SunPC Properties menu The Miscellaneous Properties dialog box is displayed 2 Select SunPC or SunOS as desired for the SunOS Output to option SunPC is the default setting 3 Choose Apply to accept your setting Chapter 6 Customizing SunPC Properties 1 102 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 CHAPTER 7 Connecting to PC Based Networks SunPC 4 2 includes a new NDIS driver this driver allows you to connect your SunPC host to an Ethernet network The new driver supports 32 bit filesystems and is designed for use with Windows 95 If you are using DOS or Windows 3 11 you must use the 16 bit ODI network driver Do not install the new NDIS driver it is not compatible with DOS or Windows 3 x Beca
127. ion Note The DOS standard F1 key does not provide help for SunPC windows 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 Preface xvii xviii v To Use Solaris Online Manual Pages Type the word man followed by the name of the command in which you are interested and then press Return For example to get help on the sunpc command type the following command and then press Return man sunpc 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 To add the SunPC man page directory to your MANPATH environment variable Note These instructions assume you are using the C shell for your command windows If you are using a different command shell the configuration files you should edit will differ Open a command window on the Solaris desktop Use the Command Tool or Shell Tool available from the Solaris Workspace Programs menu Check if the MANPATH variable is set in your cshrc or login file Use the text editor of your choice to view and modify these files For example to use the Solaris Text Editor to edit your cshrc file enter the following command textedit c
128. ion Never remove the drive mapping for drive F If you do SunPC will not run To view a listing of the currently active extended drives In Windows 95 click Start and then choose Programs from the pop up menu Choose Windows Explorer The currently active drives are displayed in the Exploring screen In DOS Enter the net use command at the DOS prompt in a SunPC window For example C gt net use Assigning and Using Extended Drives in Windows 95 This section explains how to assign and use extended drives with SunPC and Windows 95 using the Windows Explorer To map a drive letter to the root of your local machine 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 Note Any extended drive that is already mapped in the autoexec bat file such as the default drives E 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 SunPC 4 2 User s
129. ion of these files you want to use copy the appropriate files to your C DOS directory before referencing them in your CONFIG SYS file Loading the SunPC Expanded Memory Driver The SunPC expanded memory driver provides functionality similar to EMM38 6 EXE with several important exceptions Specifically the SunPC expanded memory driver Does not provide access to UMBs Is not compatible with HIMEM SYS Is not compatible with DOS 6 22 Does not require a SunPC Accelerator card In general you should use the SunPC expanded memory driver only if you want to run a DOS application that requires expanded memory outside of DOS Remember that Windows itself can provide expanded memory as needed for non Windows applications Note If a SunPC Accelerator card is installed on your system you should use the EMM386 EXE and HIMEM SYS programs included with DOS 6 22 and Windows 3 11 rather than the SunPC expanded memory driver To load the SunPC expanded memory driver Change to the sunpc directory on drive C Use the following command C gt ed sunpe Chapter6 Customizing SunPC Properties 97 98 2 Load the expanded memory driver with the emm command To allocate all extended memory to expanded memory enter the emm command without any options that is 0 lt emm To allocate a portion of extended memory to expanded memory en
130. is format to an OpenDOS format The process of installing a new version of an application that incorporates changes and enhancements to a previously installed version A computer and its component parts system unit monitor keyboard and disk drive A method of allowing data to be written to a disk A method of preventing new data from being written to a disk thereby preventing any existing data from being overwritten A color frame buffer or card in the system unit of a computer that controls the color display The VGA card shows both text and graphics at medium to high resolution in up to 256 colors at one time on the screen 190 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Index NUMERICS 386 Enhanced Mode 8 80486 8 A Accelerator card 8 77 173 175 accelerator keys COM ports 76 flush printer queue 71 mouse 51 Auto Pause 99 100 AUTOEXEC BAT file 110 112 autoexec bat file 119 editing default drive mappings 57 modifying for international keyboards 122 B Backing up your C drive 56 179 backoutpatch script 14 15 error messages 126 running 15 basic installation overview 12 baud rate 75 boot drive 53 boot options 177 6 C drive backing up 56 179 creating and configuring 28 making backup copies 56 179 recommended size 29 54 setting properties 29 54 troubleshooting 138 CD ROM drive 66 reading Windows formatted CDs 121 character set 158 code page changing 166 count
131. iver 97 EMM386 EXE driver 25 78 95 96 113 175 emulated drives allocating disk space 29 53 troubleshooting 138 emulated hard drive 53 to description 9 Hard Disk Editor 90 performance tip 173 properties 89 size of drive C 53 troubleshooting 137 write protecting 55 emulated Microsoft Mouse 50 78 175 Epson_FX80 filter 72 exiting or restarting Windows 95 80 expanded memory 78 95 to 98 175 Extended drives 58 file naming schemes 57 installing applications 79 extended drives 58 119 and the net use command 118 and Windows 95 applications 118 assigning and using 58 description 10 directory operations 120 displaying directories 120 mapping at startup 60 troubleshooting 139 using 57 viewing list of 58 extended memory 93 F file names Windows 95 vs MS DOS 120 flushing printer 71 fonts 141 G GT frame buffer 172 GX frame buffer 172 H Hard Disk Editor 90 hard drive recommended size 29 54 help xvii xviii getting help for Windows 95 xix spot help xvii with SunPC software xvii Hercules display type 87 173 HIMEM SYS driver 25 98 113 installation 11 to 40 basic installation to 22 errors 123 getting started 7 to Microsoft Windows 22 to overview 11 package contents 7 pc directory 22 pkgadd program 17 removing SunPC 40 starting SunPC for first time 21 system requirements 8 troubleshooting 123 updating PATH
132. keyb com 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 SunPC You may want to configure your SunPC system to automatically boot to the DOS prompt each time Refer to To start Windows 95 From the DOS prompt on page 178 for instructions on how to configure your system NDIS and ODI Drivers Not Usable Concurrently The new version of the NDIS driver included with SunPC supports 32 bit filesystems only therefore it can only be used with Windows 95 It is not compatible with the ODI driver which is a 16 bit driver If you are not upgrading to Windows 95 you do not need to upgrade to the new NDIS driver Problems Installing the SunPC 4 2 Package This section lists some possible problems with SunPC 4 2 installation Appendix A Troubleshooting 3 124 Problems Mounting the SunPC CD ROM One of the Following Error Messages is Displayed mount Stale NFS file handle mount permission denied mount cannot stat mount point cdrom Check the following Is the cable from your system attached to the CD ROM drive Is the CD ROM drive powered on Is the SunPC CD ROM in the CD ROM drive Are you logged in as root superuser If you still get an error message after verifying that the above conditions are true become superuser on your workstation enter the following commands and then t
133. l to select the default Windows VGA driver You can then install a SunPC driver at a later time Although it is not required the SunPC Windows display drivers provide much better performance than the standard Windows drivers running under SunPC You install SunPC display drivers just as you would any other OEM drivers The SunPC Windows display driver files are stored in the opt SUNWsunpc dos6 drivers win311 directory To install the SunPC Windows display drivers Start Windows from the DOS prompt in a SunPC window Choose Run from the Windows Program Manager File menu The Run dialog box is displayed Enter the following command in the Command Line field setup The Windows Setup program starts Choose Change System Settings from the Setup Options menu The Change System Settings dialog box is displayed The Display setting should be highlighted Select the display selection that reads SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 10 Other display Requires disk from OEM Press the End key on your keyboard to quickly jump to this selection If you prefer use the dialog controls to scroll down to the selection and then choose OK A Windows Setup dialog box is displayed with a message that begins Insert disk with display driver First Windows 3 11 will look for driver files located on the Windows diskettes and will ask you to insert a specific diskette such as Disk 2 However the a
134. ld only be used if you do not have a SunPC Accelerator card installed in your system and if you want to run DOS applications that require expanded memory Note that Windows can provide expanded memory as needed for non Windows applications therefore the SunPC expanded memory driver is unnecessary m Use EMM386 EXE to access upper memory blocks UMBs EMM38 6 EXE provides access to UMBs which frees more conventional DOS memory for your DOS applications running within and without Windows Use the emulated Microsoft Mouse driver included with SunPC software It is better to use the emulated Microsoft Mouse driver provided with SunPC software than to use the mouse driver that comes with many DOS applications The performance of the emulated Microsoft Mouse is faster Use one of the SunPC Windows display drivers By default the pre installed Windows package included with SunPC software is configured to use the SunPC 1024 x 768 display driver as described earlier in this section This driver is optimized for running Windows under SunPC software Similarly the 800 x 600 SunPC Windows driver provides superior performance over the standard Windows 640 x 480 VGA driver Only use the standard Windows 640 x 480 VGA driver if you have an application that demands it For example some on screen demos and tutorials require a 640 x 480 display Printing With Microsoft Windows Software The following tips can
135. le access to thousands of PC applications including custom internal applications that your company relies on daily Ability to display super VGA graphics in resolutions up to 1024 x 768 dpi Ability to share network resources between the PC and Solaris environments such as printers and modems Ability to copy and paste text between DOS or Windows and OpenWindows applications Access to PC based networks including Novell NetWare file and print servers Ability to run in either the OpenWindows or CDE environment Ability to use X11R5 X Window servers SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 What s New in SunPC 4 2 Software The SunPC 4 2 release adds several important new features including the following support features Support for Windows 95 SunPC 4 2 now includes support for Microsoft Windows 95 This new release includes support for the following features Support for long file names a New NDIS driver Chapter 3 Installing SunPC Software describes the procedure for installing and configuring Windows 95 for use with SunPC Support for Long File Names SunPC 4 2 supports Windows 95 style long file names on its emulated drives and any extended network drives that you create This allows you to install and use Windows 95 applications that use long file names and to give meaningful names to all your Windows documents For more information on extended and emulated drives refer to Chapter 4 Using SunPC Softwar
136. led a 102924 patch on your system and you have been running Windows 95 you need to run the unsetup utility to remove the old SunPC drivers before you can run the setup utility If you do not run unsetup you will not update the Windows 95 drivers and Windows 95 will not run correctly If you have just installed SunPC for the first time skip this step and proceed directly to Running the setup Utility on page 36 To run the unsetup utility In the SunPC window click Start 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 unsetup The Unsetup dialog box is displayed with the message Unsetup is ready to remove the drivers necessary to upgrade SunPC Click OK After the unsetup utility has finished removing the drivers it displays a second Unsetup dialog box with the message Unsetup is now done Please reboot SunPC and run Setup Click OK Click Start and then select Shut Down from the pop up menu Choose Restart the computer and then click Yes The SunPC window reboots To continue the installation proceed to Running the setup Utility Running the setup Utility The setup utility installs the SunPC drivers You execute this utility from within Windows 95 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 To run the setup utility In the SunPC window click Start and select Run from the
137. lication If you are using older applications that were designed to run on CGA cards you may find that they will not work Although CGA is a subset of VGA and is supported by the SunPC program there may be some incompatibilities because CGA is not fully supported by VGA hardware It can cause your applications to fail If you are running older applications you will have to update your applications before they can run under the SunPC program Problem Running an Application If you cannot run an application there may be a problem with the application itself If you are trying to use the application in a software only session check that the application works correctly on a 80286 PC For an accelerated session try running the application on a 80486 PC to verify that there is not a problem with the application Another problem could be that either the FILES or BUFFERS statement or both in your CONFIG SYS file is not set to a high enough value Try increasing one or both of these values For example try the following FILES 40 BUFFERS 40 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Not Enough Extended Memory to Run Lotus 1 2 3 Version 3 1 Software Lotus 1 2 3 Version 3 1 software requires extended memory to run The SunPC emm driver which provides expanded memory automatically uses all the extended memory for expanded memory If you have loaded the emm driver reboot the SunPC window to remove it Note If a Sun
138. ll NetWare client shell NETX EXE Novell NetWare client shell the basic DOS interface through which users and applications execute network commands NET CFG A protocol configuration file in ASCII text format used by DWODI COM and the network protocol stack s All protocols and frame types you want to use must be defined in this file libodi so 1 1 Library of UNIX based network routines that intercede between the Ethernet hardware and DWODI COM DWODI COM LSL COM IPXODI COM NETX EXE and NET CFG are located by default in opt SUNWsunpc dos6 novell The libodi so 1 1 file is located in opt SUNWsunpc novell 1lib Caution If you have upgraded from a previous version of SunPC software you must use IPXODI COM with the SunPC 4 2 DWODI COM network driver and not the older non ODI compliant IPX COM that was included with SunPC 4 01 FIGURE 7 1 illustrates how the ODI components included with SunPC work together FIGURE 7 1 also illustrates how other protocols such as TCP IP can be used with the SunPC ODI driver Chapter 7 Connecting to PC Based Networks 7 108 NETX EXE Stacks IPXODI COM TCP IP 3 Other Protocol Stacks Link Support not included with SunPC 4 2 Layer ODI Driver PNY ELUM 4 NET CFG SunOS SunPC 4 2 software includes ODI compliant stack software to run Novell NetV re clients Network Conn
