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iii Safety Agency Compliance Statements Read this section before beginning any procedure. The following text provides safety precautions to follow when installing a Sun Microsystems product.
iv SunPCi III 3.2.1 User’ s Guide • March 2004 meant for use with computer systems. Do not use household extension cords with your Sun product. Caution – Y our Sun product is shipped with a grounding type (thr ee-wire) power cord. T o reduce the risk of electric shock, always plug the cord into a grounded power outlet.
Safety Agency Compliance Statements v Conformité aux normes de sécurité Lisez attentivement la section suivante avant de commencer la procédure. Le document ci-dessous présente les consignes de sécurité à respecter au cours de l'installation d'un produit Sun Microsystems.
vi SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 bâtiment ou un électricien agréé si vous avez le moindre doute quant au type d'alimentation fourni dans votre bâtiment. Attention – T ous les cordons d'alimentation n'ont pas la même intensité nominale.
Safety Agency Compliance Statements vii CD-ROM Attention – L'utilisation de contrôles et de réglages ou l'application de procédur es autres que ceux spécifiés dans le présent document peuvent entraîner une exposition à des radiations dangereuses.
viii SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Überhitzung verursachen und die Zuverlässigkeit Ihres Sun-Geräts beeinträchtigen. Achtung – Der Geräuschpegel, definiert nach DIN 45 635 Part 1000, darf am Arbeitsplatz 70dB(A) nicht überschreiten.
Safety Agency Compliance Statements ix Achtung – Sun-Geräte dürfen nicht ohne Abdeckung in Gebrauch genommen werden. Nichtbeachtung dieses W arnhinweises kann V erletzungen oder Systembeschädigungen zur Folge haben. Laserrichtlinien Alle Sun-Produkte, die Lasertechnologie nutzen, erfüllen die Laserrichtlinien der Klasse 1.
x SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Espera – El interruptor de encendido/espera está en la posición de espera. Modificaciones en el equipo No realice modificaciones mecánicas ni eléctricas en el equipo. Sun Microsystems no se hará responsable del cumplimiento de las normas en el caso de un producto Sun que ha sido modificado.
Safety Agency Compliance Statements xi riesgo de explosión si el paquete de baterías no se utiliza correctamente o se sustituye de forma incorrecta. Sustitúyalo sólo por el mismo tipo de paquete de baterías de Sun Microsystems. No lo desmote o intente recar garlo fuera del sistema.
xii SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004.
xiii Regulatory Compliance Statements Y our Sun product is marked to indicate its compliance class: • Federal Communications Commission (FCC) — USA • Industry Canada Equipment Standard for Digit.
xiv SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 ICES-003 Class A Notice - A vis NMB-003, Classe A This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.
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xvii Declaration of Conformity EMC USA—FCC Class B This equipment complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This equipment may not cause harmful interference. 2. This equipment must accept any interference that may cause undesired operation.
xviii SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Safety This equipment complies with the following requir ements of the Low V oltage Directive 73/23/EEC: Supplementary Information : This product was tested and complies with all the r equirements for the CE Mark.
Contents xix Contents Preface xxxv 1. Introducing SunPCi III 3.2.1 Hardware and Software 1 Supported Microsoft Windows and Linux Operating Systems 1 SunPCi III 3.
xx SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Emulated Drives and SunPCi III Software 12 Creating an Emulated Drive 13 ▼ How to Create a New Emulated Drive 14 Attaching Emulated Drives 17 ▼ .
Contents xxi 4. Networking W ith SunPCi III Hardware and Software 31 Networking With SunPCi III 31 Setting Up Networking With SunPCi III Hardware and Software 33 ▼ How to Set TCP/IP Properties 33 .
xxii SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 ▼ How to Switch External V ideo Back to the System Monitor 53 6. Using W indows 2000 Professional or Windows 2000 Server 55 Installing Windows 2.
Contents xxiii Upgrade Notes 74 Upgrading W indows 2000 Server to W indows Server 2003 75 Before Y ou Begin the Upgrade 75 ▼ How to Upgrade W indows 2000 Server to W indows Server 2003 75 Upgrading .
xxiv SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 ▼ How to Disable SunFSD Mapping 97 10. Using Drives and Conf iguring Peripheral Devices 99 Using a Diskette Drive With SunPCi III Software 100 U.
Contents xxv ▼ How to Automatically Update Linux Drivers 1 17 ▼ How to Manually Update Linux Drivers 1 17 Boot@Boot Support 118 SunPCi Daemon 1 18 V irtual Network Computing (VNC) 1 19 Configuring.
xxvi SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 SunPCi III Hardwar e Issues 136 Hardwar e Error Messages 137 Mouse Issues 138 Diskette Drive Issue 138 CD-ROM Drive Issues 139 V ideo Display Issu.
Contents xxvii F A T16 File System Limitation Issue 151 Application Installation to Solaris File System Issues 151 Displaying Shortname T ails 152 Japanese Copy and Paste Issue 152 Opening in Safe Mod.
xxviii SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Must Install Networking During Linux Installation to Use Graphical User Interface 160 Linux Does Not Open If Installation Is Interrupted 161 Do .
Contents xxix Network Startup Is Slow After Configuration 173 Cannot Connect to Other Systems 173 Installing Applications From a SunFSD Sour ce Directory 174 Installing Applications Into a SunFSD T ar.
xxx SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 ▼ How to T urn Of f an Environment V ariable 188 ▼ How to Configur e the Keyboard for Micr osoft W indows 188 Using an International Keyboard U.
xxxi Figur es FIGURE 2-1 Create a New Emulated Drive Dialog Box 15 FIGURE 2-2 Attach an Existing Emulated Drive Dialog Box 17 FIGURE 2-3 Grow an Existing Emulated Drive Dialog Box 19 FIGURE 10-1 SunPC.
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xxxiii T ables TABLE 2-1 Microsoft Service Packs Required by SunPCi III 3.2.1 Software 20 TABLE 3-1 Sample File Names in a Multiple Card Configuration 24 TABLE 10-1 LED Colors and Status 103 TABLE 11-.
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xxxv Pr eface The SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide provides setup and operation instructions for the SunPCi™ III software. Use this guide after you have installed your SunPCi III car ds and the SunPCi III 3.
xxxvi SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Note – Installation of Microsoft W indows and Linux on your Sun system with the card dif fers from installation of Microsoft W indows and Linux on a PC.
Preface xxxvii Appendix D includes suggestions and tips to improve SunPCi III performance. The glossary includes definitions of terms used with SunPCi. Using UNIX Commands This guide does not contain information about basic UNIX ® commands and procedur es such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices.
xxxviii SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 T ypographic Conventions Shell Pr ompts SunPCi III Keyboar d Shortcuts The SunPCi III software pr ovides keyboard shortcuts for the options on the SunPCi III menus.
