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Sun Microsystems SunPCi II 2.3 User Manual (250 pages)

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Table of Contents
3
Preface
19
Introducing Sunpci II Version 2.3 Hardware and Software
27
Supported Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
27
Sunpci II 2.3 Features
28
From the PC User's Perspective
29
From the Solaris User's Perspective
30
Supported Citrix Metaframe Software
30
Getting Help for Sunpci II Software
31
How to View Solaris Manual Pages
31
Viewing the Documentation PDF Files
31
How to View the Documentation PDF Files
32
Getting Help for Microsoft Windows Software
32
Removing Microsoft Windows Software
33
How to Proceed
33
Getting Started
35
System Requirements
36
Configuring Multiple Sunpci II Cards
37
Starting and Stopping the Sunpci II Software
37
How to Start the Sunpci II Software
37
How to Stop the Sunpci II Software
38
Creating an Emulated Hard Drive
39
How to Create a New Emulated Drive
40
FIGURE 2-1 Sunpci II Options Menu
40
FIGURE 2-2 Create a New Emulated Drive Dialog Box
41
Installing Service Packs
43
How to Install a Service Pack from a CD
44
TABLE 2-1 Microsoft Service Packs Required by Sunpci II 2.3 Software
44
How to Download and Install a Service Pack from the Microsoft Web Site
45
How to Attach an Existing Emulated Drive as a C: or D: Drive
46
How to Proceed
47
Using Multiple Sunpci II Cards
49
Before You Begin Configuration
50
Advanced Sunpci II Multiple-Card Server Configuration
50
Configuring Multiple Cards with Sunpci II Software
51
Default .Ini Configuration File
51
Naming .Ini Files When Using Multiple Cards
51
How to Create a .Ini File Using the -New Option
52
TABLE 3-1 Sample File Names in a Multiple Card Configuration
52
Using Cards and Emulated Drives
53
FIGURE 3-1 Attach an Existing Emulated Drive Dialog Box
53
How to Identify Card Names
54
How to Start a Specific .Ini File
54
How to Start a Specific Card
55
Starting Specific Disk Image Files
56
How to Start a Specific Image and a Specific Card
56
How to Specify a Title Bar for each Card Window
57
How to Update the Sunpci II Card Configuration
57
Modifying Image File Configurations
58
Rebinding Images and Cards
58
Programming the Card's MAC Address
58
Multiple Card Behavior
59
Networking with Multiple Cards
59
Using the Diskette Drive with Multiple Cards
59
Using the CD-ROM Drive with Multiple Cards
59
How to Proceed
60
Networking with Sunpci II Hardware and Software
61
Setting up Networking with Sunpci II Hardware and Software
62
How to Set TCP/IP Properties
63
How to Set up Physical Ethernet Networking
64
How to Set up Virtual Ethernet Networking
64
How to Set up Network Connections: an Example
65
How to Proceed
66
Using Windows XP Professional
67
This Chapter Includes Instructions for Completing the Following Tasks
67
Installing Windows XP Professional
68
Installation Notes
68
How to Perform a Custom Installation
69
How to Reinstall Windows XP Professional
70
Upgrading to Windows XP Professional
70
Upgrade Notes
71
Upgrading Windows NT4 WS to Windows XP Professional
71
Before You Begin the Upgrade
71
How to Upgrade Windows NT4 WS to Windows XP Professional
72
Upgrading Windows 2000 Professional to Windows XP Professional
73
Before You Begin the Upgrade
73
How to Upgrade Windows 2000 Professional to Windows XP Professional
74
Upgrading Windows ME to Windows XP Professional
75
Before You Begin the Upgrade
75
How to Upgrade Windows ME to Windows XP Professional
75
Upgrading Windows 98 SE to Windows XP Professional
76
Before You Begin the Upgrade
77
How to Upgrade Windows 98 SE to Windows XP Professional
77
Configuring Virtual Ethernet Networking on Windows XP Professional
78
How to Remove a Static IP Address
79
How to Add a Virtual Network Adapter
79
How to Configure the Network in Windows XP Professional
80
How to Reconfigure the Network Adapter for Physical Ethernet
81
How to Configure External Video for Windows XP Professional
82
How to Configure Windows XP Professional Display Properties
84
How to Proceed
85
Using Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 2000 Server
87
Installing Windows 2000
88
Installation Notes
88
How to Perform a Custom Installation
89
How to Install a Service Pack
90
How to Reinstall Windows 2000
90
Upgrading Windows NT to Windows 2000
