Extended Drives And Sunpci Ii Software; File System Drives; Network Drives - Sun Microsystems SunPCi II 2.3 User Manual

Extended Drives and SunPCi II Software

An extended drive is actually a mapping in SunPCi II software to a directory in the
Solaris file system. With extended drives, you can share applications and data files
between the Solaris operating environment and Microsoft Windows operating
systems. The SunPCi II program permits up to 22 extended drives for storing
applications and files.
There are two kinds of extended drives: file system drives and network drives. This
section describes both types of drives. Both are mapped using Windows Explorer.

File System Drives

A file system drive is an extended drive that maps to directories on any Solaris file
system mounted on the local host.
To map a file system drive in Windows ME or Windows 98 SE, refer to "How to
Access Solaris Files and Directories in Windows ME or Windows 98 SE" on page 147.
To map a file system drive in Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000, or Windows
NT, refer to "How to Access Solaris Files and Directories in Windows XP
Professional, Windows 2000, or Windows NT" on page 149.

Network Drives

A network drive is an extended drive that maps to a SunPCi II PC (emulated PC) or
real PC directory. To access Solaris files and the CD-ROM drive from Windows 98 SE
or Windows ME, you need to map them as network drives as described in "How to
Access Solaris Files and Directories in Windows ME or Windows 98 SE" on page 147.
If you are using Windows XP Professional, Windows NT, or Windows 2000, the
procedure for mapping file system drives is different from that used in Windows 98
SE or Windows ME. Refer to "How to Access Solaris Files and Directories in
Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000, or Windows NT" on page 149.
146 SunPCi II 2.3 User's Guide • January 2002