Preface xxxix In CDE and OpenW indows environments, keyboard shortcuts 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. T o use a shortcut, hold down the Meta key and press the second key .
xl SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 The following table describes the related Sun documentation for the SunPCi III product. The following table is an index of the directories containing the translated documentation in the Docs directory , which was available with the SunPCi III 3.
Preface xli Accessing Sun Documentation Online Y ou can view , print, or pur chase a broad selection of Sun documentation, including localized versions, at the following W eb site: http://www.sun.com/documentation Y ou can access a variety of online resour ces and documentation for SunPCi III products.
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1 CHAPTER 1 Intr oducing SunPCi III 3.2.1 Har dwar e and Software The SunPCi III 3.2.1 hardware and softwar e create a personal computer (PC) that is integrated into your PCI Sun system, which is running a supported Solaris operating environment.
2 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 ■ Microsoft W indows 2000 Server Edition (W indows 2000 Server) Service Pack 4 ■ Microsoft W indows Server 2003 (W indows Server 2003) No Service Pack Required ■ Red Hat Linux 9, Personal and Professional Edition (Kernel 2.
Chapter 1 Introducing SunPCi III 3.2.1 Hardware and Softw are 3 ■ LED light – The main backplate now contains an LED indicator , which indicates the status of the system. ■ Access to network services, f iles, and printers – The SunPCi III product enables you to connect to your Ethernet network.
4 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 ■ 256 Mbytes of SODIMM standard (in one slot), plus a second slot for optional memory up to a total of 2 Gbytes of memory ■ Access to PC-based se.
Chapter 1 Introducing SunPCi III 3.2.1 Hardware and Softw are 5 ■ Citrix MetaFrame 1.8 for Microsoft W indows ■ Citrix MetaFrame XP for Microsoft W indows See the following W eb site for information about purchasing and using Citrix MetaFrame software: http://www.
6 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Getting Help for Microsoft W indows and Linux Softwar e T o get help while working in a Microsoft W indows or Linux operating system, do one of the following: ■ Press F1. ■ Click Start and choose Help (Microsoft W indows).
Chapter 1 Introducing SunPCi III 3.2.1 Hardware and Softw are 7 3. Double-click the Adobe Acrobat PDF f ile you want to open. After a few seconds, the Adobe Acrobat splash screen opens, followed by the Adobe Acrobat pr ogram displaying the file you double-clicked.
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9 CHAPTER 2 Getting Started This chapter assumes that you have installed the SunPCi III card or cards into your Sun system, and that you have installed the SunPCi III 3.2.1 software. If you have not completed those tasks, consult the SunPCi III Quick Start Installation Guide .
10 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 System Requir ements T o install and use SunPCi III 3.2.1 software, you need the following: ■ A PCI-based Sun system with one or more SunPCi III car ds installed. See the SunPCi III 3.2.1 Product Notes for a complete list of supported systems.
Chapter 2 Getting Star ted 11 Starting and Stopping the SunPCi III Softwar e This section provides instructions for starting and stopping the SunPCi softwar e.
12 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 ▼ Shutting Down SunPCi III Software 1. Click Start and choose Shut Down. The Shut Down W indows dialog box opens.
Chapter 2 Getting Star ted 13 Note – Y ou can create several C: and D: drive f iles, each with different applications and configurations, and attach a drive as needed. Only one C: drive and one D: drive can be active at any one time, and a file cannot function as a C: drive and a D: drive at the same time.
14 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Tip – If you choose the automatic installation of a Microsoft W indows operating system using NTFS, you are not constrained by the limitations of DOS. When the emulated drive is created for Linux, the drive is not partitioned.
Chapter 2 Getting Star ted 15 FIGURE 2-1 Cr eate a New Emulated Drive Dialog Box 3. In the Create a New Emulated Drive dialog box, select an operating system to auto-install. ■ If applicable, insert the first operating system installation CD-ROM into the Sun system.
16 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 4. Move the horizontal slider to set the drive size (in Gbytes) for the new drive. The horizontal slider automatically sets to the recommended default size. The left end of the scale is restricted to the r equired minimum drive size for the operating system you selected.
Chapter 2 Getting Star ted 17 Attaching Emulated Drives If you want to use an existing emulated drive that is not currently attached to your SunPCi card as a C: or D: drive, you can attach it by following the dir ections in this section.
18 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 5. Click OK. The Reset SunPCi dialog box opens. 6. Click Shutdown x86 OS and Reset SunPCi to attach the emulated drive. SunPCi software r eboots to the newly attached drive. The drive is now attached as a C: or D: drive.
Chapter 2 Getting Star ted 19 FIGURE 2-3 Gr ow an Existing Emulated Drive Dialog Box 3. Move the horizontal slider to the new size of the drive. Note – The size you choose is the total size of the emulated drive, which includes both the original size of the drive and the added space.
20 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 ■ Use a third-party softwar e, such as PartitionMagic, to complete the expansion of your current disk drive. ■ Create a new partition in the expanded space in Linux by using the command fdisk /dev/sundska or fdisk /dev/sundskb .
21 CHAPTER 3 Using Multiple SunPCi III Car ds This chapter assumes that you have installed the SunPCi III 3.2.1 software and all the cards that you will be using concurr ently in your Sun system. Y ou should have configur ed the first card following the pr ocedures in Chapter 2.
22 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Multiple Car ds Conf iguration Process Y ou can install multiple SunPCi III cards into an Sun server or Sun system. T o configur e multiple cards, follow this sequence: 1. Remove any pr evious versions of SunPCi cards (version 1.
Chapter 3 Using Multiple SunPCi III Cards 23 Conf iguring Multiple Car ds W ith SunPCi III Softwar e The first time the SunPCi III softwar e is started, a default filename . ini configuration file is cr eated as ~/pc/SunPC.ini . This .ini file is specified fr om the sunpci command line to start the desired emulated C: or D: drive.
24 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 One solution is to name the .ini file and its disk image using some identifying characteristic, such as the operating system installed on the disk image. Y ou can only run one C: and one D: drive per card at a time.
Chapter 3 Using Multiple SunPCi III Cards 25 Using Car ds and Emulated Drives Although an emulated drive must run on a SunPCi III card, the SunPCi III emulated drives are not for ced to run on any particular card.
26 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 ▼ How to Start a Specif ic .ini File By default, SunPCi software uses the SunPC.ini file when you use the sunpci command. T o start a differ ent emulated drive, which you must do in a multiple card configuration, use the sunpci command with the -p option.
Chapter 3 Using Multiple SunPCi III Cards 27 ● T o start the SunPCi III software with a specif ic card, type the following command: Where cardname is one car d’s name returned by the system, for example, Card1 or Card2 .