91
Upgrade Notes
91
Upgrading Windows NT4 WS to Windows 2000 Professional
92
Before You Begin the Upgrade
92
How to Upgrade to Windows 2000 Professional
93
Upgrading Windows NT4 TS to Windows 2000 Server
94
Before You Begin the Upgrade
94
How to Upgrade to Windows 2000 Server
95
Server Configuration Notes
96
Using Sunfsd for Mapping between Solaris and Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
96
How to Enable Sunfsd Mapping
98
How to Disable Sunfsd Mapping
98
Configuring Virtual Ethernet Networking on Windows 2000
99
How to Remove a Static IP Address
99
How to Add a Virtual Network Adapter
100
How to Configure the Network in Windows 2000
101
How to Reconfigure the Network Adapter for Physical Ethernet
102
How to Configure External Video for Windows 2000
103
How to Configure Windows 2000 Display Properties
105
How to Change the Display Back to the System Monitor
107
How to Proceed
107
Installing Windows NT
110
Installation Notes
110
How to Perform a Custom Installation
111
How to Install a Service Pack
112
How to Reinstall Windows NT
112
Server Configuration Notes
113
Using Sunfsd for Mapping between Solaris and Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
113
How to Enable Sunfsd Mapping
114
How to Disable Sunfsd Mapping
115
Configuring Virtual Ethernet Networking in Windows NT
115
How to Install the Sun NDIS Adapter
116
How to Remove the Sun NDIS Adapter
117
How to Configure External Video for Windows NT
118
How to Change the Display Back to the System Monitor
120
How to Proceed
121
Installing and Using Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
123
Installing Windows ME
123
Installation Notes
124
How to Install Windows ME on a New C: Drive
125
How to Install the Sunpci II Drivers
127
How to Reinstall Windows ME
128
How to Upgrade from Windows 98 SE to Windows ME
128
How to Install the Windows ME Drivers
129
Configuring Physical Ethernet Networking in Windows ME
130
How to Configure the Network Adapter for Windows ME
131
How to Configure External Video for Windows ME
131
How to Change the Display Back to the System Monitor
132
How to Proceed
133
Using Windows 98 SE
135
Installing Windows 98 SE
136
Installation Notes
136
How to Reinstall Windows 98 SE
136
Configuring Physical Ethernet Networking in Windows 98 SE
136
How to Configure Physical Ethernet Networking in Windows 98 SE
137
How to Configure External Video for Windows 98 SE
138
How to Change the Display Back to the System Monitor
139
How to Proceed
140
Using Drives and Configuring Peripheral Devices
141
Using the System's Diskette Drive with Sunpci II Software
141
Using the System's CD-ROM Drive with Sunpci II Software
142
How to Mount a CD-ROM Drive
143
How to Eject a CD from a CD-ROM Drive
144
How to Change the Size of the Sunpci II Window
144
Connecting Audio and USB Devices
145
Connecting Audio Devices
145
Connecting USB Devices
146
FIGURE 10-1 Sunpci II Card Backplate Connectors
146
Connecting a Parallel Device
147
FIGURE 10-2 Sunpci II Card Add-On Backplate Connectors
147
Connecting a Serial Device
148
How to Configure a Serial Mouse for an External Monitor
148
How to Proceed
149
Using Sunpci II Software
151
The Sunpci Command and Its Options
152
Sunpci II Menus
154
File Menu
155
Options Menu
155
TABLE 11-2 Options Menu Disk-Related Commands
155
Boot@Boot Support
156
Sunpci Daemon
156
Virtual Network Computing (VNC)
157
Configuring and Using Boot@Boot Support
158
Configuring Boot@Boot Support for VNC
158
Preparing Sunpci II Cards for Boot@Boot Support
160
Configuring Sunpci II Cards for Boot@Boot Support
161
Listing Boot@Boot Sessions
162
Disabling Boot@Boot Support for VNC or for Sunpci II Cards
163
Shutting down a VNC or Sunpci II Session
163
Shutting down the Sunpci Daemon Process
164
Making Manual Changes to the Boot@Boot Configuration
164
Using an X Server Other than Xvnc
165
How to Interact with VNC from a Remote Client
166
Emulated Drives and Sunpci II Software
166
FAT16 File System Limitations
167
File System Compatibility
167
Partitioning a Large Emulated Drive File System for Windows NT4 TS
168
TABLE 11-3 Common Accessibility Among Converted File Systems
168
Emulated Drives and Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000, Windows
169
How to Back up an Emulated C: Drive
170
Using Older Emulated Drives with Sunpci II Software
