SunPCi User's Guide

Running Microsoft Windows 95/NT 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.

SunPCi Appears to Hang When Browsing Network Drives

If you are running Solaris 2.6 on your workstation, you may observe a very long time lag when browsing network drives. SunPCi may even appear to hang as it searches the contents of the drives. This is a feature of Solaris 2.6 and Solaris 7.

Solaris 2.6 contains a “browsing” feature that allows you to automatically view all automount points on your workstation. In Solaris 2.5.1 and earlier versions, automounted directories are not visible until they have been mounted.

This may cause Windows 95/NT applications to slow down considerably when browsing for files on your workstation (especially on your R: drive, which is /), and may cause problems when viewing very large directories with Windows Explorer or saving to a subdirectory in one of these directories.

You can turn off this problem by editing the Solaris 2.6 auto_master file. To edit this file, perform the following steps:

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 +auto_master line in the file to the bottom of the list, after -nobrowse. If the -nosuid, nobrowse and -nobrowse keywords are not present in the file, add them.

The result should look similar to the following:
```
# Master map for automounter#/net	-hosts					-nosuid,nobrowse/home	auto_home					-nobrowse/xfn	-xfn+auto_master
```

Save the file and exit the text editor.

Reboot your system.

The “browsing” feature should be turned off.