28 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 T o open and run multiple SunPCi III cards on the same system, follow the dir ections above for opening each particular disk image and card. Although the .ini file is not dedicated to a particular disk image, you need to have an available .
Chapter 3 Using Multiple SunPCi III Cards 29 Before attempting to r econfigure the binding of any disk image, verify that you have read and understood the sunpci and the sunpciflash command-line options. For more information, r efer to “The sunpci Command and Its Options” on page 1 10.
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31 CHAPTER 4 Networking W ith SunPCi III Har dwar e and Software This chapter assumes that you have installed the SunPCi III card or cards into your Sun system, that you have installed the SunPCi III software, and that you want to understand what networking options are available with the SunPCi III 3.
32 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Note – Only Physical Networking is supported with Linux. Physical Ethernet networking is faster than virtual Ethernet, but it requires an additional port to connect to your network.
Chapter 4 Networking With SunPCi III Hardware and Software 33 Setting Up Networking W ith SunPCi III Har dwar e and Software Setting up networking with SunPCi hardwar e and software involves setting T.
34 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Note – Microsoft W indows and Linux provides a number of dif ferent ways to install hardwar e. Follow the instructions in this section, even if you have installed hardwar e before.
Chapter 4 Networking With SunPCi III Hardware and Software 35 ▼ How to Use Power Management W ith Physical Networking If you need to “ping” the IP address of the SunPCi III card to bring up the machine when it is in Stand by mode while using physical networking, do the following: 1.
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37 CHAPTER 5 Using W indows XP Pr ofessional This chapter describes how to install and configure Micr osoft W indows XP Professional on your SunPCi III system.
38 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Installing W indows XP Pr ofessional Y ou install operating system software when you create an emulated drive by choosing Create a New Emulated Drive fr om the SunPCi Options menu. See “Emulated Drives and SunPCi III Software” on page 12.
Chapter 5 Using Windows XP Prof essional 39 ▼ How to Perform a Custom Installation Caution – When you specify an operating system to auto-install in the Create a New Emulated Drive dialog box, the software automatically finds and copies setup files, boot f iles, system files, and drivers that are appr opriate for that operating system.
40 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 When the setupwxp script finishes copying the W indows XP Professional files to your C: drive, it reboots the SunPCi III software. The W indows XP Professional Setup screen opens. When W indows XP Professional Setup finishes copying f iles, it reboots the SunPCi III software again.
Chapter 5 Using Windows XP Prof essional 41 Upgrading W indows NT4 WS to W indows XP Pr ofessional Caution – The setup and configuration pr ocedures for the SunPCi III program involve some steps that differ fr om the Microsoft upgrade steps.
42 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 3. In W indows Explorer , navigate to the following path: Note – If you cannot find this dir ectory on your C: drive, either you have installed the wrong version of the SunPCi III software, or you did not update your SunPCi III drivers.
Chapter 5 Using Windows XP Prof essional 43 ▼ How to Upgrade W indows 2000 Pr ofessional to W indows XP Pr ofessional 1. Insert the W indows XP Professional CD into your system’ s CD-ROM drive. 2. From the Start menu, choose All Programs, and then choose W indows Explorer .
44 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Installing Japanese W indows XP Pr ofessional There ar e two ways to install the Japanese version of W indows XP Professional on SunPCi III: automatic and manual.
Chapter 5 Using Windows XP Prof essional 45 13. Click OK when you receive a message asking you to shut down W indows and reset SunPCi III. 14. From the File menu, select Reset PC. When the system finishes copying f iles, the SunPCi III software restarts.
46 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 14. From the File menu, select Reset PC. 15. Create a f ile system for the emulated drive as follows: ■ T o create a F A T file system on the driv.
Chapter 5 Using Windows XP Prof essional 47 For more information about physical and virtual Ethernet networking, refer to “Setting Up Networking W ith SunPCi III Hardwar e and Software” on page 33.
48 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 3. Click Next. The Add Hardwar e W izard dialog box opens. 4. Click the Y es, I have already connected the hardware radio button. 5. Click Next. 6. Click Add a New Hardware Device. 7. Click Next. 8. Click the Install the hardware that I manually select from a list [Advanced] radio button.
Chapter 5 Using Windows XP Prof essional 49 ▼ How to Conf igure the Network for W indows XP Pr ofessional After you finish conf iguring the virtual or the physical network adapter and restart W indows XP Professional, you need to conf igure one of the adapters to use TCP/IP .
50 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Note – If you see a dialog box with the message SunNDIS failed to start , ignore the message and click OK.
Chapter 5 Using Windows XP Prof essional 51 13. Click OK to close the System Properties dialog box. T o enable the physical adapter to use TCP/IP in the network, you need to complete the procedur e “How to Configure the Network for W indows XP Professional” on page 49.
52 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 ▼ How to Conf igure W indows XP Professional for External V ideo Use For more information about conf iguring the display in W indows XP Professional, refer to your W indows XP Professional documentation.
Chapter 5 Using Windows XP Prof essional 53 Note – For best performance with W indows XP and an external monitor , attach a serial mouse to the serial port on the SunPCi III card’s Serial/Parallel Port Backplate. ▼ How to Switch External V ideo Back to the System Monitor 1.
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55 CHAPTER 6 Using W indows 2000 Pr ofessional or W indows 2000 Server This chapter describes how to install and configure Micr osoft W indows 2000 Professional and Micr osoft W indows 2000 Server Edition operating system software for use with the SunPCi III product.
56 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Installing W indows 2000 Y ou install operating system software when you create an emulated drive by choosing Create a New Emulated Drive fr om the SunPCi Options menu. See “Emulated Drives and SunPCi III Software” on page 12.
Chapter 6 Using Windows 2000 Prof essional or Windows 2000 Ser ver 57 ■ Make the drive at least 2 Gbytes in size, which can be expanded later if needed. ■ Attach the drive as a C: drive. ■ For best performance, create your emulated drives on a local hard disk on your Sun system or server .
58 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Upgrading W indows NT to W indows 2000 Although W indows NT is not supported in SunPCi III 3.2.1, you can upgrade from W indows NT to a supported operating systems in SunPCi III 3.2.1. In SunPCi III 3.
Chapter 6 Using Windows 2000 Prof essional or Windows 2000 Ser ver 59 Upgrading W indows NT4 WS to W indows 2000 Pr ofessional Caution – The setup and configuration pr ocedures for the SunPCi III program involve some steps that differ fr om the Microsoft upgrade steps.
60 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 4. Double-click upgrade.bat . The upgrade process continues. This program automatically maps a network drive for its own use. If you do not have a network drive letter available in W indows Explorer , the process fails.