139. lowing list describes the topics included in this chapter SunPC Installation Package Contents page 7 System Requirements page 8 SunPC Accelerator Card page 8 Upgrading Your Solaris Environment page 9 About SunPC Drives page 9 About Your SunPC 4 2 License page 10 SunPC Installation Package Contents Verify that your SunPC installation package includes the following items SunPC CD ROM This includes the SunPC 4 2 software and this manual in AnswerBook format Booklet for the SunPC CD This includes information on installing the coprocessor card and the SunPC software SunPC warranty card Associated product literature for OpenDOS If any of these items is missing contact your Sun service representative System Requirements To install and use SunPC software you need the following 8 SPARCstation computer Solaris 2 4 2 5 2 5 1 or 2 6 operating environment CD ROM drive either local attached to your system or remote attached to another system on your network Floppy disk drive Hard disk either local or remote with at least 12 Mbytes of available storage space At least 32 Mbytes of random access memory RAM more is preferred At least 12 Mbytes of available swap space This amount is in addition to the amount you specify for the Memory Size setting in the SunPC Miscellaneous Properties dialog box see Setting Memory Size on page 93 For example if you s
140. me This checklist also appears in Appendix D Installation Checklists so that you can easily print a copy and check each item as you complete it You will need to refer to different pages in this manual in order to perform these procedures The page numbers corresponding to the procedures appear in the Reference column in TABLE 3 1 TABLE 3 1 New SunPC Installation Checklist Complete Procedure Reference Insert the SunPC 4 2 CD and run the pkgadd program page 17 Run the sunpc_install program page 19 Update your PATH statement by editing either your login 0 file or your cshrc file Start up SunPC page 21 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Upgrade Installation Upgrade installation involves these general steps If you installed the 102924 patch for a previous version of SunPC SunPC 4 1 run the backoutpatch script If you did not install a 102924 patch skip this step page 14 Run the UPGRADE_USERS_RUN_ME_FIRST script page 16 Run the pkgrm program to remove your existing version of SunPC software page 16 m Install SunPC 4 2 software on your system following the basic installation instructions page 17 Start up SunPC page 21 The following checklist outlines the steps you need to follow if you are upgrading a previous version of SunPC This checklist also appears in Appendix D Installation Checklists so that you can easily
141. me Zone tab to change your time zone To set the time zone click on the area of the world map that corresponds to your location The time zone you selected is displayed in the list box above the map If Daylight Time is observed in your time zone select the Daylight Time checkbox If you will be using TCP IP from within SunPC refer to Setting TCP IP Properties on page 38 If you want to configure other networking protocols refer to Setting Properties for Other Protocols on page 39 Chapter 3 Installing SunPC Software 7 38 Configuring the Network Protocols If you will be connecting to a network from SunPC you will need to configure network protocols If you will not be using a network skip this section 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 Your SunPC computer name You specified this name in Step 3 of To run the Setup Wizard on page 34 It also appears on the Identification tab of the Network Control Panel The Network Control Panel is explained in the following procedure m The IP address for your SunPC host must be different from your workstation s IP address m The subnet mask for your site s network m The IP address for your gateway if used The host name domain name and IP address for each DNS Domain Name S
142. mmand Tool or Shell Tool Start SunPC software by entering the following command 9 sunpe You do not need to enter an ampersand amp with the command because SunPC software automatically runs in the background The SunPC program starts and a SunPC window is displayed If you have a SunPC Accelerator card installed the word Accelerator is displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the SunPC window Quitting a SunPC Window To quit exit a SunPC window From Windows 95 click on Start and then choose Shut down the computer Windows 95 closes and displays the following message It is now safe to turn off your computer Choose the Quit command from the SunPC window menu Note Always shut down Windows 95 from the Start menu before quitting the SunPC window Otherwise your files and applications could become corrupted From Windows 3 11 choose Exit from the File menu and then choose Quit from the SunPC window menu From the DOS prompt choose the Quit command from the SunPC window menu This menu is displayed when you click with the right most mouse button on the down arrow in the upper left corner of the SunPC window or SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Enter the quit command at the DOS command prompt in a SunPC window Closing a SunPC Window Closing a SunPC window reduces the window to an icon Note that closing a SunPC window is different from quitting the window the lat
143. mmand to end the superuser session You are returned to your normal user session Running the pkgadd Program The pkgadd program copies the SunPC program package from the SunPC 4 2 CD to your workstation s hard disk This step is required for all types of installations new and upgrade To run the pkgadd program Open a command window on the Solaris desktop You can use either the Command Tool or Shell Tool from the Solaris Workspace menu Become superuser on the system on which you want to copy the SunPC package Enter the following command do not type the prompt oe su Enter your superuser password If you do not know this password contact your system administrator Chapter 3 Installing SunPC Software 7 4 Start the pkgadd program Enter the following command on a single line no breaks usr sbin pkgadd d cdrom cdrom0 sunpc_4_2 Product SUNWsunpe The pkgadd program starts and displays the following message The following packages are available 1 SUNWsunpe SunPC Coprocessor sparc 4 2 Select package s you wish to process or all to process all packages default all q 5 Press Return to accept the default choice install the SunPC package and then type y to confirm The pkgadd program copies the SunPC files to the opt directory on your system The files are listed on your screen as they are copied When all the SunPC files have been cop
144. n arrows to specify the amount of RAM allotted to SunPC and then press Return Make sure that this value is at least 8 16 is preferred Click on Apply to return to the SunPC window To run the prep utility Caution You must run the prep utility before installing Windows 95 otherwise the Windows 95 drivers for SunPC will not be installed and Windows 95 will not run correctly From the DOS prompt type the following command and press Return C gt drivers win95 prep This process may take a few minutes to execute This batch file copies the necessary drivers and DOS files from the write protected area on drive F to your local C drive When you install Windows 95 the installation process replaces some DOS executables with their Windows 95 equivalents In addition this script copies the DOS network drivers and a template AUTOEXEC BAT file to the C drive After all the files have been copied locally the BOOTME utility automatically reboots SunPC This process may take a few minutes to complete When SunPC has finished rebooting continue the installation by proceeding to Installing Windows 95 Chapter 3 Installing SunPC Software 1 32 Installing Windows 95 Caution You must use the bsetup command to install Windows 95 on SunPC even if you have used Windows Setup to install Windows 95 on other systems before Otherwise the installation program will not set up the
145. n 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 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 1 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 country code 002 with a us keyboard code DOS displays an error message when you restart the system TABLE 8 1 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 SunPC 4 2 User s Guid
146. nPC ODI driver for Windows 3 11 or NDIS driver for Windows 95 to connect to PC based networks using IPX TCP IP and or NetBEUI protocols Appendix A Troubleshooting provides troubleshooting information to help remedy various categories of problems you may encounter when installing or using SunPC software Windows 3 11 or Windows 95 This chapter also describes known problems with this release Please refer to this chapter before calling Sun technical support for assistance Appendix B SunPC International Support explains how to configure SunPC software to work with a variety of different languages Refer to this appendix if you want to use SunPC software with a language other than English SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Appendix C SunPC Performance Tips provides some additional performance tips you can use to enhance the performance of SunPC software on your particular system Appendix D Installation Checklists contains three checklists that will help guide you through the SunPC installation process You should print out the checklists that pertain to your installation and use them as a guide while you are installing SunPC and Windows 95 This guide also includes a glossary of relevant terms and an index Document Conventions Mouse Conventions The Sun three button mouse can operate in either of two modes as an OpenWindows or CDE Common Desktop Evironment mouse or as an emulated
147. nPC software it does not always work If you have an older application that does not work confirm that it does work on a PC with a VGA display before reporting the problem to your SunPC service representative To change the display type Choose the Display command from the SunPC Properties menu The Display Properties dialog box is displayed Select VGA or Hercules as your display Type If you have a monochrome monitor the VGA option is unavailable Choose Apply to accept your changes You are asked if it is okay to reboot the SunPC window The SunPC window must be rebooted before your changes can take effect Be sure to save any unsaved work before you reboot Choose Okay to Reboot to reboot the SunPC window The SunPC window is rebooted with the new display type enabled Setting the Display Size You can change the size of the SunPC window from the standard default size to a medium or large size This option affects applications running in DOS text mode only the SunPC window is automatically resized to meet the height and width requirements of applications running in DOS video mode Similarly when running Microsoft Windows the SunPC window size is determined by the Windows display driver you are using Refer to Installing Windows Display Drivers on page 24 for more information The SunPC window cannot be made larger than the physical dimensions of your screen For example if you are running an applicati
148. nabled on your system and you attempt to access a diskette drive through a SunPC window In such instances an error message is displayed and the diskette access fails By default when SunPC 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 Note Although SunPC installation disables Volume Manager support for diskette drives it does not disable it for CD ROM drives SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 If Volume Manager support for diskette drives has been re enabled on your system and you encounter problems accessing diskette drives through SunPC try disabling Volume Manager and restarting the SunPC window If the problem persists try disabling Volume Manager and rebooting your system To disable the Solaris Volume Manager Become superuser Disable Volume Manager by entering the following command etc init d volmgt stop Exit superuser Restart all SunPC windows Cannot Eject a Diskette Diskette drive A is probably not attached to the SunPC window Refer to Ejecting Diskettes on page 64 for more information Cannot Eject a Diskette From a Solaris Command Window If the following message is displayed ject open failed on dev rdiskette Device busy then another Solaris command window may h
149. ns v 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 Accessing DOS Diskettes Through Solaris Even when you are not running the SunPC program you can access DOS diskettes on your workstation through a Solaris file system called PCFS You can use either high or low density diskettes When you use PCFS files on a DOS diskette appear to be Solaris files You can read create delete and edit these files as you would other Solaris files you can also create and delete directories The only restrictions are m You cannot access PCFS file systems remotely You must use DOS file naming conventions Be aware that the PCFS file system is useful but it can be slower than using SunPC software To use the PCFS file system to access DOS diskettes 1 Become superuser on your system 2 Create a directory to use as a mount point for files on your DOS diskette For example to make a directory called pcfiles enter the following command mkdir pcfiles This creates a mount point for the files on your DOS diskette You may substitute any name for pcfiles 3 Insert a formatted DOS diskette into your diskette drive 4 Mount the diskette by entering the following command mount F pcfs dev diskette pcfiles Chapter 4 Using SunPC Software 65 66
150. ns precisely to ensure a successful installation The page numbers supplied in the Reference column in TABLE 3 3 all refer to sections in this manual Chapter 3 Installing SunPC Software 7 TABLE 3 3 Windows 95 Installation Checklist Complete Procedure Reference Create a new C drive page 29 Set the memory size 16 MBytes is preferred if your page 31 workstation has more than 32 Mbytes of RAM installed 0 At the DOS prompt run the F drivers win95 prep page 31 utility Cl Insert the Windows 95 CD into your CD ROM drive and page 32 start SunPC Exit to the DOS prompt if necessary Type r cdrom cdrom0 setup c bsetup inf page 33 to install Windows 95 If you receive the Your BIOS is out of date page 34 message install Windows 3 1 on your hard drive and then install Windows 95 again If you do not see this message skip this step If you are upgrading from a previous version of SunPC page 35 and have installed a previous version of the 102924 patch and you have been running Windows 95 type f drivers win95 setup unsetup to run the unsetup utility This utility removes the old SunPC Windows 95 drivers If you have just installed SunPC for the first time skip this step Type drivers win95 setup setup to install the page 36 SunPC drivers If you are connecting SunPC to a network configure the page 38 network protocols Cr
151. nstalling Windows 95 Applications 9 Using UNIX Directories With Windows 95 79 Exiting or Restarting Windows 95 0 Customizing SunPC Properties 81 Properties Dialog Box 82 Restoring Original Settings 82 Change Bars 3 Creating Multiple Properties Files 83 LPT Port Properties 84 COM Port Properties 85 Setting Display Properties 86 Setting the Display Type 87 Setting the Display Size 88 Setting Drive Properties 89 Setting Miscellaneous Properties 91 Setting Sound Properties 92 Setting Memory Size 93 Setting Auto Pause 99 Setting Solaris Output 100 Connecting to PC Based Networks 3 Configuring the Network Protocols in Windows 95 3 Setting TCP IP Properties 104 Setting Properties for Other Protocols 105 Configuring Protocols for DOS and Windows 3 11 6 How the SunPC ODI Driver Works 7 The NET CFG File 8 Changing the Network Interface 109 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Using Novell NetWare Client Software 110 Modifying CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT 110 Connecting to 8 NetWare Server 113 NetWare Tips 4 Other Network Protocols 4 TCP IP and NetBEUI 115 NDIS 115 WINSOCK DLL 116 Troubleshooting 117 Known Problems With SunPC 4 2 117 NDIS and ODI Drivers Not Usable Concurrently 3 Problems Installing the SunPC 4 2 Package 3 DOS Applications 128 Problems Installing Windows 95 or Windows 95 Applications 3 Installing Windows 95 From the Upgrade CD 3 Installing Windows 95 From the Full Release CD 133
