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SunPCi User's Guide

Installing Windows 95 Software

In order to install Windows 95 on SunPCi, you will need one of the following:

This section explains how to install Windows 95 and how to install the SunPCi drivers. Before you start the installation, make sure your home directory contains sufficient disk space. Windows 95 requires a minimum of 128 Mbytes of free hard disk space.

Note –

For best results, create your SunPCi C: drive on a local hard disk on your workstation, rather than in your home directory. Installing Windows takes much less time on a local drive, and performance is significantly better.

To install Windows 95 on SunPCi, follow this procedure:

  1. If the SunPCi CD is still in your CD-ROM drive, type eject in a terminal window and then remove the CD. Insert your Windows 95 CD into the CD-ROM drive.

    The CD should mount automatically and display its contents in a window on the screen. If it does not, then Solaris Volume Manager may not be enabled on your system.

  2. To find out if Volume Manager is enabled, open a terminal window on your workstation desktop and type ps -df | grep vold.

    The system returns information on the Volume Manager process (vold) if it is enabled. If it is enabled, skip steps 3 and 4 and proceed to step 5.

    If your workstation does not have Solaris Volume Manager enabled, you will need to become superuser and mount the CD-ROM drive manually as described in the next step.

    Note –

    If you want to use your workstation's floppy drive as drive A:, you will need to run the vold_floppy_disable script. Refer to Diskette Drives for more information.

  3. If Solaris Volume Manager is not enabled, become superuser and then type cd / to change to the root partition. If your workstation has Solaris Volume Manager enabled, skip this step.

    If your CD-ROM drive is a SCSI drive, type the following command in a terminal window on your workstation to mount the CD-ROM drive: 

    # mount -o ro -F hsfs /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s2 /cdrom

    Note –

    Make sure you type -o with no space between the minus sign and the letter o.

    If your workstation (Ultra 5 or Ultra 10) has an IDE drive, the device will be /dev/dsk/c0t2d0s2.

  4. Exit superuser status. If you are not logged in as superuser, skip this step.

  5. In the SunPCi window, type the following command at the DOS prompt and press Return: 

    C:\> r:\cdrom\cdrom0\setup.exe

  6. Press Return to start the setup routine.

    Follow the instructions on the screen. During the installation process, select the options that are appropriate to your installation (typical, compact, and so on).

    Note –

    If you needed to mount the CD-ROM drive manually, replace the \cdrom\cdrom0 path with the path for the location at which the CD-ROM drive is mounted.

    The screen responds with the message Setup is now going to perform a routine check on your system. The Scandisk utility executes.

    After the Scandisk utility has completed, the screen displays the message Please wait while Setup initializes. The Welcome to Windows Setup window is displayed.

  7. You will notice that the SunPCi window shows two mouse cursors. Click on the SunPCi window, and then select the Options menu at the top of the window. Choose Attach Mouse from the drop-down menu.

    You should now see a single mouse cursor. The top of the SunPCi window reads (Mouse Attached). You may notice that the mouse movement is somewhat jerky. This will be fixed when you install the SunPCi drivers.

  8. Click Continue.

    The Windows 95 Setup Window is displayed, along with the message Preparing Windows 95 Setup Wizard.

    The Windows installation program loads some files, and then displays the Windows 95 License Agreement.

  9. Click Yes to continue, and then follow the instructions on the screen.

  10. When the Setup Wizard dialog box appears, click Next to continue, and then continue through the Setup Wizard's installation process. When asked to select options for your installation, choose the type of installation you want to perform (typical, compact, and so on).

For the Windows 95 serial number and other Windows-related information, refer to your Windows 95 documentation.

A series of informational screens is displayed as the installation continues. When the installation is finished, the setup program will automatically reboot SunPCi. After the setup process is complete, a Welcome to Windows 95 dialog box is displayed.

Note –

When the Analyzing Your Computer screen appears, do not check any of the devices it has listed (for example, CD-ROM drives). Just click Next and continue through the installation process. You will install SunPCi-specific drivers for these devices later on in this procedure.

  1. Click Close to close this dialog box.

    The Windows 95 installation proceeds. Follow the instructions on the screen.

After you finish installing Windows 95, you will need to install the SunPCi drivers. Proceed to the following section.

Installing the SunPCi Drivers

The setup utility installs the SunPCi drivers. You execute this utility from within Windows 95.

  1. Click the Start button and select Run from the pop-up menu.

    A dialog box is displayed.

  2. Type the following path into the dialog box and click OK: 

    f:\drivers\win95\setup

    The screen responds with the message Setup is preparing the InstallShield Wizard. The InstallShield Wizard window is then displayed, along with a progress bar.

    The Welcome to the SunPCi Setup Program screen is displayed.

    Note –

    Depending on your installation, you may be asked to provide your user name and password for Microsoft Networking. Follow the instructions in Step 1, and then continue with drivers setup.

  3. Click Next to continue.

    The SunPCi Drivers Setup screen appears.

  4. Choose Workstation Monitor if you plan to run SunPCi from your main workstation monitor, or External Monitor if you have connected a VGA monitor to the back of the SunPCi card.

    Click Next. The installation proceeds automatically. When the installation has finished, a dialog box is displayed with the message The installation of the SunPCi drivers has finished. The dialog box asks you to exit all applications and reboot Windows 95.

  5. Click OK to close the dialog box.

  6. Click Start and select Shut Down from the pop-up menu.

    A dialog box is displayed; select Restart the Computer and click Yes.

  7. Once SunPCi reboots, a dialog box is displayed asking you to enter a network password for Microsoft Networking.

    Type your UNIX workstation user name and password and press Return. Confirm your password when the program asks you to.

    Note that after SunPCi reboots, the top of the SunPCi window no longer reads (Mouse Attached)and you will see only one mouse cursor. Now that the drivers are installed, you do not need to attach the mouse.

    Note –

    You need to log on to Microsoft Networking each time Windows 95 starts up. If you do not log on, you will not be able to gain access to your extended (network) drives. Extended drives are the drives you set up using Windows Explorer.