Chapter 6 Using Windows 2000 Prof essional or Windows 2000 Ser ver 61 1. Log off all clients and other processes from the server before upgrading Microsoft W indows and before enabling SunFSD mapping in Microsoft Windows.
62 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 4. Double-click upgrade.bat . The upgrade process continues. This program automatically maps a network drive for its own use. If you do not have a network drive letter available in W indows Explorer , the process fails.
Chapter 6 Using Windows 2000 Prof essional or Windows 2000 Ser ver 63 Note – Microsoft W indows provides several differ ent ways to install software. Follow the instructions in this section, even if you have installed Microsoft W indows software pr eviously .
64 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 2. Double-click Add/Remove Hardware. The Add/Remove Hardwar e W izard dialog box opens. 3. Click Next. 4. Click the “Add/T roubleshoot a device” radio button. 5. Click Next. Microsoft W indows searches for new hardwar e devices.
Chapter 6 Using Windows 2000 Prof essional or Windows 2000 Ser ver 65 T o make the virtual adapter function in the network, you need to complete the procedur e in “How to Configure the Network for W indows 2000” on page 65.
66 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Note – If you see a dialog box with the message Sunndis failed to start , ignore the message and click OK.
Chapter 6 Using Windows 2000 Prof essional or Windows 2000 Ser ver 67 13. Click OK to close the System Properties dialog box. T o enable the physical adapter to use TCP/IP in the network, you need to complete the procedur e “How to Configure the Network for W indows 2000” on page 65.
68 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 ▼ How to Conf igure W indows 2000 for External V ideo Use For more information about conf iguring the display in W indows 2000, refer to your W indows 2000 documentation. 1. On the W indows 2000 desktop, choose right-click.
Chapter 6 Using Windows 2000 Prof essional or Windows 2000 Ser ver 69 Note – For best performance with W indows 2000 and an external monitor , attach a serial mouse to the serial port on the SunPCi III card’s Serial/Parallel Port Backplate. ▼ How to Switch External V ideo Back to the System Monitor 1.
70 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 2. Double-click the Display icon. 3. Click the Settings tab. 4. Choose the “T rue Color (24-bit) option in the Colors” group box. 5. Click OK to close the Display Properties dialog box. 6. Double-click the Mouse icon.
71 CHAPTER 7 Using W indows Server 2003 This chapter describes how to install and configure Micr osoft W indows Server 2003 for use with the SunPCi III product. It also describes how to upgrade an existing emulated drive to W indows Server 2003. SunPCi III 3.
72 SunPCi III 3.2.1User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Installing W indows Server 2003 Y ou install operating system software when you create an emulated drive by choosing Create a New Emulated Drive fr om the SunPCi Options menu. See “Emulated Drives and SunPCi III Software” on page 12.
Chapter 7 Using Windows Server 2003 73 ■ Make the drive at least 2 Gbytes in size, which can be expanded later if needed. ■ Attach the drive as a C: drive. ■ For best performance, create your emulated drives on a local hard disk on your Sun system or server .
74 SunPCi III 3.2.1User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Upgrading W indows 2000 Server or W indows NT to W indows Server 2003 Although W indows NT is not supported in SunPCi III 3.2.1, you can upgrade from W indows NT to a supported operating systems in SunPCi III 3.
Chapter 7 Using Windows Server 2003 75 Upgrading W indows 2000 Server to W indows Server 2003 Caution – The setup and configuration pr ocedures for the SunPCi III software involve some steps that differ fr om the Microsoft upgrade steps.
76 SunPCi III 3.2.1User ’ s Guide • March 2004 2. From the Start menu, choose Programs, and then choose W indows Explorer . The W indows Explorer window opens.
Chapter 7 Using Windows Server 2003 77 Befor e Y ou Begin the Upgrade Caution – Before upgrading to a supported operating system, you must update your Intel drivers. Refer to “Updating Intel and Linux Drivers” on page 1 15 for additional information.
78 SunPCi III 3.2.1User ’ s Guide • March 2004 4. Double-click upgrade.bat. The upgrade process continues. This program automatically maps a network drive for its own use. If you do not have a network drive letter available in W indows Explorer , the process fails.
Chapter 7 Using Windows Server 2003 79 Note – If you use a static IP address for physical networking and are switching to virtual networking, and want to use your static IP address, you must remove your static IP address in physical networking.
80 SunPCi III 3.2.1User ’ s Guide • March 2004 3. Click Next. 4. Click the “Add/T roubleshoot a device” radio button. 5. Click Next. Microsoft W indows searches for new hardwar e devices. The Add/Remove Hardwar e W izard - Choose a Hardwar e dialog box opens.
Chapter 7 Using Windows Server 2003 81 ▼ How to Conf igure the Network for W indows Server 2003 After you finish conf iguring the virtual or the physical network adapter and restart W indows Server 2003, you need to configur e one of the adapters to use TCP/IP .
82 SunPCi III 3.2.1User ’ s Guide • March 2004 ▼ How to Reconf igure the Network Adapter for Physical Ethernet If you need to reactivate the physical network adapter , follow these steps. Caution – Do not activate a virtual and a physical network adapter at the same time.
Chapter 7 Using Windows Server 2003 83 ▼ How to Pr epare W indows Server 2003 to Display External V ideo T o use an external monitor , you need to attach the monitor to the SunPCi III main card backplate and install the external video driver . Caution – Do not use both system and external monitors at the same time.
84 SunPCi III 3.2.1User ’ s Guide • March 2004 3. Click the Settings tab. Note – There ar e two displays shown in the window , marked 1 and 2. V ideo 2 is highlighted, showing that it (the system monitor) is the primary display . V ideo 1 is dimmed, indicating that it is not the primary display .
Chapter 7 Using Windows Server 2003 85 2. Choose Properties. The Display Properties dialog box opens. 3. Click the Settings tab. 4. Click V ideo 2. The driver listed underneath the video changes to Default Monitor on Sun Microsystems on SunPCi video. 5.
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87 CHAPTER 8 Using Red Hat Linux This chapter describes how to install and configure the Red Hat Linux 9 and Red Hat Linux Enterprise 3 operating systems on your SunPCi III system.
88 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Installing Red Hat Linux Y ou install the Linux operating system when you create an emulated drive by choosing Create a New Emulated Drive fr om the SunPCi Options menu. See “Emulated Drives and SunPCi III Software” on page 12.
Chapter 8 Using Red Hat Linux 89 ■ Red Hat Linux Enterprise 3 WS (Kernel 2.4.21-4EL) ■ Make the drive at least 3 Gbytes in size (which is the default), which can be expanded later if needed. A full installation of Red Hat Linux requir es 7 Gbytes.