152. nt When printing from the Windows environment try configuring your application to not print in the background To do this turn off the Windows Print Manager In the Windows Main group choose Control Panel Click on Printers and remove the X in front of the Use Print Manager option When printing is complete a message is displayed in your application On the SunPC Operations menu check the Send to LPT option for the LPT port you want to print to and see whether it is disabled If it is disabled your document has printed If you must use background printing in an application such as Lotus Ami Pro make sure the Send setting in the LPT Port Properties dialog box is set to a time that will allow your application to print 60 seconds works for many applications Otherwise your output will print incorrectly You will need to test this setting to find the time that is best for your particular print situation Application Not Printing If you are trying to print from an application and nothing is showing up at the printer make sure the Send setting in the LPT Port Properties dialog box is set to On Otherwise try flushing the data to the printer using the Send to LPT option found on the Operations and SunPC menus When output is sent to the printer the setting on the Send to LPT menu should gray out If this does not work try printing to a file by choosing the File setting for the appropriate port in the LPT Port Properties dialog box
153. o is use the Accelerator Refer to SunPC Accelerator Card on page 8 for more information about the SunPC Accelerator card Causes the SunPC window to display a blinking command line cursor Note that this switch disables DOS mode text selection and highlighting text selection in Microsoft Windows is not affected Runs the specified command when SunPC starts Boots the SunPC window from the disk in diskette drive A Starts the SunPC window with guaranteed 80 bit precision for floating point operations See More About the fp Floating Point Option on page 45 for more information about this option SunPC command line help displays a list of all SunPC command line options Starts SunPC with the configuration information in the Properties file specified with filename Refer to Properties Dialog Box on page 82 for more information about SunPC Properties More About the fp Floating Point Option If you are running an application under SunPC software that uses floating point operations you should consider the following SunPC software running with an Accelerator DX card has the built in 80 bit precision floating point capabilities of the 80486 processor You get identical results when compared to a 80287 coprocessor Chapter 4 Using SunPC Software 5 If 80 bit precision is needed the SunPC software gives you the option of disabling the standard 80287 emulation by starting the SunPC program with the sunpc fp c
154. o the Network Control Panel If you are using a gateway click on the Gateway tab at the top of the TCP IP Properties dialog box and enter the IP address of the gateway If you are not using a gateway skip this step If you are using DNS services select the DNS Configuration tab at the top of the dialog box Choose Enable DNS Enter the SunPC host name which must be the same as the Computer Name on the Identification tab of the Network Control Panel You specified this name in Step 3 of To run the Setup Wizard on page 34 Enter the domain name of the DNS server and then enter the server s IP address Choose Add If you have more than one DNS server repeat Steps 10 and 11 for all of the servers If you want to specify a search list for domain name suffixes such as com org edu and so on enter the list in the Domain Suffix Search Order field If you are not using DNS service skip this step When you have finished configuring TCP IP click OK to return to the Network Control Panel A progress bar is displayed while Windows 95 installs the TCP IP drivers When the process is complete the progress bar exits and returns you to the SunPC desktop When the dialog box is displayed asking you to restart the computer click Yes Setting Properties for Other Protocols You can also use the Network Control Panel to configure other protocols for use with SunPC Each of the various protocols requires specific informa
155. ollowing the table explain how to use the settings TABLE 6 4 Display Properties Settings Setting Purpose Type Choose either a VGA or Hercules compatible display adapter The default is VGA for color monitors or Hercules for monochrome monitors This option is grayed out if you have a monochrome monitor Size Specify the size of the SunPC window Choose Standard Medium or Large Standard is the default Setting the Display Type Note Setting the Display Size to Large may cause problems in Windows 95 Use the Standard or Medium setting instead The VGA display type is set by default if you have a color monitor If you have a black and white monochrome monitor the default display setting is Hercules and the Type setting in the Display Properties dialog box is grayed out If you have a grayscale monitor you can choose from either VGA display or Hercules If you have a color monitor but you want to run a DOS application in Hercules mode you can change your display type from VGA to Hercules If you are running a DOS application that requires a CGA or EGA display use the VGA monitor setting because CGA and EGA are subsets of the VGA display specification Chapter6 Customizing SunPC Properties 87 88 Note Some older DOS applications that require a CGA display may not work under SunPC software because they were designed before VGA was developed Although CGA is a subset of VGA and is supported under Su
156. ommand When you start SunPC software with sunpc the application detects that the platform does not have the floating point operation capabilities and uses its own 80 bit precision floating point libraries Note that this option does not work for all applications but it is an option if you are experiencing different results when using the standard SunPC 80287 emulation 46 The SunPC Window The first thing you see when you start SunPC software is the SunPC window This window provides the emulated DOS command prompt from which you run your DOS programs If you have installed Windows 3 1 or Windows 95 you will see the DOS prompt displayed for a few seconds before your Windows program starts in the SunPC window Near the upper left corner of the SunPC window are three menu buttons labeled Edit Operations and Properties Each of these buttons provides a command menu that lets you perform various functions or control various aspects of the SunPC window The SunPC menus are explained in the following section SunPC Menus Near the upper right corner of the SunPC window are four drive icons labeled A B C D These drive icons refer to the diskette drives and emulated hard drives that are currently active on your system Refer to Emulated Hard Drives on page 53 for more information about emulated hard drives See Diskette Drives on page 63 for information about using diskette drives with SunPC software Along the bot
157. on directories that are mounted or automounted on your system However you can mount a remote directory on your system and then access it by using the net use command To access a directory with the net use command 1 Mount the directory you want to access if necessary If the directory is already mounted skip this step 2 Become superuser on the system on which you are running SunPC 3 Make a directory for the mount point For example mkdir temp1 4 Mount the remote directory In the following example acme is the remote system name and usr test is the remote directory you are mounting on temp1 mount acme usr test temp1 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 5 In a SunPC window enter the net use command In this example j is used as the extended drive letter net use j templ1 This command requires two operands so if you want to map a drive to a UNIX subdirectory component that has only one element you will need to use period For example home Diskette Drives If the workstation you are using has an internal diskette drive it is referred to as drive A Drive A is set up by default and attaches to the first SunPC window you open This means that the device name for diskette drive A is set for you on your Drive Properties dialog box and the button labeled A is pushed in or darkened when drive A is attached to a window Note drive
158. on in super VGA mode your SunPC window will already occupy almost the entire screen In this case choosing to enlarge the SunPC window has no effect To resize a SunPC window Choose the Display command from the SunPC Properties menu The Display Properties dialog box is displayed SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 2 Select Standard Medium or Large for the display Size 3 Choose Apply to accept your changes The SunPC window does not need to be rebooted for this change Setting Drive Properties The Drive Properties dialog box lets you choose emulated hard disk drives to associate with drives C and D and specify physical device names to use for diskette drives A and B FIGURE 6 4 shows the Drive Properties Dialog Box Sue i Orive Proapeetios Diskette Ai dendis ketia Dis kane B Hard Gish G 3 Nerd Diak D Fet FIGURE 6 4 Drive Properties Dialog Box Chapter 6 Customizing SunPC Properties 9 90 TABLE 6 5 describes the settings for the dialog box Complete instructions for choosing emulated drives is provided in Emulated Hard Drives on page 53 Instructions for working with diskette drives is provided in Diskette Drives on page 63 TABLE6 5 Drive Properties Settings Setting Purpose Diskette A B The physical diskette drive as defined in your Solaris environment to which you want to assign PC diskette drive A or B Hard Disk C D Specify the emulated har
159. on the OpenWindows page 3 CDE clipboard and pastes the contents of the clipboard to the current cursor location Chapter 4 Using SunPC Software 7 48 Operations Menu FIGURE 4 2 shows the SunPC Operations menu The commands in this menu allow you to perform certain PC operations such as printing to the LPT port or ejecting a diskette in the SunPC window Sunil Operations Meny Att A Hakiti Atish CONi Mabati Altech COM Mabati Sand to LAT Mabati 3 FIGURE 4 2 SunPC Operations Menu TABLE 4 3 lists the commands in the SunPC Operations menu TABLE 4 3 SunPC Operations Menu Commands Command Purpose Page Attach Detach Attaches enables or detaches the emulated Microsoft page 50 Mouse Mouse Attach Detach Attaches or detaches serial communications ports COM1 page 75 COM1 COM2 or COM2 Send to LPT Manually sends data in the printer queue to the selected page 71 printer port either LPT1 LPT2 or LPT3 Eject A Ejects a diskette from diskette drive A page 64 Pause Run Pauses suspends the current SunPC window does not page 99 affect other SunPC windows that may be open The menu selection changes to Run while the SunPC window is paused Reboot Restarts the current SunPC window same as pressing page 51 Ctrl Alt Del on a PC SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Properties Menu FIGURE 4 3 shows the SunPC Properties menu You use the commands in this menu to se
160. on the Settings tab and then click Change Display Type The Change Display Type window is displayed Make sure that the Adapter Type is set to SunPC 1024x768 Driver If not click on Change and select the correct driver from the list Make sure that the Monitor Type is set to SuperVGA 1024x768 If not click on Change and select the correct monitor type from the list When you have finished click on Cancel to return to the Display Properties window Click Apply and then OK to return to the desktop Emulated Hard Drives 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 SunPC program To change permissions on drive C type the following in a command window chmod 644 pc C sunpc3 This makes the drive inaccessible to other users Lock Daemon Problem If you try to start a SunPC window and it hangs the problem may be that you cannot boot from drive C due to a lock daemon problem Also the same problem may cause drive C to be read only Appendix A Troubleshooting 7 138 To unlock your drive C enter the following sequence of commands in a Solaris command window substituting the name of your C drive for C sunpc3 ae cd 6 ae cp C sunpc3 C temp ae rm C sunpc3 mv C temp C sunpc3
161. ools UPGRADE_USERS_RUN_ME_FIRST The script copies some DOS files to var tmp Later when you run the pkgadd program to install the SunPC program files the contents of var tmp are copied back to opt SUNWsunpc When the script has finished it displays the following message All instances of existing SunPC package s need to be removed As root run usr sbin pkgrm SUNWsunpc Please make sure that you specify SUNWsunpc You are now ready to run the pkgrm program as described in the following section Running the pkgrm Program Note You only need to perform this procedure if you are upgrading from a previous version of SunPC 4 0 or 4 1 If you are not upgrading then skip this procedure SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 The next step in preparing your system for a SunPC upgrade is to run the pkgrm program This program removes the SunPC program files from your system To run the pkgrm program Make certain you are still in a superuser session You must run pkgrm with superuser privileges Type the following command pkgrm SUNWsunpc You are prompted to confirm the removal process Type y to continue with the removal and then type y again to confirm The SunPC package is removed from your system You are notified when the removal is complete The system responds with the message Removal of lt SUNWsunpc gt was successful Type the exit co
162. orrectly Save and quit the CONFIG SYS file Open the Drive Properties dialog box Remove the hard disk D entry C suncp3 copy Quit the current SunPC session Enter mv C sunpc3 copy C sunpc3 This moves the copy of drive C back to the original drive C Enter sunpc This starts the SunPC program with a drive C that has the settings you want in the CONFIG SYS file Extended Drives Windows 95 This section explains some problems you may encounter while using extended drives with Windows 95 Windows Explorer Returns a Device Not Connected Error This error appears when you are mapping an extended drive to a UNIX directory and you enter an asterisk into the mapping path Use a period in place of the asterisk Refer to To map a drive letter to a directory on page 59 for more information This error may also occur if you attempted to map a drive letter to a drive that has already been mapped in your AUTOEXEC BAT file Appendix A Troubleshooting 9 Cannot Find UNIX Directories on the Hard Disk If you are mapping an extended drive to a directory on your UNIX workstation make sure that the directory name contains all lowercase letters Windows 95 will not read directory names that contain uppercase letters Cannot Mount Extended Drives With Windows Explorer There are two main reasons why you cannot mount extended drives m You did not log in to the network when Windows 95 started up