170
Using Multiple Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
171
Creating Bootable Partitions
171
Troubleshooting Emulated Disk Problems
171
Extended Drives and Sunpci II Software
172
File System Drives
172
Network Drives
172
How to Access Solaris Files and Directories in Windows ME or Windows 98 SE
173
How to Map a Drive Letter to a Directory with a Long Path in Windows ME or Windows 98
174
Installing Windows ME and Windows 98 SE Applications on Extended Drives
175
How to Access Solaris Files and Directories in Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000, or Windows NT
175
Using the Copy and Paste Commands
176
How to Copy Text from a UNIX Window to Microsoft Windows
177
How to Copy Text from Microsoft Windows to a UNIX Window
177
How to Configure Japanese Copy and Paste between Microsoft Windows and Solaris
178
Printing from Microsoft Windows Using Solaris Printers
178
How to Set up a Solaris Printer from Microsoft Windows
179
Use of Screen Savers
180
How to Proceed
180
Troubleshooting
181
Support for Problems
181
Sunpci II Product Home
182
Sunpci II Known Problems
183
Installing Microsoft Windows from CD-ROM
183
Application Installation to Solaris File System Troubleshooting
183
Installing Applications from a Sunfsd Source Directory
184
Installing Applications to a Sunfsd Target Directory
184
Displaying Shortname Tails
185
Network Neighborhood Issue
185
Sunpci II Software Appears to Hang When Browsing Network Drives
186
Sunpci II Hardware Problems
187
Hardware Error Messages
188
TABLE A-1 Sunpci II Error Messages
188
Mouse Problems
189
Diskette Drive Problem
189
TABLE A-2 Mouse Problems
189
Keyboard Problem
190
CD-ROM Drive Problems
191
Setting up Your CD-ROM Drive
191
TABLE A-3 CD-ROM Drive Problems
191
Video Display Problems
192
24-Bit Display on Sun Blade 100
192
External Video Resolutions
193
External Monitors and 1600 X 1200 Resolution
193
TABLE A-4 Sunpci II Software External Video Resolutions (Sis 630 Driver)
193
External Monitors and Windows NT
194
Networking Hardware Problem
194
TABLE A-5 Using Sunpciflash with MAC Address Problems
195
Sunpci II Software Problems
196
Software Startup Problems
197
TABLE A-6 Software Startup Error Messages
197
Emulated Hard Drive Problems
198
TABLE A-7 Emulated Hard Drive Problems
198
Attaching Drive C
199
Disk Error Messages
199
Extended Drive Problem
199
Networking Problems
200
Network Startup Is Slow after Configuration
200
Cannot Connect to Other Systems
200
Windows XP Professional Issues
201
Double Mouse Pointer
201
File System Drive Issues
202
Japanese Copy and Paste Issue
202
Troubleshooting Windows XP Professional Issues
203
Running Multiple Microsoft Windows Versions
203
TABLE A-8 Windows XP Professional Problems
203
Windows 2000 Issues
204
Double Mouse Pointer
204
File System Drive Issues
204
CD-ROM Drive Issues
205
Japanese Copy and Paste Issue
205
Troubleshooting Windows 2000 Issues
206
Running Multiple Microsoft Windows Versions
206
TABLE A-9 Windows 2000 Problems
206
Windows NT Issues
207
External Video Problems
207
Problems Installing to Network Drives
207
Recovering from the Windows NT Autorun Option
207
File System Drive Issues
208
Creating Windows NT Repair Disks
208
Using the Windows NT Repair Disks
210
Japanese Copy and Paste Issue
210
Windows 98 SE Issue
211
Sunpci II International Support
213
International Support
213
Using the Keyboard Environment Variables
214
Setting the KBTYPE Environment Variable
214
TABLE B-1 KBTYPE Values
214
Setting the KBCP Environment Variable
215
TABLE B-2 KBCP Values
215
How to Set an Environment Variable
216
How to Turn off an Environment Variable
216
How to Set up the Keyboard for Microsoft Windows
216
How an International Keyboard Works under DOS
217
Using an International Keyboard
217
DOS Character Set
218
Code Pages and Sunpci II Software
218
What Is a Code Page
218
TABLE B-3 National Language Support
219
TABLE B-4 $LANG Variable Settings
221
Increasing System Memory
223
Specifying Emulated Drives
224
Improving Video Performance
224
Improving Emulated Drive Performance
225
Running Game Software on the Sunpci II Platform
225
How to Increase Video Memory
225
TABLE C-1 Video Options Matrix
226
Video Display Routing
226
Using a Palm Pilot with Sunpci II Software
227

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