90 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 3. Continue the installation according to the instructions in your Red Hat Linux installation windows. When the installation is complete, the SunPCi III software r eboots. 4. After SunPCi restarts, you then are prompted to conf igure networking for Linux, which you complete in the next section.
Chapter 8 Using Red Hat Linux 91 ▼ How to Reconf igure Networking For Linux During installation, you choose either a Static IP address or DHCP address. If you want to change your network configuration after the initial Linux installation, complete the following procedure.
92 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 3. From the Options menu, choose Attach the Mouse. This attaches the mouse to work properly . 4. From the Main menu, choose Systems Setting, and then choose Display . The Display Settings dialog box opens.
Chapter 8 Using Red Hat Linux 93 Color Depth Issues with Linux and the System Monitor When using the system monitor , the color depth used on your SunPCi Linux desktop depends on the following: ■ The color depths available on your Solaris desktop ■ The XserverOptions in the Linux section of your SunPC.
94 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004.
95 CHAPTER 9 Installing and Conf iguring Server Softwar e This chapter provides information about SunPCi server installation and configuration issues. This chapter includes the following topic: ■ .
96 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Using SunFSD for Mapping Between Solaris and Micr osoft W indows The SunPCi III 3.2.1 software includes the Sun File System Driver (SunFSD), which maps Microsoft W indows drive letters to Solaris software directories.
Chapter 9 Installing and Configuring Ser ver Softw are 97 SunFSD can be enabled in server installations if necessary by the Server Administrator account only .
98 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004.
99 CHAPTER 10 Using Drives and Conf iguring Peripheral Devices This chapter includes information about using drives and configuring peripheral devices available with the SunPCi III product.
100 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Using a Diskette Drive W ith SunPCi III Softwar e Many Sun systems come with one diskette drive. If you have a Sun system that does not have a built-in diskette drive, you need to have the drive installed if you intend to copy data from diskette.
Chapter 10 Using Drives and Configuring P er ipheral Devices 101 ▼ How to Mount a CD-ROM Drive If you have disabled Solaris V olume Manager ( vold ) on your system, you need to turn it back on to use vold with SunPCi III software, or you can manually mount the CD-ROM drive file system instead of using vold .
102 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 ■ If your CD-ROM drive is an IDE drive , type: T o f ind out what type of CD-ROM drive you have, and what file system it supports, consult your hardwar e platform documentation. 4. Exit superuser .
Chapter 10 Using Drives and Configuring P er ipheral Devices 103 ▼ How to Eject a CD Fr om a CD-ROM Drive ● T o eject a CD from your CD-ROM drive, from the Options menu, choose Eject the CD-ROM. Connecting Peripheral Devices The SunPCi III card main backplate contains an LED indicator , two audio ports, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.
104 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 ■ If SunPCi is not running, you can identify the card on which the session is running by using the -f cardname switch. The LED indicator cycles through the green, r ed, and amber colors until you type the kill -INT pid command to stop the process.
Chapter 10 Using Drives and Configuring P er ipheral Devices 105 FIGURE 10-1 shows the options available on the SunPCi III main card backplate. FIGURE 10-1 SunPCi III Main Card Backplate Connecting Additional USB and 1394 Fir ewir e Devices The USB/Firewir e card and backplate included with the SunPCi III main card features two USB 2.
106 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Connecting USB Devices W ith SunPCi III, you now have three available USB devices: one on the main car d backplate and two on the USB/Firewire backplate. Since the USB devices are USB 2.0, they are much faster than the older USB 1.
Chapter 10 Using Drives and Configuring P er ipheral Devices 107 Connecting Serial and Parallel Port Devices The Serial/Parallel Port backplate included with the SunPCi III card features a parallel port that you can use to connect a parallel device, such as a printer , to operate with SunPCi III software.
108 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 T o print to the parallel port with SunPCi III software, simply use the Print command from your PC-based application. Note – These instructions apply to a local printer that you attach to the parallel port on your SunPCi III card.
109 CHAPTER 11 Using SunPCi III Softwar e This chapter provides detailed information about how to use the sunpci command- line options and the SunPCi III 3.2.1 graphical user interface (GUI) window , menus, and dialog boxes. The chapter also gives instructions for updating Intel drivers, VNC, and extended drives.
110 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 The sunpci Command and Its Options T o use a command-line option with the sunpci command, type the command, followed by a dash, followed by the command-line option, followed by any r equired argument such as a f ile name, card name, or command.
Chapter 11 Using SunPCi III Software 111 T ABLE 11- 1 lists the SunPCi III command-line options. T ABLE 11-1 SunPCi III Command-Line Options Option Purpose No option When no option is used with the sunpci command, by default SunPCi III opens the SunPCi menu.
112 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 -l Displays the system’s installed and recognized SunPCi car ds. The switch returns the Car d Name, for example Card1; the device file name in th.
Chapter 11 Using SunPCi III Software 113 SunPCi III Menus The first window you see when you start SunPCi III softwar e is the SunPCi III window . The following sections describe the File and Options menus at the top of the SunPCi III window . File Menu The SunPCi III File menu contains two commands: Reset PC and Exit.
114 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Options Menu The Options menu lets you create, update, attach, and grow emulated har d disk drives, attach a CD-ROM drive, eject a CD/DVD, and also enables you to attach the mouse to SunPCi III. T ABLE 11-3 describes the disk-related commands in the Options menu.
Chapter 11 Using SunPCi III Software 115 Updating Intel and Linux Drivers SunPCi III software automatically updates your Intel and Linux drivers during a fresh installation of SunPCi III. Y ou also can manually update your drivers, which you have to do if you are using a server product or if your automatic update fails.
116 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 ■ If you choose Cancel or Close , the dialog box closes and no updates occur . If you do not update the drivers, every time you start SunPCi, you will be asked to update the drivers.
Chapter 11 Using SunPCi III Software 117 ▼ How to Automatically Update Linux Drivers SunPCi III software r ecognizes the installation of a new SunPCi software package and prompts you to update the Linux drivers. T o automatically update Linux drivers, follow these steps: ● Start your version of Linux.
118 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Boot@Boot Support Boot@Boot is a feature that you can configur e to automatically start the SunPCi III software on one or mor e SunPCi III cards when it is installed on a Sun system.
Chapter 11 Using SunPCi III Software 119 For complete information about the sunpcidadm command and its options, see the sunpcidadm man page. See “How to V iew Solaris Manual Pages” on page 5 for further information on using man pages.
120 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Note that VNC is intended to be used only for SunPCi administration purposes, and that VNC is not a supported mechanism for remote display of SunPCi sessions for normal day-to-day operating system interaction.
Chapter 11 Using SunPCi III Software 121 The first task you must complete to configur e Boot@Boot is to configure VNC support so that the SunPCi III cards have an X server available that is guaranteed to be running and accepting connections when the cards boot.