163. osing this button causes the SunPC window to reboot with the new drive enabled Alternatively you can choose emulated hard drives directly from the Drive Properties dialog box Setting Miscellaneous Properties The Miscellaneous Properties dialog box lets you control the volume on your workstation s speaker specify the maximum amount of memory available to DOS applications running in a SunPC window set the option to suspend and restart a SunPC window and enable or disable the option to enter SunOS commands in a SunPC window and have the output go to a SunOS window Suh Miscelaseoss Properties ort Memory Sige Auta Pause 0 pif Bue Quip SUNS Apply FIGURE 6 6 Miscellaneous Properties Dialog Box Chapter 6 Customizing SunPC Properties 1 92 TABLE 6 7 describes each of the settings in this dialog box TABLE6 7 Miscellaneous Properties Settings Setting Purpose Sound Adjust the volume on your workstation s speaker Memory Size Specify the maximum amount of memory available to applications running in a SunPC window Note that the setting you specify here could affect the minimum amount of swap space you need on your system Refer to System Requirements on page 8 for more information Auto Pause Suspend the SunPC window and any applications running within it when the window is inactive This can prevent applications from using CPU resources unnecessarily Solaris O
164. ou are running Windows 95 Configuring Boot Options This section contains two tips for configuring your boot options Choosing your boot options from the Microsoft Windows 95 Startup menu a Automatically booting to the MS DOS prompt The Microsoft Windows 95 Startup menu contains options that you can choose when you start SunPC You can choose to boot directly into MS DOS or start Windows in Safe Mode Choices you make in the Startup menu affect only the current session of SunPC The next time you reboot the startup mode returns to the default start Windows 95 automatically To Access the Startup Menu Start SunPC 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 Yn oO BF W NY HF Safe mode command prompt only 8 Previous version of MS DOS Enter a choice Appendix 0 SunPC Performance Tips 177 2 Enter the number that corresponds to the option you want to use SunPC will start in the mode you selected TABLE 7 2 explains the options available in the Startup menu TABLE 7 2 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 erro
165. our AUTOEXEC BAT file to allow your network drives to work with SunPC To Edit the AUTOEXEC BAT File Open your C AUTOEXEC BAT file in a DOS based text editor such as edit Look for the three NET USE statements in the file that are preceded by REM remark Delete the word REM and the space from the beginning of each of the three NET USE statements Save the file and exit your text editor At the DOS prompt type the following command C gt autoexec This executes the new AUTOEXEC BAT file and maps your network drives To Install Windows 3 11 Software Insert the Windows 3 11 setup diskette Disk 1 into the floppy drive Type the following command at the DOS prompt 0 gt in the SunPC window 0 lt a setup The Windows Setup program starts Follow the instructions on the screen Chapter 3 Installing SunPC Software 3 24 Note Install the Windows 3 11 software on drive G Installing Windows Display Drivers When installing your own version of Windows under SunPC you must also install either a SunPC Windows display driver or select the default VGA driver included with Windows Caution Because of the way the Windows setup program detects the SunPC environment the Windows Express Install option will attempt to install a Video 7 display driver which does not work with SunPC software You must use Custom Instal
166. our 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 SunPC cphd copy hard disk command to make a copy of the file To back up your C drive 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 Return after each ed pe ls You should see a listing of files including the name you assigned to your C drive during installation for example C win95 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 5 opt SUNWsunpc bin cphd C win95 C win95 copy Installing Japanese Windows 95 If you are installing the Japanese version of Windows 95 you will need to have both the Japanese Windows 95 CD full or upgrade version and your Japanese Windows 3 1 CD When the Windows 95 installation program asks you for the location of your existing Windows 3 1 installation eject the Windows 95 CD from your CD ROM drive replace it with the Windows 3 1 CD and then specify the CD ROM drive as Appendix 0 SunPC Performance Tips 9 the location of Windows 3 1 When the installation program asks for the location of your Windows 95 CD again ejec
167. owing four commands at the end of the AUTOEXEC BAT file novell lsl com novell dwodi com novell ipxodi com novell netx exe Be sure to enter the commands in the order indicated Also be sure append the commands to the end of the AUTOEXEC BAT file 3 Save the file and exit the text editor SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 4 Reboot the SunPC window You must reboot the SunPC window before the changes to CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT can take effect Note If you want you can save conventional RAM by using the DOS LOADHIGH command with all but the DWODI COM and NETX EXE programs To use the LOADHIGH command HIMEM SYS and EMM386 EXE must be running and the DOS UMB statement must be included in your CONFIG SYS file Refer to Loading the EMM386 EXE Expanded Memory Driver on page 95 and Using Upper Memory Blocks UMBs on page 98 for more information Use the DOS HELP LOADHIGH command to display information about the correct syntax for the LOADHIGH command Connecting to a NetWare Server After completing the steps described in the previous section Modifying CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT you are ready to connect to a NetWare server v To connect to a NetWare server 1 Change to the first available NetWare drive Enter the drive letter that comes after the one you specified in the lastdrive sta
168. ox 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 se 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 4 Contents Preface xiii What Is SunPC 1 SunPC Features 1 From the PC User s Perspective 2 From the Workstation User s Perspective 2 What s New in SunPC 4 2 Software 3 Support for Windows 95 3 Support for Long File Names 3 New NDIS Driver 3 What s Changed in SunPC 4 2 4 System Requirements 4 Software Only SunPC Sessions 4 How to Proceed 5 Getting Started 7 SunPC Installation Package Contents 7 System Requirements 8 SunPC Accelerator Card 8 Upgrading Your Solaris Environment 9 Contents iii iv About SunPC Drives 9 About Your SunPC 4 2 License 10 Installing SunPC Software 11 Installation Overview 11 Basic Installation 12 Upgrade Installation 13 Optional Installation Procedures 14 Installing SunPC 4 2 Software 14 Removing Old SunPC Patches 14 Running the UPGRADE_USERS_
169. p Your C Drive page 179 Installing Japanese Windows 95 page 179 Using TCP IP With Windows 95 page 180 System Configuration The following sections provide some suggestions on how to configure your system to improve the performance of the SunPC program 171 Frame Buffer Using the GT GX GXplus SX or ZX frame buffer card will improve graphics performance Memory The more system memory you have the better the performance of the SunPC program A minimum of 32 Mbytes is suggested for running SunPC 4 2 software you will need more than 32 Mbytes in order to run Windows 95 Windows software runs best with at least 48 Mbytes Swap Space Try to use your system s local swap space only Make sure you have set up enough swap space Swapping over the network has a major negative performance impact Your swap space should be about two times the amount of system memory in your workstation For example if you have 32 Mbytes of system memory you should have approximately 64 Mbytes of swap space configured Each SunPC window with the memory set to 2 Mbytes by default requires approximately 12 Mbytes of swap space For more information about swap space see the section Swap Space on page 152 172 SunPC Configuration The following sections describe some aspects of SunPC configuration that you can change to improve performance of the SunPC software Memory For DOS applications that can use extended memor
170. patible PC with its 133 MHz AMD 5x86 processor The Accelerator card is required if you want to run Windows 95 High resolution VGA display for your Microsoft Windows applications SunPC software includes two Windows super VGA display drivers which provide Windows display resolutions of 800 x 600 dots per inch dpi and 1024 x 768 dpi Convenient access to NFS and DOS file systems SunPC software lets you mount NFS based directories as if they were extended drives on a PC 2 Your familiar DOS peripherals SunPC software provides Microsoft Mouse and IBM PC keyboard emulation plus access to external peripherals such as printers and modems The software package includes the OpenDOS 7 01 operating system You must purchase Windows 3 11 or Windows 95 separately From the PC User s Perspective From the perspective of a PC user SunPC software provides many advantages such as Emulated hard drives which function like local PC hard drives Extended drives similar to networked drives on a PC Microsoft Mouse emulated through software IBM PC and PC keyboard emulation Access to PC peripherals such as printers and modems Ability to run multiple DOS sessions Access to up to 16 Mbytes of memory Access to PC based networks including Novell NetWare file and print servers From the Workstation User s Perspective From the perspective of a SPARC Solaris workstation user SunPC software provides advantages such as Reliab
171. pc sunperc hercules Use the SunPC Properties dialog boxes to modify your SunPC settings as desired The changes you make are saved in the current Properties file in this case pc sunperc hercules The name of the current Properties file if it is other than the default is displayed in the SunPC window title bar Chapter 6 Customizing SunPC Properties 3 v To use SunPC with a different Properties file Start SunPC with the p command line switch using the following format sunpe p directory_name properties_file The p switch tells SunPC that you want to use a Properties file other than the default properties_file is the name of the Properties file you want to use directory_name is the name of the directory in which the Properties file you want to use is stored For example to use a Properties file named home myfiles myprops enter the following command 5 sunpe p home myfiles myprops 84 LPT Port Properties The LPT Port Properties dialog box lets you assign printers print file names and timeout values for printer ports LPT1 LPT2 and LPT3 These LPT ports are analogous to parallel printer ports on a PC 8 UPT Pi Properties FIGURE 6 1 LPT Port Properties Dialog Box SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Each of the settings in the LPT Port Properties dialog box is described in TABLE 6 2 Refer to Printing From SunPC Software on page 70 for more detailed
172. pop up menu A dialog box is displayed Type the following path into the dialog box and click OK drivers win95 setup 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 SunPC Drivers Setup Program screen is displayed Click Next to continue The SunPC Drivers Setup screen appears and the installation proceeds automatically When the installation has finished a dialog box is displayed with the message The installation of the SunPC 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 displayed select Restart the Computer and click Yes When Windows 95 reboots you may see an Updating Files message on your screen When the updating process is complete the message disappears When the Microsoft Networking dialog box is displayed type in your user name and password and click OK If a dialog box appears asking if you want to receive DHCP messages click No If you do not see the dialog box skip this step Click Start and select Settings then Control Panels from the pop up menus The Control Panels window is displayed Double click on the Date Time icon to set the correct date and time If necessary click on the Ti
173. pports OpenDOS and DOS applications Glossary 189 sunpcriile SunP indow superuser gy m systemdministrator systemame teftle unix2dos upgrade workstation writenabling write protection video graphics adapter VA The SunPC properties file that contains information defining drive C printers and other standard PC devices such as disk drives You modify this file through the Properties dialog box The environment for starting DOS applications and issuing DOS commands A user with full privileges to access files on the local system You must be a superuser to install the SunPC software A computer that allows you to run programs or applications In this book system means a SPARCstation computer using the Solaris environment The person designated to oversee the operation of computers in a workplace The administrator usually assigns system names and passwords installs and maintains drives and printers and installs new applications A unique name that has been assigned to each system to identify it to the Solaris operating environment and to the network A Solaris application used to create or change text files The DOS Text Editor is referred to as Edlin The SunPC program uses the editdos command to open the Text Editor Data that you can read because it contains ordinary letters numbers and punctuation marks A Solaris operating system command that converts a text file from a Solar
174. properties 85 creating a C drive 28 description 1 disk space requirements 4 Display properties 86 drive terminology 9 drivers 36 drives 53 to emulated drives 29 53 exiting Windows 95 80 expanded memory driver 78 97 175 features 1 to frequently asked questions database 117 getting help xvii hard disk size 29 3 hardware supported 4 installation 11 to 40 installation troubleshooting 123 installing Solaris drivers 18 installing the Solaris drivers 20 keyboard accelerators xvi known problems 117 license agreement 10 LPT Port properties 84 multiple sessions 4 operating system supported 4 package contents 7 PATH statement 20 pc directory 22 performance tips 171 properties 81 to 101 reading Windows formatted CDs 121 removing 40 removing old patches 14 reseller 10 restarting 100 running sunpc_install 18 sales representative 10 serial communication 74 to 76 software only sessions 4 starting for first time 21 support for long file names 3 suspending 100 system RAM requirements 4 system requirements 4 8 using 41 to 76 using printers 67 to 73 what s new 3 Windows 95 support 3 SunPC drivers 36 SunPC window Properties menu 29 54 sunpc_install program 18 sunperc file 83 support xx suspending SunPC 99 100 swap space 8 performance tip 172 troubleshooting 152 system requirements 8 operating system 9 SYSTEM INI file 26 T TC
175. r 1997 Note Refer to your DOS manual for information on the PRINT types of printers it supports for code page switching ER SYS file and the 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 To the end of your CONFIG SYS file add the following on separ ate 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 allocating 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 lpt1 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 or H drive place the international command lines before these lines Appendix SunPC International Support 165 These AUTOEXEC BAT commands do the following They load prepar
