NCD NC200 Installation Manual

Floppy disk drive

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NC200, NC400 and
NC900
Floppy Disk Drive
Installation Guide
Version 1.1

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  • Page 1 NC200, NC400 and NC900 Floppy Disk Drive Installation Guide Version 1.1...
  • Page 2 Copyright Copyright © 1999, 2000 by Network Computing Devices, Inc. (NCD). The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Network Computing Devices, Inc. shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material.
  • Page 3 INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, OR OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE PRODUCTS OR DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF NCD HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
  • Page 4: Safety Summary

    Safety Summary Terms In This Document CAUTION statements identify conditions of practices that can result in damage to the equipment or other property.
  • Page 5: Kit Contents

    Floppy Disk Drive Installation Introduction These instructions describe how to connect your new floppy disk drive to your Network Computer (NC). Connection is made to the parallel port on the NC. When you are using the WinDD ICA client, this drive provides you with PC file storage and retrieval capability at your NC.
  • Page 6: System Requirements

    To connect the floppy drive to your NC, you must have a Parallel Port installed. If you do not have a Parallel Port installed, contact your NCD distributor or sales representative. In addition, your NC must be operating with NCBridge Software Version 3.2 or later.
  • Page 7 Connecting the Drive 9296-1 Figure 1. Connecting the Floppy Drive to the NC Floppy Disk Drive Installation...
  • Page 8: Connecting The Drive To The Network With Windows Nt Terminal Server

    Floppy Disk Drive Installation Connecting the Drive to the Network with Windows NT Terminal Server This section describes how to connect the floppy drive to the network via an ICA connection using a Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition host. Before you can use the floppy drive you must connect the drive to the network, which means that you give the drive a designator and a path on the network.
  • Page 9 Connecting the Drive to the Network with Windows NT Terminal Server Ÿ 3. To disconnect a network drive, click on the Disconnect network drive icon or select Tools Disconnect Network Drive . . . In the dialog box that appears, select the drive to be disconnected and click 4.
  • Page 10: Formatting A Disk

    Floppy Disk Drive Installation Formatting a Disk The current version of Windows NT Server 4.0 is not designed to format network-connected floppy disks. This means that you cannot format a disk locally in the disk drive connected to your NC using the disk formatting operations (Copy Disk, Label Disk, and Format Disk) in the File menu of the Windows Program Manager.
  • Page 11 Formatting a Disk Figure 5. WinDD ICA Client Log On Window Log On Configure Disk Exit Figure 6. WinDD ICA Client Options Menu Floppy Disk Drive Installation...
  • Page 12 Floppy Disk Drive Installation Figure 7. Disk Formatting Menu Floppy Disk Drive Installation...
  • Page 13: Local Floppy Manager (Lfm) Client For Unix Hosts

    -display < ipaddr >:0 lfm.900 Example: xpsh -display 134.6.5.12:0 lfm.900 To start the LFM client on a NC200/400 unit, type the following: xpsh -display < ipaddr >:0 lfm.500 Example: xpsh -display 134.6.7.14:0 lfm.500 Once the client is properly executed, the console of the NC should indicate that the files “lfm.xxx”...
  • Page 14 Floppy Disk Drive Installation Figure 8. Local Floppy Manager Client Floppy Disk Drive Installation...
  • Page 15: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Use this troubleshooting guide if you encounter problems installing or using the floppy disk drive. If . . . Then . . . You cannot read files on a disk in Check that the interconnect cable is installed the drive.
  • Page 16 Floppy Disk Drive Installation Floppy Disk Drive Installation...
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