122 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 T o configur e VNC to run under the sunpciadmin account, in the group sunpcigroup , with the home directory /home/sunpciadmin , you would modify the following VNC section into the /etc/Master.
Chapter 11 Using SunPCi III Software 123 Pr eparing SunPCi III Cards for Boot@Boot Support Each card that you want to configur e for Boot@Boot support must have an existing and unique .ini file and a matching C: drive (and optionally a D: drive). By convention, the .
124 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 This adds the following information to the already existing configuration information for Card1 in the /etc/Master.ini f ile: This information instructs the SunPCi daemon that Card1 is to be added to its internal list to handle.
Chapter 11 Using SunPCi III Software 125 Listing Boot@Boot Sessions If you want to see which SunPCi sessions are running, along with the pr ocess IDs of the sessions, use the following command: The sy.
126 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 T o shut down a SunPCi or VNC session without interacting with SunPCi software or VNC directly through vncviewer , use the sunpcidadm command with the -D option. This marks the session as Disabled in the /etc/Master.
Chapter 11 Using SunPCi III Software 127 Making Manual Changes to the Boot@Boot Conf iguration Y ou can edit the /etc/Master.ini file in or der to modify the following: ■ The DisplayNum for Xvnc to .
128 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 ▼ How to Interact W ith VNC Fr om a Remote Client 1. Install the SUNWspvn3 package on the remote client.
Chapter 11 Using SunPCi III Software 129 File System Drives A f ile system drive is an extended drive that maps to directories on any Solaris f ile system mounted on the local host. T o map a f ile system drive in Microsoft W indows, refer to “How to Access Solaris Files and Directories in Microsoft W indows” on page 129.
130 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 3. Click on the arrow to the right of the Drive f ield. A list of unassigned drive letters opens in the menu. 4. Scroll down the list until you f ind the drive letter you want, and then click to choose it.
Chapter 11 Using SunPCi III Software 131 ▼ How to Conf igure Japanese Copy and Paste Between Micr osoft W indows and Solaris T o configur e Japanese copy and paste functions, perform the following procedure. 1. Exit SunPCi III software. 2. Using the text editor of your choice, open the $HOME/pc/SunPC.
132 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Tip – For information about printing from Solaris with Linux, refer to your Linux documentation. Note – If you are trying to print and the network is busy , there might be delays in printing, as well as delays in retrieving printer status and printer queue contents.
Chapter 11 Using SunPCi III Software 133 8. Click the system name, then click OK. Follow the instructions described in the Printer W izard dialog boxes. Y ou are now r eady to use your Sun system’s network printer as a Microsoft W indows printer . For more information, r efer to Microsoft W indows documentation.
134 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004.
135 APPENDIX A T r oubleshooting The sections in this appendix describe known issues with the SunPCi III 3.2.1 products. This appendix pr ovides tips for rectifying some of the issues you might encounter while using SunPCi hardware and softwar e.
136 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 SunPCi III 3.2.1 software cr eates a separate log file for each card installed in your system. By default, logging is enabled, log files are named Card n .log (wher e n is the number of the SunPCi III card), and log f iles are placed in the directory /var/preserve/sunpcilogs .
Appendix A T roubleshooting 137 Har dware Err or Messages The following table shows some error messages that result fr om hardware issues, possible causes of those issues, and solutions. T ABLE A-1 SunPCi III Hardwar e Error Messages and Solutions Error Message P ossible Cause Solution Driver not found.
138 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Mouse Issues T ABLE A-2 lists some common mouse issues, possible causes, and solutions. Diskette Drive Issue SunPCi III software and the Solaris V olume Manager program ( vold ) tend to conflict with each other for control of the diskette drive.
Appendix A T roubleshooting 139 T o disable the Solaris V olume Manager , perform the following steps: 1. Make sure that SunPCi III software is not running. 2. Become superuser . 3. Disable V olume Manager by entering the following command: 4. Exit superuser .
140 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 1. Open a T erminal window and log in as root. 2. Open the f ile /usr/dt/config/Xservers in a text editor and edit the last line of the f ile so that it appears as follows: 3. Save and close the f ile.
Appendix A T roubleshooting 141 Before you change the r esolution or display depth of your monitor , be sure to shut down all running applications and save your work. Y ou do not need to test a new setting before applying it. The following table shows the available resolutions.
142 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 SunPCi III Softwar e and Solaris Issues This section includes the following topics: ■ “Installation Error Message” on page 142 ■ “Startup.
Appendix A T roubleshooting 143 Startup Err or Messages When starting SunPCi III 3.2.1 software, you might encounter one of the following error messages.
144 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Emulated Har d Drive Issues The following table describes information about large emulated drives. T ABLE A-6 Emulated Hard Drive Issues and Solutions Issue Description Explanation Solution I just created a new 8- Gbyte emulated drive, but I can only see 2 Gbytes.
Appendix A T roubleshooting 145 Using Multiple Operating Systems If you want to use multiple versions of operating systems with SunPCi software, the best method is to install each operating system on a separate emulated drive file. Loading multiple operating systems on a single drive is not recommended.
146 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Missing Master.ini File After Factory Installation If you have SunPCi III 3.2.1 software preinstalled or if you install the SunPCi III 3.
Appendix A T roubleshooting 147 If your system returns a message similar to the following message, you need to install the SunPCi III 3.2.1 software from the CD: Multiple Car ds and Microsoft W indows Issue In multiple card installations, select one of many configuration (.
148 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Xinerama Display Issues Y ou might encounter any or all of the three following display issues with Xinerama: ■ When using SunPCi III during an Xinerama session, the mouse can behave erratically if the SunPCi III session is set to display on the non-default (right-side) frame buffer .
Appendix A T roubleshooting 149 Unexpected Power Failur e Issue When an unexpected power failure occurs on your Sun system, the following message might appear: T o f ix this issue, power-cycle your Sun system. Note – When this issue occurs, the LED indicator on the SunPCi III main card backplate is not lit.
150 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 address in the emulated drive can be rewritten. Refer to the SunPCi III 3.2.1 User’ s Guide , specifically the “ Using SunPCi III Software” chapter for information about SunPCi command options.
Appendix A T roubleshooting 151 ■ “Japanese Copy and Paste Issue” on page 152 ■ “Opening in Safe Mode Only Starts in External Monitor” on page 152 ■ “Switching to External V ideo Monit.
152 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Because SunFSD does not support the SFN convention, some older Microsoft W indows applications that employ this convention sometimes fail to install correctly . Many recent applications do not r ely on 8.
Appendix A T roubleshooting 153 Switching to External V ideo Monitor After Entering Stand By Mode Displays as a Blank W indow After installing SunPCi III 3.