176. r 1997 CHAPTER 5 SunPC Daily Use This chapter contains information that can help you with your day to day operation of SunPC with Windows 3 1 and Windows 95 The following list describes the topics discussed in this chapter Windows 3 11 Daily Use page 77 Windows 95 Daily Use page 79 Windows 3 11 Daily Use This section provides tips for working with Microsoft Windows 3 11 software under SunPC software Windows Performance Tips In addition to the recommended changes to the Windows SYSTEM INT file there are several other ways to enhance Windows 3 11 performance under SunPC Increase the SunPC Memory setting At least 8 Mbytes of SunPC memory is recommended for running Windows 3 11 Note that you may need to increase the physical memory and swap space on your workstation to keep pace with the SunPC Memory setting you choose See System Requirements on page 8 Setting Memory Size on page 93 and Swap Space on page 152 for more information Use a SunPC Accelerator card Most new Windows applications require a system with at least an 80386 processor The SunPC Accelerator card provides an 80486 compatible processor without the SunPC Accelerator card SunPC software emulates an 80286 based PC 77 78 Do not use the SunPC expanded memory driver The expanded memory driver included with SunPC software see Loading the SunPC Expanded Memory Driver on page 97 shou
177. r PATH statement by editing either your login page 20 file or your cshrc file step Insert the SunPC 4 2 CD Run the page 16 UPGRADE_USERS_RUN_ME_FIRST script Run the pkgrm program to remove the old version of SunPC page 17 Run the pkgadd program page 17 Run the sunpc_install program page 19 Oo Oo Start SunPC page 21 Once you have completed the steps in this checklist you can run DOS or Windows 3 1 within the SunPC window or you can go on to install Windows 95 To install Windows 95 refer to Checklist to Install Windows 95 on page 184 Appendix Installation Checklists 3 184 Checklist to Install Windows 95 The following checklist outlines the steps to follow to install Windows 95 The page numbers supplied in the Reference column in TABLE D 3 all refer to sections in this manual TABLE D 3 Windows 95 Installation Checklist Complete Procedure Reference Create a new C drive page 29 Set the memory size 16 MBytes is preferred if your page 31 workstation has more than 32 Mbytes of RAM installed At the DOS prompt run the F drivers win95 prep page 31 utility Cl Insert the Windows 95 CD into your CD ROM drive and page 32 start SunPC Exit to the DOS prompt if necessary Type r cdrom cdrom0 setup c bsetup inf to page 33 install Windows 95 If you receive the Your BIOS is out of date page 34 message in
178. r changes and exit the text editor 5 Reboot the SunPC window Use the reboot command or choose Reboot from the SunPC Operations menu You can also reboot the SunPC window by pressing Meta R You can verify that 156K of upper memory is available by using the DOS mem c command The mem command tells you how much memory is being used and how much is available Setting Auto Pause The SunPC Auto Pause option causes SunPC to stop using your system s CPU when there is no activity in the SunPC window This setting is important because it allows your system to use the CPU more efficiently Some DOS applications poll that is wait for input even when they are not actually doing anything else this polling can consume an enormous amount of CPU time The SunPC Auto Pause option is a good way to avoid this situation By default Auto Pause is enabled If a SunPC window is inactive it is automatically suspended This is indicated by a message on the SunPC status bar that reads Paused There may be times when the Auto Pause setting does not work as you expect Turn Auto Pause off if you are running an application and you notice the word Paused on the status bar Some applications can cause Auto Pause to act as if there were no activity and to stop allocating system resources even though there is an application running in a window Also some other applications do not pause automatically when they are inactive If this happens use the Paus
179. r 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 Refer to Step 10 in To configure TCP IP on page 38 for instructions on how to set up DNS 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 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 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Error Message Received When Connecting to NetWare Network When connecting to a Novell NetWare network you may receive one of the error messages described below Could not initialize network interface Possible causes are a Network interface on the NetWare server does not match the interface used by your SunPC window Refer to Changing the Network Interface on page 109 a A SunPC
180. rams such as LapLink which can transfer data at speeds higher than 19 200 baud will generally not work The following steps show how to attach a serial communication port using the Operations menu The procedure is basically the same using the SunPC menu v To attach a COM port to a SunPC window 1 Choose the Attach Com1 or Attach Com2 command from SunPC Operations menu You are asked if it is okay to reboot your SunPC session The COM port will not be activated until you reboot the SunPC window to which you want it attached 2 Choose Okay to Reboot to reboot the SunPC window and attach the COM port The SunPC window is rebooted and the COM port is attached Notice that when a communication port is attached its name is displayed in the right side of the status area at the bottom of the window When detached the name disappears Also when a communication port is attached the option on the Operations and SunPC menus changes to Detach COM1 or Detach COM2 Note If you are running multiple SunPC sessions only one session at one time will have control over COM1 and COM2 Chapter 4 Using SunPC Software 75 v To use keyboard accelerators to attach or detach a COM port Simultaneously press the Meta key located on either side of the spacebar and the key for the desired COM port a To attach or detach the COM1 port press Meta S b To attach or detach the COM2 port press Meta T 76 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide Novembe
181. rates under DOS The keyboard provides access to more characters than are available on the local language DOS keyboard 157 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 Windows 95 Support for International Keyboards Windows 95 uses a different keyboard driver than does DOS To support interntational keyboards under Windows 95 you will need to load the DOS keyboard driver International Keyboard Support on page 122 explains how to perform this procedure 158 DOS Character Set Whenever 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
182. reate_disk an error occurred while building the disk file directory subdirectory pc C sunpc3 You may not have the proper permissions to create the new disk file or you may not have enough disk space If you have installed SunPC in a directory other than opt SUNWsunpc this message may appear even when you have sufficient disk space and the permissions are set correctly Create a symbolic link in your system s opt directory to the location in which you have installed SunPC For example ae cd opt ae ln s directory subdirectory SUNWsunpc SUNWsunpc where directory subdirectory SUNWsunpc is the location where the SunPC package resides 150 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 There is not enough swap space on your system to run the SunPC software SunPC 4 1 requires at least 12 Mbytes of available swap space Refer to Swap Space on page 152 for more information Correct Solaris Installation Required If you do not have the correct Solaris installation on your system you will encounter problems when attempting to start SunPC software SunPC software requires at least the End User System Developer System or Entire Distribution installations of Solaris SunPC 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 SunPC Window Freezes If the SunPC window freezes when you first start S
183. returns incorrect floating point calculations it may mean that it requires 80 bit precision floating point Try quitting the SunPC window and starting SunPC software again with the command 9 sunpe fp Starting the SunPC software this way guarantees 80 bit precision floating point The performance of the SunPC software is better when you start it without the fp option SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Note Some DOS applications for example AutoCAD require 8087 floating point Since the sunpc fp command disables 8087 floating point do not use this command to start the SunPC program when you plan to run one of these applications Check the documentation for your DOS application to determine whether 8087 floating point is required Cannot Open DOS Shell When opening a DOS shell for example by using the MS DOS Prompt program item you may receive an error message indicating that there is not enough memory to run or display the application This problem can be caused if your SunPC Memory setting is too low By default the SunPC Memory setting is set to 2 Mbytes which is not enough to open a DOS shell when running Windows in 386 Enhanced Mode Try increasing the SunPC Memory setting to 8 Mbytes SunPC Memory Size is set in the SunPC Miscellaneous Properties dialog box Refer to Setting Memory Size on page 93 for more information Cannot Run Windows 3 11 Software in Standard or Enhanced Mo
184. rs 3 Safe Mode starts your computer with default settings VGA monitor no network Microsoft 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 MS 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 SunPC 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 v To start Windows 95 From the DOS prompt Type the following command and press Return C gt windows win 178 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 7 Backing Up Your C Drive Once you have successfully installed Windows 95 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 reinstall the software Note We strongly recommend that once you have installed and configured SunPC and y
185. rts the installation process A message is displayed when the installation is complete 6 When you have finished running the sunpc_install program reboot your system Type the following command shutdown i0 y The system displays a series of messages and then returns you to the ok prompt 7 Type boot r to restart your workstation Chapter 3 Installing SunPC Software 9 20 Note If the sunpc_install program returns an error such as mykernel not found refer to Cannot Run the sunpc_install Program on page 125 This section contains instructions for installing SunPC on a kernel that may have been renamed Updating Your PATH Statement Updating your PATH statement enables you to start the SunPC software without specifying the program directory If you use a C shell your path is set in one of two files login or cshrc The default SunPC program directory is opt SUNWsunpc bin Note If you are upgrading from a previous version of SunPC you do not need to perform this procedure To update your PATH statement Change to your home directory Enter the following command ed Determine whether your PATH statement is set in login or cshrc Enter the following command 9 grep path login cshrc Look for lines that read set path set mypath or set syspath For example you may see a line that reads login set mypath
186. ry mounting the CD again cd umount cdrom Cannot Install SunPC Software When installing SunPC software you may receive one of the error messages in this section Not enough disk space to install SunPC You need at least MB of available disk space 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 SunPC installation again Alternatively you can install SunPC on a different disk or system You must have SPARCstation or a system with sun4 sun4c sun4m or sun4u kernel architecture Verify that the system on which you are attempting to install SunPC meets the minimum system requirements as described in System Requirements on page 8 If you are not sure if your system meets the minimum requirements ask your system administrator Note that SunPC 4 2 software requires the Solaris 2 4 or later operating environment SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 You need additional swap space to install and run the SunPC software SunPC 4 2 software requires a minimum of 12 Mbytes of swap space Increase the amount of swap space on your system and then try installing SunPC software again ld so 1 spc sva_svr4_prod can t find file libview so 3 The message is displayed only when attempting to install SunPC software from an X11R5 server To install SunPC
187. ry and keyboard codes 162 definition 159 displaying 166 hardware and prepared pages 163 SLANG variable 167 listing 166 parallel printer pages 165 refreshing lost pages 167 screen pages 164 switching 166 system pages 161 using 161 COM Port properties 85 command output 100 command windows xv CONFIG SYS file 96 98 110 config sys file modifying for international keyboards 122 co processor card 8 77 173 175 Index 191 Copying your C drive 56 179 cphd command 56 179 customer support xx D D drive and old Windows documents 55 Default extended drives 79 default extended drives 119 disk cache 25 diskette drive 63 to 66 about drive A 63 about drive B 63 detaching 64 ejecting diskette 64 low density diskettes 64 performance tip 175 troubleshooting 134 using 63 Display properties 86 Display Size 88 Display Type 87 display type Hercules 173 performance 173 VGA 173 document conventions command windows xv keyboard accelerators xvi mouse Xv documents ordering additional Sun documents xx DOS applications requiring a Microsoft Mouse 50 DOS character set 158 DOS window directory operations 120 drive 53 to boot 53 CD ROM 66 diskette 63 formatting low density diskettes 64 properties 89 terminology 9 3 Drive Properties dialog 89 192 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Hard Disk Editor 90 drivers copying to the hard disk 31 E 80486 8 EMM COM dr
188. s disabled then your document has printed If you must use background printing in an application such as Lotus Ami Pro make sure the Send setting in the LPT Port Properties dialog box is set to a time that will allow your application to print 45 seconds works for many applications Otherwise your output will print incorrectly You will need to test this setting to find the time that is best for your particular print situation Windows 95 Daily Use Installing Windows 95 Applications You can install Windows 95 applications on either of your emulated drives C and D or on any of the extended drives that you create Because of the DOS file name limitations on the default extended drives E F H and R you should avoid installing Windows 95 applications on the default extended drives Refer to Assigning and Using Extended Drives in Windows 95 on page 58 for more information on the default extended drives Using UNIX Directories With Windows 95 When you want to connect to a UNIX directory for use as an extended drive or to find a document in a UNIX directory path make sure that the directories all have lowercase names Windows 95 does not read UNIX directory names that contain uppercase characters Chapter 5 SunPC Daily Use 9 80 Exiting or Restarting Windows 95 Always shut down Windows 95 from the Start menu before you exit or restart SunPC To Exit or Restart Windows 95 Click on the Start button and choose
189. sation pr alable et crite de Sun et de ses bailleurs de licence s il y en a Le logiciel d tenu par des tiers et qui comprend la technologie relative aux polices de caract res 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 OpenDOS est une marque d pos e par Caldera Inc Sun Sun Microsystems le logo Sun AnswerBook SunDocs Solaris OpenWindows PC NFS PC NFSpro SunLink et SunPC 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 Xer
190. script setting if you are using any of these versions of Lotus 1 2 3 If you are using Lotus 1 2 3 version 2 1 or 2 2 you should set up an Epson printer within your application Then use the Epson_FX80 printer setting for LPT2 on the LPT Port Properties dialog box to print Versions 2 1 and 2 2 of Lotus 1 2 3 contain a software package called Allways which lets you print PostScript You can send your PostScript output directly to a printer and to a file This allows you to have a hard copy printout and a file to work on later Generally there are two ways to print to a file through the File setting in the LPT Port Properties dialog box or through your DOS application To send your last output to a printer and a file so that you can print it later without having to run your spreadsheet again try entering the following command next to the File setting in the LPT Port Properties dialog box tee filename lp If you are using a version of Lotus 1 2 3 software that does not have the Allways package set the following parameters in your applications print setting Set Top Bottom and Left margins to 0 Set the Right margin to 255 a Use the unformatted output under the printer options other menu a Print to a file instead of printing directly to the printer Chapter 4 Using SunPC Software 73 74 SunPC Serial Communication SunPC software provides you with two serial communication ports These ports allow you
191. 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 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 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 They load prepared code pages 865 and 850 into memory they get the code pages from the EGA CPI file They load the Denmark dk keyboard program m They start the system with the Denmark Norway 865 code page SunPC 4 2 User s Guide Novembe
192. share DOS applications and data files The SunPC program permits up to 22 extended drives for storing applications and files Four extended drives are automatically set up for you during SunPC installation and are named in the PATH statement 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 SunPC assigns the following extended drives E SSUNPCHOME the directory from which SunPC is invoked F SSUNPCHOME DOS6 MS DOS files directory H HOME your home directory R the root filesystem Note The default extended drives E F H and R support only the DOS based short file names 8 3 file names For this reason these drives read only DOS style 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 Assigning and Using Extended Drives in Windows 95 on page 58 Note If you have Solaris Volume Manager enabled the default drive mapping for your CD ROM drive is R cdrom cdrom0 If desired you can use rem remark statements to remove the default drive mappings for E H and R from your C autoexec bat file and use them to mount other extended drives Chapter 4 Using SunPC Software 7 58 Caut
193. shre Modify the MANPATH statement If there is not already a MANPATH statement you can add one If you have a MANPATH statement and SunPC software is installed in the default directory add opt SUNWsunpc man to the statement If SunPC software is installed in a different directory substitute that directory for opt Add this to the section of the cshrc or Login file where other setenv settings are defined If SunPC software is installed in the default directory your MANPATH statement should look something like the following setenv MANPATH opt SUNWsunpc man 4 Save the file and exit the text editor SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 5 Save your work and then exit from OpenWindows 6 Log out and log in again This activates the changes you made to your cshrc or login file Accessing DOS Related Manual Pages SunPC software includes DOS related manual pages that can be displayed from the Solaris command prompt To display a manual page enter the following command in a command window substituting the name of the command for which you want information for command_name man command_name The DOS related manual pages included with the SunPC software provide help for the following programs m sunpc m sunpc_install m dos2unix m unix2dos To be able to access these DOS related manual pages you need to add the SunPC man page directory to your MANPATH environment variable You can set
194. son for this problem is that the PostScript output is missing the following lines at the end of the file rs sp M SSTrailer M end M DocumentFonts M Times Roman M ae oe ae oe gt M D oe To work around this problem you can Print the Lotus 1 2 3 PostScript output to an encoded file To do this choose the Print then Encoded options from the Printer menu under 1 2 3 It does not matter how you have the LPT port set in the SunPC LPT Port Properties dialog box m Quit the Printer menu The missing lines are automatically added to the file Send the file to the printer You can use the Solaris 1p command in a commands window or the DOS print command in a second SunPC window Appendix A Troubleshooting 149 Starting SunPC Software Error Messages Encountered When Starting SunPC When starting SunPC software you may encounter one of the following error messages You must run the startup program before using the SunPC software for the first time You must install the SunPC device driver with the sunpc_install program before running SunPC software Refer to Running the sunpc_install Program on page 18 for instructions Command not found Make sure that the SunPC program directory by default opt SUNWsunpc bin is in your environment PATH Refer to Updating Your PATH Statement on page 20 for instructions makedisk Can t install on _ directory subdirectory C sunpc3 c
195. space Your emulated and extended drives will require additional space your emulated C and D drives will need between 60 and 128 Mbytes Software Only SunPC Sessions Windows 95 runs only on a 386 or higher processor Since the software only SunPC session emulates a 286 you will not be able to run Windows 95 without the Accelerator card coprocessor installed This also means that you will not be able to SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 run multiple SunPC windows with Windows 95 since only one SunPC window at a time can make use of the coprocessor You may run multiple DOS or Windows 3 x sessions however For more information on the SunPC coprocessor refer to the booklet for the SunPC 4 2 CD How to Proceed Refer to Chapter 2 Getting Started and Chapter 3 Installing SunPC Software for instructions on installing or upgrading to SunPC 4 2 software If SunPC 4 2 software is already installed on your system refer to Chapter 4 Using SunPC Software for instructions on using SunPC Refer to Chapter 5 SunPC Daily Use for information about running DOS and Windows applications under SunPC software Chapter 1 WhatlsSunPC 5 6 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 CHAPTER 2 Getting Started This chapter lists the contents of your SunPC installation package describes the SunPC system requirements and provides basic information about SunPC installation and upgrade The fol
196. stall Windows 3 1 on your hard drive and then install Windows 95 again If you do not see this message skip this step If you are upgrading from a previous version of SunPC page 35 and have installed a previous version of the 102924 patch type drivers win95 setup unsetup to run the unsetup utility If you have just installed SunPC for the first time skip this step Type drivers win95 setup setup to install the page 36 SunPC drivers If you are connecting SunPC to a network configure the page 38 network protocols After you have completed this installation you are ready to run SunPC with Windows 95 and install Windows 95 applications Once you have installed the software and configured SunPC and Windows 95 you should make a backup copy of your C drive as described in To back up your C drive on page 179 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Glossary AUTOEXEC BAT batchfile caddy C sunpc3 color graphics adapter CGA commandvindow communicatioport compact disc read only memory CD ROM compactdisdCD COMGOM2 A batch file that resides on drive C and is used to perform a set of startup procedures automatically This file can contain drive assignments search paths and other startup commands A text file that contains DOS commands When you type the name of a given batch file which contains a BAT extension DOS carries out the
197. t net use Appendix A Troubleshooting 9 130 2 Remove any extended drives you are not currently using Be sure to remove any extended drives that point to directories that contain many subdirectories or links Use the following format to remove the extended drives C gt net use drive d This only affects the current SunPC session if the extended drives are included in your AUTOEXEC BAT file 3 Create an extended drive for your application Make the extended drive path as specific as possible again to avoid lengthy searching on the part of the application For example do not set up the extended drive to files Instead use a longer path such as files apps Application Freezes When Trying to Start If you are having problems starting an application and you have the SunPC expanded memory driver loaded try running the application without this driver or in an accelerated session You may also want to try running SunPC software in an accelerated session with the EMM386 EXE expanded memory driver You may encounter this problem when trying to use an application such as WordPerfect 5 1 in a software only session To unload the SunPC expanded memory driver reboot the SunPC window Refer to Loading the EMM386 EXE Expanded Memory Driver on page 95 for information about the EMM386 EXE driver Application Performs Calculations Incorrectly If your application
198. t Mouse the mouse is pre configured through the AUTOEXEC BAT file When you open a SunPC window the mouse is automatically loaded but it is not attached This gives you the option of using your UNIX mouse before you attach your Microsoft Mouse Once you attach your Microsoft Mouse you cannot use your UNIX mouse for any of the windows on your workstation without detaching it from the SunPC window For this reason you may want to use the UNIX mouse to work in the Solaris system before you begin working in the SunPC program or if you want to perform any of the following operations m Set properties on the SunPC Properties dialog boxes Runa DOS application that does not require a Microsoft Mouse When you are going to use a DOS application that requires a Microsoft Mouse you can attach the mouse before or after you start your application When you want to return to your OpenWindows or CDE Deskset you must detach your Microsoft Mouse to enable the UNIX mouse The mouse menu item on the Operations menu functions by toggling back and forth between Attach and Detach With this toggling effect the option shown reflects the opposite of the current state of the mouse For example Attach Mouse means the mouse is currently detached When the mouse is attached to the SunPC window the message Mouse is displayed next to the Accelerator message at the bottom right side of the SunPC window When you detach the mouse the message disapp
199. t SunPC window you open The standard output device used by workstations and personal computers The SunPC program can be displayed on either monochrome or color monitors A Solaris operating system command used to convert a text file from an OpenDOS format to a Solaris format The letter that identifies a drive A B C through Z The command used within the SunPC program to open the Solaris Text Editor 186 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 emulatedharddrive expandeshemory extendedrive fileermissions fikharing Hercules Graphics AdaptdHGA homeirectory license LIMemory ba Logifile megaby Mbyte messagewindow A file located on your Solaris file system which has a DOS file system layout This DOS file system layout emulates a hard drive and functions like a PC hard drive Drive C comes set up as a SunPC emulated hard drive Memory beyond 640K that can be used directly by OpenDOS and DOS applications A special device driver is necessary to use expanded memory The driver moves data to and from expanded memory using a buffer in conventional memory In the SunPC program the expanded memory driver is supported under extended memory SunPC software supports Lotus Intel Microsoft expanded memory LIM A command used to create extended drives from SunPC to the Solaris operating system The net use command generally should be used instead of the extend command A DOS drive that has been
200. t are local to your system is preferable to running them from a network based server For more information about using emulated hard disk drives see the section Emulated Hard Drives on page 53 For information about using extended drives see Extended Drives on page 57 Display Modes Without the SunPC Accelerator the VGA graphics mode will run slower than the Hercules graphics mode However text speed will be faster With the Accelerator VGA graphics modes will be much faster than Hercules graphics modes Note The SunPC Accelerator is a separate hardware product that you can use with your SunPC software Sound If you are running a DOS application that uses sound you may notice some performance loss Turning off the sound on the Miscellaneous Properties form will help to improve performance See the section Setting Sound Properties on page 92 Appendix 0 SunPC Performance Tips 173 174 Using SunPC Software The following sections describe some features you should know about to improve the performance of SunPC software SunPC Accelerator Using the SunPC Accelerator will improve the overall performance of the SunPC program the effect is similar to upgrading from a 80286 to 80486 PC For more information on the SunPC Accelerator refer to the SunPC Coprocessor Guide Number of SunPC Sessions The fewer SunPC sessions you run the better the performance of each one In any case you can r
201. t properties for SunPC including configuring your emulated drives and specifying the amount of RAM allotted to SunPC For more information on how to specify SunPC properties refer to Chapter 6 Customizing SunPC Properties Properties PT Pati COM Ports Pralay Orne A oop Tks res cs FIGURE 4 3 SunPC Properties Menu TABLE 4 4 lists the commands in the SunPC Properties menu TABLE 4 4 SunPC Properties Menu Commands Command Purpose Page LPT Ports Enables you to assign a printer and send settings to page 84 parallel ports LPT1 LPT2 and LPT3 COM Ports Enables you to associate a Solaris serial communication page 85 COM port with a DOS COM port This can be useful for example if you want to use a modem with an application running in a SunPC Window Display Enables you to select display monitor type and SunPC page 86 text mode window size Drive Enables you define emulated hard drives drives C and page 89 D and configure diskette drives drives A and B Miscellaneous Enables you to set sound memory size for DOS page 91 applications auto pause and Solaris output SunPC Window Menu The commands in the SunPC Window menu are a combination of those found on the Edit and Operations menus The only command not included on the SunPC Window menu is Copy then Paste Chapter 4 Using SunPC Software 9 50 Using the Emulated Microsoft Mouse The SunPC program comes with an emulated Microsof
202. t the Windows 3 1 CD from your CD ROM drive and then replace it with the Windows 95 CD Using TCP IP With Windows 95 If you want to configure TCP IP for use with Windows 95 you will need to obtain a separate IP address for the SunPC host Ask your network administrator for the IP addresses of your SunPC host your network router s and your DNS host s For more information on setting up and configuring TCP IP refer to Setting TCP IP Properties on page 38 180 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 APPENDIX D Installation Checklists This appendix contains checklists that will help you through the installation process Before you start to install SunPC you should print the page that pertains to your particular installation As you perform each task you can check the corresponding item on the list Checklist 1 Checklist for a New SunPC Installation is designed for new SunPC installations page 182 m Checklist 2 Checklist to Upgrade a Previous SunPC Version is designed for upgrade SunPC installations page 183 Checklist 3 Checklist to Install Windows 95 is designed for all Windows 95 installations page 184 181 182 Checklist for a New SunPC Installation The following checklist outlines the steps you need to follow if you are installing SunPC for the first time You will need to refer to different pages in this manual in order to perform these procedures The page numbers correspondin