154 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 6. Choose Properties. The VIA RHINE II Fast Ethernet Adapter Properties dialog box opens. 7. Click the Power Management tab. 8. V erify that the “Allow this device to bring the computer out of Standby” check box is checked, and if it is not, check it.
Appendix A T roubleshooting 155 ■ “Cannot Eject CD From Solaris When Mounted Through Linux” on page 158 ■ “USB Keyboards and Mice Only W ork W ith External Monitor” on page 158 ■ “Spec.
156 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Y ou can copy graphics within Linux and between Linux applications. Disk Device Naming Inconsistent During Installation In Red Hat Linux 9, during installation, all disk devices are named hdc and hdd .
Appendix A T roubleshooting 157 Display Issue when V iewing Emacs In Red Hat Linux 9, when using the system monitor and after opening Emacs, the fonts and the characters might appear as blocks instead of text. If this issue appears, close Emacs and then reopen the application to view fonts and characters properly .
158 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Cannot Eject CD Fr om Solaris When Mounted Thr ough Linux In Red Hat Linux 9, you cannot eject a CD using Solaris software once the CD is mounted by Linux. T o eject the CD using Solaris by pr essing the Meta-E key combination, you must first unmount the CD in Linux.
Appendix A T roubleshooting 159 Audio Might Not W ork In Red Hat Linux 9, audio drivers and audio output randomly fail in some Linux applications. The audio drivers in Red Hat Linux 9 sometimes do not play or record properly . This is a known Linux bug and is currently under investigation.
160 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Must Install Networking During Linux Installation to Use Graphical User Interface In Red Hat Linux 9, if you do not follow the directions exactly in the SunPCi III 3.
Appendix A T roubleshooting 161 5. Make sure the /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ filename is a hard link to the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 directory .
162 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Do not use VNC to launch applications in Linux. For additional VNC information, refer to the SunPCi III 3.
Appendix A T roubleshooting 163 ■ “W indows Media Player 8 and 9 and Audio CD Issue” on page 169 ■ “W indows Media Player 8 and 9 and V irtual CD-ROM Issue” on page 170 ■ “Setting the .
164 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 The tag values do not need to be in any numerical or alphabetical order . For example, you might add the following to the [Display] section: This will add 1280x960 16-bit, 1000x800 24-bit, and 1280x960 8-bit display modes to the list of available modes.
Appendix A T roubleshooting 165 1. Right-click your W indows desktop. 2. Choose Properties. The Display Properties dialog box opens. 3. Click the Settings tab. 4. Click “Medium (16 bit)” in the Color quality drop-down list box. 5. Click Apply . The desktop flickers while applying the new settings.
166 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 ■ If you insert an object (such as a clip art file) into a Microsoft Of fice XP application, and the original object is stored on a file system drive or a drive mapped using localhost path , the insertion will not work correctly .
Appendix A T roubleshooting 167 T r oubleshooting W indows XP Professional, W indows 2000, and W indows Server 2003 Issues The following table lists some possible issues with W indows XP Professional, W indows 2000, and W indows Server 2003 and their causes and recommended solutions.
168 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 No Mouse Input After Booting Into Safe Mode When booting into Safe Mode, the Sun Mouse Filter driver is uninstalled. Therefore you are left with no mouse with which to navigate. Y ou can boot into Safe Mode by following these steps: 1.
Appendix A T roubleshooting 169 ■ Administrators cannot unmap a SunFSD drive originally mapped by a user , although Administrators can unmap a drive mapped by another Administrator . ■ Users cannot unmap a SunFSD drive they originally mapped if the user account was originally created without Administrator privileges.
170 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 8. Click OK to close the Options window . Y ou should be able to play your CD properly now . W indows Media Player 8 and 9 and V irtual CD-ROM Issue While using Microsoft W indows and W indows Media Player 8 or 9, a new window might appear and then disappear .
Appendix A T roubleshooting 171 T o f ix this issue, you can either restart W i ndows or r efer to the SunPCi III 3.2 User ’ s Guide, specifically the section in the W indows 2000 chapter titled, “How to Switch External V ideo Back to the System Monitor” on page 69 for instructions.
172 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 W indows Networking and SunFSD Issues This section includes the following topics: ■ “Installing Applications on SunFSD” on page 172 ■ “Ex.
Appendix A T roubleshooting 173 ■ Using UNC path names to locate Off ice XP or Office 2000 f iles, such as localhostexporthomemyfiles.doc , does not work in this version of the software. FSD Mapping Is Now Case Sensitive When using supported Microsoft W indows operating systems, FSD mapping is case sensitive with SunPCi III 3.
174 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 ■ Y our Sun system and SunPCi III software must have the same network mask. The value of the network mask depends on the type of network you ar e using. Contact your network administrator for more information.
Appendix A T roubleshooting 175 Installing Applications Into a SunFSD T ar get Dir ectory If an application’s installation program fails to install to a SunFSD-mapped drive with warnings about a Path Not Found or File Not Found , this might be because the installation program is relying upon the destination f ile system to support 8.
176 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Softwar e Appears to Hang When Browsing Network Drives Y ou might observe a very long time lag when br owsing network drives. SunPCi III software might even appear to hang as it sear ches the contents of the drives.
Appendix A T roubleshooting 177 Unable to Mount Network Drive W ith W indows Explor er Issue If you cannot mount network drives with W indows Explorer , networking might not be installed on the SunPCi III platform. T ry to log in to the network first.
178 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 The work around for this issue is to f ind a subdirectory for the autofs mount point that displays a non-zero available and a non-zero used disk blocks statistic.
Appendix A T roubleshooting 179 T r oubleshooting Microsoft W indows Applications The following table lists some possible Microsoft W indows application issues, their causes, and recommended solutions. T ABLE A-8 T roubleshooting Micr osoft W indows Applications Problem Cause Solution Inserting a file into Microsoft Of fice 2000 does not work.
180 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 When installing Corel W orkPerfect 2000 on W indows XP Professional, the installation appears to hang.
Appendix A T roubleshooting 181 T r oubleshooting Microsoft W indows Applications and SunFSD Issues The following section describes known Microsoft W indows application and SunFSD issues, their causes, and recommended solutions.
182 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 ■ Corel Draw 10 ■ Corel W ordPerfect 2002 ■ Microsoft Fr ontPage 2002 ■ Microsoft Of fice XP ■ Microsoft Pr oject 2002 ■ Microsoft V isio 2002 Note – This is not an exhaustive list, but includes the known applications that cannot be installed to a SunFSD at this time.
Appendix A T roubleshooting 183 W ordPerfect 9 Installation and SunFSD on W indows XP Professional W ordPerfect 9 is part of the Cor el W ordPerfect Off ice 2000 Software Suite. Y ou might not be able to open W ordPerfect 9 installed on a SunFSD while using W indows XP Professional.