203. t to Postscript which sends data to your default printer in this case the Apple LaserWriter II NT If you are running Windows 95 the Setup Wizard has already installed and configured the PostScript printer for you m Print to a file and view the file from a Solaris command window using cat filename If the file does not contain the characters at the front of the file it is an indication that you need to use the Postscript setting for the selected LPT port in the LPT Port Properties dialog box 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 Use the Postscript setting for the selected LPT port in the LPT Port Properties dialog box Flush the data to the printer by choosing the Send to LPT option from the Operations or SunPC menu If this does not work try sending your data to a file Print the file by choosing the File setting in the LPT Port Properties dialog box for the LPT port you are using If your file is not printing in one piece check that the Send setting in the LPT Port Properties dialog box is set high enough to allow the file to print in one piece Also make sure that you do not manually flush the print queue too early Appendix A Troubleshooting 7 148 Printing From the Microsoft Windows 3 x Environme
204. tement in Step 4 of To modify your CONFIG SYS file for NetWare client software on page 111 For example if you specified lastdrive r enter the following command to change to drive S Similarly if last drive o change to drive P if lastdrive s change to drive T and so forth Chapter 7 Connecting to PC Based Networks 3 114 2 Log in to a NetWare file server Use the following command S gt login servername username For example if the NetWare server is named bigfiles and the user name you want to use is joeuser enter the following command S gt login bigfiles joeuser 3 Enter your NetWare client account password when prompted NetWare Tips The following tips will help you to avoid problems and achieve the best performance from a SunPC window connected to a NetWare network Your network type must be Ethernet you cannot connect a SunPC window to a Token Ring network Do not use the dos high command in your CONFIG SYS file to load DOS into high memory The dos umb command is not a problem however The performance of applications run over the NetWare network is improved when DOS is not loaded into high memory m Be aware that DOS applications running over a NetWare network perform more slowly than applications running over an NFS network a You can connect 8 SunPC Novell client running on your workstation to a NetWare SunLink server However you cannot run th
205. ter actually exits the program while the former merely suspends it Note You can keep the SunPC window active even when it is closed by setting the SunPC Auto Pause option to Off Refer to Setting Auto Pause on page 99 for more information v To close a SunPC window Click with the left mouse button on the down arrow in the upper left corner of the SunPC window or Press the Open button on the Sun keyboard Using Command Line Options SunPC software supports numerous command line options that let you perform various actions immediately upon startup For example you can start the SunPC program and run a DOS command or Windows application in a single step You can also use a SunPC command line option to start SunPC using the setup information in an alternative Properties configuration file See Chapter 6 Customizing SunPC Properties for information about SunPC Properties and Properties configuration files Chapter 4 Using SunPC Software 3 44 v To use SunPC command line options Enter the sunpc command followed by a dash followed by the command line option followed by any relevant file name or command For example sunpe option filename command option is the command line option you want to use filename command is the name of the file or command you want to use with the option Not all options can accept file names or commands Note that there is no space between t
206. ter the emm command with the x digit option where digit is a decimal multiple of 64 Kbytes For example to reserve 640 Kbytes for extended memory leaving the rest for expanded memory enter the following command C gt em 0 Caution The SunPC expanded memory driver is not compatible with DOS Windows HIMEM SYS driver This limitation does not exist with EMM386 EXE EMM386 EXE and HIMEM SYS are compatible with each other Using Upper Memory Blocks UMBs If you are using DOS and have installed the SunPC Accelerator card you can use DOS s EMM386 EXE memory manager and the DOS UMB command to map random access memory RAM into the upper memory block UMB area of conventional DOS memory which is generally unused Loading device drivers such as a mouse can free up a significant amount of conventional memory for your applications To use UMB memory Open a SunPC window Edit your CONFIG SYS file Use the text editor of your choice If you want to use the DOS edit program enter the following command C gt edit config sys This displays the contents of the CONFIG SYS file SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 3 Type the following lines device c dos himem sys device c dos emm386 exe x a000 c7ff i c800 efff NOEMS dos high umb These lines provide access to 156K of the upper memory block area 4 Save you
207. that provides general purpose memory beyond the first Mbyte a Expanded memory This is another extension of conventional memory sometimes referred to as LIM memory This type of memory exists separately from conventional and extended memory SunPC software has an expanded memory driver that is supported under extended memory However the expanded memory driver is not loaded automatically when you start a SunPC window If you want to use the expanded memory driver you have to manually load it See the section Loading the EMM386 EXE Expanded Memory Driver on page 95 Most newer DOS applications can use extended memory Using extended memory generally makes your applications run faster than if you use expanded memory Chapter 6 Customizing SunPC Properties 3 94 The SunPC default memory setting is 2 Mbytes This 2 Mbytes can access extended memory only If your DOS application requires expanded memory you must load the expanded memory driver Refer to the documentation that came with your DOS application to find out how much memory and what type of memory it requires Note If you plan to use Microsoft Windows 3 11 software you should set the SunPC Memory Size to at least 8 Mbytes For Windows 95 a memory size of 16 Mbytes is preferred Also note that for each additional Mbyte of SunPC memory you add you must have 1 Mbyte of additional swap space available on your workstation Refer to the section Swap Space on page
208. the background A Regional Languages screen is displayed in which you select the language you want to use for your SunPC interface The language you use must be supported by the keyboard that is attached to your system Refer to Appendix B SunPC International Support for information about SunPC international language support Chapter 3 Installing SunPC Software 1 22 2 Enter the number that corresponds to the language you want to use For example if you are using a United States English keyboard type the number 1 and then press Return The SunPC program starts and a SunPC window is displayed If you have a SunPC Accelerator card installed the word Accelerator is displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the SunPC window When you start SunPC software for the first time after installation the program takes a few minutes to create a directory named pc in which several SunPC files are also created When you subsequently restart SunPC software the SunPC window will come up more quickly because these files and directories do not need to be created again Note If you upgraded from a previous version of SunPC the SunPC program will locate your existing pc directory and the SunPC window will boot using your old emulated C drive and configuration files SunPC 4 2 also maintains backward compatibility with the IPX protocol stack and NetWare Client shell software included with SunPC 4 01 Refer to NetWare Tips
209. through the Solaris operating system without using the SunPC program Settings that are assigned to each file and directory that determine which users have access to read write or execute its contents A mechanism for passing the output of one command as direct input to another command A pipe is represented by the vertical bar character A window that appears on your screen to inform you of action being taken by the program or to advise you of a problem If there is a problem the message describes it and offers possible solutions The name of a page description language developed by Adobe Systems Inc for producing typefaces and graphics on different printers Applications use the PostScript language to describe to printers how graphics and type should appear together 188 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 printer printeyueue pompt Properties dialog bos reaplermission reboot moe roatirectory seriqgiort spdtelp SuhaserWriter Solaris operating gem SunP rogram A device that prints data and text on paper A local printer is the printer attached directly to your computer or workstation A remote printer is accessed across the network and is not directly connected to your workstation A temporary lineup of jobs or files in DOS waiting to be printed on a particular printer A request displayed by the computer that calls for you to provide some information or perform an action The S
210. tion from your network manager Chapter 7 Connecting to PC Based Networks 5 106 Configuring Protocols for DOS and Windows 3 11 The SunPC 4 2 package includes an Open Datalink Interface ODI network driver which provides support for ODI compliant network adapter hardware and software running under DOS or Windows 3 11 The SunPC ODI driver makes it possible to use IPX TCP IP and or NetBEUI protocol stacks to connect to a variety of network servers from your SunPC windows For example an IPX stack lets you connect to Novell NetWare networks TCP IP stacks are used with NFS networks and NetBEUI provides access to LAN Manager networks In addition the SunPC ODI driver supports applications written to the popular Windows Sockets specification using Microsoft s WINSOCK DLL for example Lotus Notes Client software Note Your SunPC package includes ODI compliant IPX stack software only You can also if you want use third party TCP IP NetBEUI and or WinSock software with the SunPC ODI driver See the section later in this chapter Other Network Protocols starting on page 114 One of the benefits provided by an ODI driver is that your workstation can be configured to use any of these protocols simultaneously that is your machine does not need to be dedicated to one protocol only This means that you can connect to more than one type of network server at a time For example you could configure SunPC drives
211. tions Note Windows 3 11 requires HIMEM SYS but does not require EMM386 EXE EMM386 EXE is desirable because it allows access to UMBs Note also that Windows uses extended memory only and can emulate expanded memory as needed for non Windows applications v To load the EMM386 EXE expanded memory driver Caution You can use the EMM386 EXE expanded memory driver only if a SunPC Accelerator card is installed in your system If a SunPC Accelerator card is not installed in your system use the SunPC expanded memory driver described in the next section Add the following lines to your CONFIG SYS file on your boot drive device c dos himem sys device c dos emm386 exe RAM d000 efff m9 2048 dos high umb Be sure to enter the lines in the order indicated Note that if you do not need to reserve any expanded memory but you still want to access UMBs change the EMM386 EXE line to read device c dos emm386 exe RAM d000 efff NOEMS SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Note Your SunPC emulated DOS drives are created with HIMEM SYS from DOS in the C DOS directory EMM386 EXE HIMEM SYS and SMARTDRV EXE from DOS are located in the F OPENDOS directory Versions of these files are also included with Microsoft Windows and are located in your Windows SYSTEM directory Depending on the vers
212. to access serial devices such as modems from the SunPC program Like printers all DOS output to a serial communication port travels through the Solaris system The port must first be set up under the Solaris operating system then set up under SunPC software Setting Up Serial Communication Ports SunPC software provides you with COM1 and COM2 serial communication ports The COM1 port is set up as dev ttya 8 link to dev term a which is the Solaris name for the serial port on a Sun workstation The COM2 port is set up as dev ttyb a link to dev term b You should be able to use these ports without changing their settings However if you are using a communication program for example with a modem you might want to check the flow control setting Hardware Xon Xoff to make sure that it is set to work correctly with your program Before you access the COM ports make sure you have permissions to read and write to the ports If you do not have read and write permissions to either dev ttya or dev ttyb you will not be able to access either device To set up or modify the serial communication ports for use under the SunPC program use the COM Port Properties dialog box To configure serial communication ports Choose the COM Ports command from the SunPC Properties menu The COM Port Properties dialog box is displayed Select COM1 or COM2 Change the setting You can type in a new Solaris device name dev ttya or b for
213. tom edge of the SunPC window is the SunPC status bar which provides information about activity in your SunPC window For example if you have a SunPC Accelerator card installed the SunPC status bar displays the word Accelerator SunPC Menus Arrayed near the top left corner of the SunPC window are three menu buttons labeled Edit Operations and Properties When you click with the mouse Select button by default the left button on one of these menu buttons a menu of SunPC commands is displayed When you click with the mouse Menu button by default the right button anywhere in the SunPC window the SunPC Window menu is displayed The commands in the SunPC menus are described in the following three tables SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Edit Menu FIGURE 4 1 shows the SunPC Edit menu You use this menu to perform copy and paste operations using the OpenWindows CDE clipboard These commands work in DOS mode only SunPC Edit Copy Paste Copy then Paste FIGURE 4 1 SunPC Edit menu TABLE 4 2 lists the commands in the SunPC Edit menu TABLE 4 2 SunPC Edit Menu Commands Command Purpose Page Copy Places a copy of the selected text on the OpenWindows page 2 CDE clipboard this text can be pasted one or more times into the same or another window Paste Inserts the contents of the OpenWindows CDE clipboard page 52 at the current cursor location Copy then Paste Places a copy of the selected text
214. ts 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 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 The installation process continues and the setup program indicates that it is updating your hardware files and settings After the setup process is complete a Welcome to Windows 95 dialog box is displayed 5 Click Close to close this dialog box To continue the installation proceed to Running the unsetup Utility if you have just upgraded from a previous version of SunPC If you have just installed SunPC for the first time proceed to Running the setup Utility Running the unsetup Utility This procedure applies only to existing Windows 95 C drives for example if you have upgraded from SunPC 4 1 and have been running Windows 95 on a C drive you have already created If you are using a new C drive and or you are upgrading from Windows 3 x or DOS skip this section and proceed directly to Running the setup Utility on page 36 Chapter 3 Installing SunPC Software 55 36 Note If you are upgrading SunPC from a previous version of SunPC and have instal
215. un a maximum of four simultaneous SunPC sessions Note Only one SunPC session at a time can use the SunPC Accelerator card If you are running Windows 95 the Accelerator card is required you will be able to run other software only SunPC sessions but they will be DOS or Windows 3 1 sessions If you are running more than one SunPC session pause the sessions that are closed to icons to improve the performance of open sessions Running SunPC Software Remotely Running SunPC software remotely will cause a drop in performance due to the amount of video data that is transferred across the network Also you will not get the Direct Graphics Access that increases video performance If you are using an international keyboard and you use the display switch you will lose the use of floating accent keys Floating accents are on separate keys from the letters that they accent Note SunPC software does not support remote display on X terminals SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Using Diskettes By using drive A in the SunPC program to access diskettes you have faster access to data than by using drive A with the PCFS mounted file system under the Solaris system For more information on using diskettes see the section Diskette Drives on page 63 Windows 3 11 Specific Tips In addition to the recommended changes to the Windows SYSTEM INT file recommended in To modify your SYSTEM INI file on page 26 ther
216. unPC prompt is in this form 0 gt Windows used to set up and modify your configuration of the SunPC program A file setting that allows you members of your group or other users to read a file A procedure that restarts a computer or the SunPC window A term describing a workstation other than the one you are currently using or any device or directory that is part of that workstation For example when you install the SunPC software using a remote CD drive you are using a CD drive that is attached to another workstation The name of the user account that has superuser privileges on a system A superuser has access to all files on the local system You must be a superuser to install the SunPC software The top level of the Solaris and OpenDOS system directory hierarchy The communication port COM1 COM2 to which you can attach devices such as a modem A system on a network that provides resources to other systems such as disks and printers The Sun operating environment which includes the Solaris operating system and the OpenWindows window environment Information that is available on all buttons menus and menu items on the SunPC window and is obtained by placing your cursor over the selected item and pressing the Help key A Sun printer that supports PostScript printing The name of Sun s operating system an implementation of the UNIX operating system The name of the Solaris OpenWindows application that su
217. unPC software the problem could be that the CONFIG SYS file on your boot drive has been modified or damaged Refer to the section earlier in this appendix DOS and Windows 3 11 Booting From Drive C If CONFIG SYS File Is Damaged on page 138 System Panics SPARCstation 10 There is a conflict in the Solaris operating environment when running SunPC software on a SPARCstation 10 if the speaker box is not attached This conflict can result an the error condition indicated by the message Unable to communicate with speakerbox In some cases this conflict can result in a system panic If your system panics or if you see the error condition indicated above try performing one of the following steps to correct the problem a Make sure the speaker box is connected to your system or Turn off the sound in your SunPC window You can turn off the sound by setting the Sound slider in the Miscellaneous Properties dialog to the Off position Refer to Setting Sound Properties on page 92 for complete instructions Appendix A Troubleshooting 1 152 Swap Space Running the SunPC program along with other software may cause your system to run out of swap space Swap space is a file or area of the disk set aside for the Solaris operating system to store parts of programs and data that are not immediately required in memory SunPC software requires a minimum of 12 Mbytes of additional swap space for each SunPC session you run Also
218. up menu options 177 using TCP IP 180 Windows disk drives Index 7 creating 28 Windows Explorer 139 mapping extended drives 58 WINSOCK DLL 106 114 116 write protect emulated hard drive 55 X X11R5 window server 154 198 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997
219. use the DOS EDIT program enter the following command C WINDOWS gt edit system ini 4 Add the following statement anywhere in the file on a line by itself PAGING NO SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 5 If you are not using expanded memory see How SunPC Uses Memory on page 93 also add the following lines anywhere in the file SysVM8 6Locked ON SysVMXMSLocked 0 EMMEXclude A000 EFFF 6 Save the file and exit the text editor Installing Windows 95 Software In order to install Windows 95 on SunPC you will need one of the following Windows 3 x diskettes and a Windows 95 upgrade CD or Windows 95 full installation CD This section explains how to create a new C drive how to install Windows 95 and how to configure the network protocols if needed You need to create a new C drive in order to install Windows 95 unless your existing C drive is large enough to accommodate the Windows 95 installation Windows 95 requires a minimum of 60 Mbytes of free hard disk space The checklist in TABLE 3 3 is designed to help you perform a successful Windows 95 installation This checklist also appears in Appendix D Installation Checklists so that you can easily print a copy and check off the steps as you complete them Caution The installation procedures for SunPC 4 2 and Windows 95 involve a number of steps Make sure you follow the instructio
220. use the NDIS and ODI drivers support different types of operating systems you cannot use them concurrently If you need to use NDIS based protocol stacks with DOS or Windows 3 11 you will need to obtain an NDIS to ODI converter such as NFSODI SYS included in SunSoft s PC NFS packages or ODINSUP SYS from Novell You run the converter in addition to the protocol stack software The converter you should use depends on the NDIS protocol stack you want to use and the applications you plan on running Contact your SunPC representative or network reseller for more information This chapter discusses the following topics Configuring the Network Protocols in Windows 95 page 103 Configuring Protocols for DOS and Windows 3 11 page 106 Configuring the Network Protocols in Windows 95 You usually configure the network protocols as part of the Windows 95 installation procedure If you changed networks or network properties or if you did not set up the network during the installation process use the procedures in this section to connect to your network 103 104 To diagnose problems with your network refer to Networking on page 143 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 Your SunPC computer name You specified this name in Step 3 of To
221. 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 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Code Pages and SunPC Software DOS provides national language support through the use of language specific code pages The first time you start the SunPC 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 time follow the instructions in the section Using Code Pages on page 161 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
222. utput to Send the output of commands to either a SunPC window or a SunPC Solaris Solaris window This makes it possible to enter SunOS commands from a SunPC window Setting Sound Properties The Sound option controls the volume on your workstation s speaker Because there is only one speaker on a workstation changing the sound option in SunPC software affects all applications that have sound capabilities in both the SunPC program and the SunOS operating system When the SunPC sound setting is on applications running under SunPC software and the SunOS operating system can generate sound however only one application at a time can use the speaker The application that reaches the speaker first is able to generate sound When you quit from this application another application can take its turn with the speaker Note SunPC software and indeed your workstation does not support PC sound boards such as SoundBlaster and AdLib If you want to guarantee that your Solaris applications will be able to generate sound turn the sound setting off in the SunPC program By turning the setting off you allow all Solaris applications to have a chance to get to the speaker Also if you are running applications in more than one SunPC window it is a good idea to turn the sound setting off When the sound setting is off most applications can run but they will not all be able to generate sound You may find that there are some applications that
223. value SunPC Keyboard Accelerators The SunPC program provides keyboard accelerators for many of the functions on the SunPC menus at the top of the SunPC 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 OpenWindows these accelerators use the Meta key 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 4 FIGURE P 1 Sun Keyboard Meta Key In CDE the accelerator key is the Alt key SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Getting Help for SunPC You can turn to the following additional sources for help with SunPC software Spot help Solaris online manual pages DOS related manual pages Customer Support The following sections explain these sources Spot Help Spot help for SunPC is available through the buttons and menus at the top of the SunPC window To Use Spot Help Position your cursor over the button or menu for which you want help For example if you want information about the Operations button position the pointer over that button Press the Help key A spot help window appears with context sensitive informat
224. ws 95 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 CHAPTER 4 Using SunPC Software This chapter explains how to start SunPC software and how to use the SunPC window command line menus and dialog boxes The chapter also provides instructions for working with SunPC drives including diskette and CD ROM drives and with printers and serial communication ports The following list describes the topics covered in this chapter SunPC Basics page 41 The SunPC Window page 46 SunPC Drives page 53 Using Printers with SunPC Software page 67 a SunPC Serial Communication page 74 SunPC Basics The section provides basic information about working with SunPC software including how to start SunPC how to quit a SunPC window and alternative ways of starting SunPC using command line options Starting SunPC Software The basic way to start SunPC software is to enter the sunpc command from a Solaris command window Refer to Using Command Line Options on page 43 for explanations of other methods you can use to start SunPC software 41 42 Note If you have not yet started SunPC software for the first time after installing it refer to the instructions for Starting SunPC Software for the First Time on page 21 To start SunPC software basic instructions Open a command window on your Solaris desktop if a command window is not already available Use either the Solaris Co
225. y the more SunPC memory you have the better the performance of your application Four to 8 Mbytes of memory is recommended for using Windows 3 11 16 is recommended for Windows 95 For directions on setting the SunPC memory size see Setting Memory Size on page 93 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 Emulated versus Extended Drives Keep your drive C and all other emulated hard disks you may create as small as possible The smaller the hard disk the faster the performance Installing all non copy protected applications and storing files on extended drives rather than on your hard disk will help to limit the size of the emulated hard disk You should still specify as large a drive size as possible when creating a new C or D drive however Depending on the available space on your hard disk you can specify up to 128 Mbytes Remember that the actual file size of your emulated drives varies depending on the applications and data you store on them If you are running Windows 95 remember that the default extended drives E F H and R support only DOS style 8 3 file names For that reason install your Windows 95 applications on other extended drives For more information refer to Default Extended Drives on page 119 Note In general DOS and Windows applications perform much better when run from extended drives rather than from emulated hard drives Moreover running applications from extended drives tha
226. y of the more current patch revision installed Patch backout aborted and the restoration of the files it has saved 126 SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 TABLE A 1 Error backoutpatch Error Messages Explanation Recommended Action Patch lt patch id gt was installed without backing up the original files It cannot be backed out pkgrm of lt pkgname gt package failed return code lt code gt See var sadm patch lt patch id gt log for reason for failure Restore of old files failed Either the d option of installpatch was set when the patch was applied or the save area of the patch was deleted to regain space As a result the original files are not saved and backoutpatch cannot be used The original files can only be recovered from the original installation CD The removal of one of the patch packages failed See the log file for the reason for failure Correct the problem and run the backoutpatch script again The backoutpatcnh script uses the cpio command to restore the previous versions of the files that were patched The output of the cpio command precedes this message Take the appropriate action to correct the cpio failure Errors Starting Windows 95 After Installation The following installation error messages indicate problems with the SunPC and Windows 95 installation Severe Invalid VxD dynamic link from SUNNNDIS 01 399C service 8006 Windows error 53 The computer or
227. you have made Click on OK to Reboot to reboot the SunPC window SunPC 4 2 User s Guide November 1997 10 After SunPC reboots a menu is displayed in an MS DOS window on the screen It directs you to select your location from the menu Enter the number in the menu that corresponds to your location Note You can also boot a new C drive from the UNIX workstation prompt For example if you named your new emulated drive C win95 and you stored it in the default location of pc enter the following command sunpe Oc pc C win95 Make sure you type Oc as a capital letter O and a lowercase 6 with no spaces between the minus sign the letter O and the letter c Using Windows 3 1 Drives With Windows 95 If you have been running SunPC with Windows 3 1 and have files or documents that you want to preserve and use after upgrading to Windows 95 use the Drive command in the SunPC Properties drop down menu to map your old Windows 3 1 C drive C sunpc3 to drive D SunPC will display the OK to Reboot dialog box click OK to Reboot When Windows 95 starts up it will boot from your new C drive but your old files will be accessible on drive D Write Protecting Emulated Drives Write protecting a hard drive prevents data from being written to the drive and possibly overwriting existing data Write enabling a drive allows you to write data to the drive Emulated hard drives can only be write enabled in one SunPC window

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