184 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Adobe Photoshop Installation and SunFSD on W indows XP Professional On W indows XP Professional, if installing Photoshop 5.0, 5.5, or 6.0 to a SunFSD drive, the Choose Directory dialog box does not list any SunFSD mounted drives.
185 APPENDIX B SunPCi III International Support This appendix includes the following topics: ■ “International Support” on page 185 ■ “Using the Keyboard Environment V ariables” on page 186.
186 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Note – T o configur e Microsoft W indows to work with Japanese copy and paste functions, refer to “How to Conf igure Japanese Copy and Paste Between Microsoft W indows and Solaris” on page 131.
Appendix B SunPCi III Inter national Suppor t 187 KBCP Envir onment V ariable V alues The KBCP environment variable specif ies the keyboard code page. The code page specifies the characters set (accents, currency symbols, and so on) to be used with a keyboard.
188 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 ▼ How to Set an Envir onment V ariable T o set an environment variable, do the following: 1. Make sure that the SunPCi III software is not running.Exit SunPCi III if it is running. 2. Open a T erminal window on your desktop.
Appendix B SunPCi III Inter national Suppor t 189 1. Check that the Solaris KBCP and KBTYPE environment variables are set to use the same language (for example, us, gr , and so on).
190 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 DOS Character Set When you, or a program you ar e using, creates a file under DOS, the DOS character set is used. When you create a f ile under the Solaris system, the ISO 8859 Latin 1 character set is used.
Appendix B SunPCi III Inter national Suppor t 191 Prepar ed code pages are provided in code-page information ( .CPI ) files in your software. OpenDOS includes the following prepar ed code pages: ■ 4.
192 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 The $LANG V ariable There ar e two Solaris commands that enable you to specify code pages: /usr/bin/dos2unix and /usr/bin/unix2dos .
Appendix B SunPCi III Inter national Suppor t 193 If you do not have the $LANG variable set, or if it is set to anything but the settings listed in T ABLE B-4 , SunPCi III software uses the default US code page 437 and the en_US (English-US) $LANG setting.
194 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 Note that the settings listed in the table are the ones that SunPCi III supports. The table does not list all the languages Solaris supports. For more information about using Solaris environment variables, r efer to your Solaris documentation.
195 APPENDIX C SunPCi III Online Support This appendix includes listings of various W eb sites and online resources for SunPCi. This chapter includes the following topics: ■ “SunPCi III Product W .
196 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 SunPCi III Documentation The docs.sun.com W eb site enables you to access SunPCi documentation on the W eb. Y ou can sear ch for a specific book title or subject at the following URL: http://docs.sun.
197 APPENDIX D SunPCi III Performance T ips This appendix provides various ways to improve the performance of your SunPCi III system and the performance of your operating system applications.
198 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 If you want to increase the amount of memory allocated to the SunPCi III platform, purchase additional Mbyte memory . Refer to the SunPCi III SODIMM Installation Guide for installation information or for purchasing information contact your Sun reseller .
Appendix D SunPCi III Perf ormance Tips 199 Running Game Softwar e on the SunPCi III Platform Note – This procedur e applies only if you are using an external VGA monitor with your SunPCi III card. For mor e information about how to install and configure an external VGA monitor , refer to Chapter 10.
200 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 V ideo Display Routing The following table describes some video output routing in SunPCi III software. T ABLE D-1 describes the type of video output that occurs for the operating system you want to use, the video driver you installed, and whether you typed sunpci -v at the prompt.
201 Glossary This appendix defines terms used when describing the SunPCi™ pr oduct. This glossary is not an exhaustive list, but it provides an explanation of some less common terms. B backplate Optional dongle that attaches to the SunPCi motherboard.
202 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 color depth A term used to describe the number of bits used to represent colors for each pixel in a display . There are four common color depths: 8-bit (256 colors), 16-bit (High Color), and 24-bit and 32-bit (T rue Color).
Appendix Glossary 203 Firewire (IEEE 1394) A very fast external bus that supports data transfer rates of up to 400 Mbps in 1394a. The name Firewir e is trademarked by Apple, which originally developed the technology . T ypically used for peripheral devices such as hard disks and CD/DVD-ROM drives.
204 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 mount The action that enables you to make a mass storage or network storage device available or to install a device such as a disk drive. N network provider Existing service that provides network and printer identification.
Appendix Glossary 205 POST ( P ower O n S elf T est) Diagnostic testing sequence run by the BIOS as the SunPCi session is initiated or reset. power management Enables user to place the W indows operating system in Stand By mode to allow it to reduce power r equirements when not in use.
206 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 system time The time designated by the Solaris operating environment when the SunPCi card is booted. T T AR File ( T ape AR chive) A file containing archived data cr eated by the UNIX tar program. The T AR program combines a gr oup of files into a single file.
207 Index A A drive, 100 auto_master file, 176 automounted directories, br owsing, 176 B -B, 1 1 1 -b, 1 1 1 backplate main card backplate, 105 Serial/Parallel Port, 1 07 USB/Firewir e, 10 5 backplate.
208 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 -h, 1 1 1 -help, 1 1 1 -l, 1 1 1 -n, 1 12 -new, 1 12 -nomac, 1 12 -p, 1 12 -R, 1 12 sunpci, 1 10 -title, 1 12 -v, 1 12 -vga, 1 12 -w, 1 12 -xwait, .
Index 209 FSD definition, 203 G games, running on external VGA, 199 glossary term backplate, 201 Basic Input/Ouput System, 2 01 BIOS, 201 Blue Screen of Death, 201 boot@boot, 201 BSOD, 201 CMOS, 201 c.
210 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 I ini file def inition, 203 installation system requir ements, 10 Intel drivers automatic update, 115 manual update, 116 updating, 1 15 internal mo.
Index 211 N -n, 1 1 1 network drives, browsing, 176 logging in, 1 77 printers, 131 setting TCP/IP properties, 33 troubleshooting, 154, 172, 173 network drives, 129 Network Neighborhood, 175 network pr.
212 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 starting SunPCi, 1 1 stopping SunPCi, 1 1 SunClip definition, 205 SunFSD driver , enabling and disabling, 96 SunPCi closing, 1 1 creating a C or D .
Index 213 USB definition, 206 USB/Firewir e Backplate, 105 V -v, 1 12 VGA memory, 199 -vga, 1 12 VGA definition, 206 vga sunpci command option, 51, 67, 83 V ideo Graphics Array definition, 206 virtual.
214 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User ’ s Guide • March 2004 installing Japanese W indows XP Professional, automatic, 44 installing Japanese W indows XP Professional, manual, 45 upgrading to, 4 0 upgrading W .
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